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Show 1 Central Pacific Decision l; I ! : i COMPETITION RESTRAINED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL I TD Y ITS denial of the Southern Pacific's petition to reopen the Central Pa- cific case the Supreme Court of the United States is eliminated as a possible source of relief from the decision separating the Central Pacific from the Southern Pacific. Efforts which have been centered on the Supreme I I Court to grant a re-hearing are now being directed into other channels in the hope that the effect of the dicision will be nullified and that the Southern j Pacific may yet be permitted to do wThat the Court has forbidden. It is not our purpose to pre-judge the result. So many requests have 9 been received, however, for a statement of our position that we are attempt- I I ing to clarify the situation by a series of public statements. I There is abundant evidence that the best interests of Utah and the y route, and receives 100 per cent of the compensation for freight tran- intermountain region will be served if the separation decreed by the sported by its road and water lines. Over the Central Pacific route it Supremo Court be made permanent. receives but a fraction of the freight because the Union Pacific with Its eastern connections takes up the carrying from Ogden to the east. Self- I It is admitted by both sides that active competition is desirable, intereKt dictates the solicitation and procurement of freight for the but it is claimed that a competitive condition row exists which would longer haul by the Southern Pacific lines." B be destroyed if the Central Pacific were freed. Exactly the opposite is I true. Competition is now restrained and on that ground, the Supreme Frank admission that this situation exists is found in the testl- H Court based its decision. "Such combinations" . . . says the court, mony of Mr. L. J. Spence, Director of Traffic of all the Southern Pacific B "constitute 'a menace and a restraint upon the freedom of commerce lines, before the Interstate Commerce Cimmission, as recently as April, 9 which Congress intended to recognize and protect and which the public 1922. . 9 is entitled to have protected.'." B "Question In connection with the movement of traffic in either di- 9 g More specifically the decision recites that: rection between (lie Atlantic seaboard states on the one hand and tno g E ,, . , Gulf or Pacific Coast States and Intermediate territory on the other I t The proof is ample that the policy of the Southern Pacific system ham wh6re (,oes ne jnterest of the Soutnern Pacific lie in the move- l h been to favor transportation on Its line by securing tor itself, when- mcnt Qf th(U allral 0). in (he movpment o jt bv mixed rail and water g ever practicable, the carriage of freight which would: normally move roue through Cull ports' nj eastward or westward over the shorter line of the Central Pacific Rail- B road and its connections, for its own much longer and wholly owned southern route . . . The compelling motive of this course or con- "Answer The interest lies naturally in the movement via the Gulf B duct is obvious. The Southern Pacific owns and controlls the souther- Route in order to secure the entire revenue for the haul of the traffic" 1 A circular of the Southern Pacific Freight Traffic Department issued September 29, 1921, addressed to 1 agents and signed by G. W. Luce, Freight Traffic Manager, says: 1 "The term 'Sunset Gulf Route' heretofore applying to eastbound routing via Galveston, has been dis- I 1 carded and in the future our 100 PER CENT route will be known as 'Sunset Route.' This route includes the I 1 Southern Pacific rail lines to Galveston and Atlantic Steamship Lines (Commonly called Morgan Line) to 1 I New York." ( 1 I The circular closes with the direction : I i "SOLICIT ACTIVELY FOR OUR 100 PER CENT ROUTE." 1 a We shall furnish additional information from time to time. UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM . SALT LAKE CITY 1 Keep Painted Woodwork CLEAN III I "if l i i I Clean wooden floors, linoleum, tile, marble, concrete, with yu SAPOLIO rj Makes all house- 1 cleaning easy. 0? 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