Show ml jr CENTRAL CEN RAL PACIFIC DECISION competition restrained 1 10 BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC IF A C I 1 F I 1 C if f t I 1 T y OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL Y ITS denial of the southern pacifica petition to reopen the central pacific case the supreme court of the united states is eliminated as a possible source of relief from the j decision separating the central pacific from the southern pacific efforts which have been centered on the supreme court to grant a rehearing are now being directed into other channels in the hope that the effect of the decision will be nullified and that the southern pacific may yet be permitted to do what the court has forbidden it is not our purpose to prejudge the resu result it so many requests have been received how ever for a statement of our position that we are attempting to clarify the situation by a series of public statements there is abundant evidence that thebert the best interests of the southerly route and receives per cent of the utah and the intermountain region will be served if tl tle the e separation compensation for freight transported by its road and water decreed by the supreme court be made permanent lines over the central pacific route it receives but a fraction it is admitted by both sides that active competition is of the freight because the union pacific with its eastern desirable but it is claimed that a competitive condition now connections takes up the carrying from ogden to the exists which would be destroyed if the central pacific were east cast self interest dictates the solicitation and procurement freed exactly the opposite is true competition is now restrained of freight for the longer haul by the southern pacific lines and on that ground the supreme court based its frank admission that this situation exists is found in decision such combinations says the court constitute the testimony of mr L J spence director of traffic of all 0 a menace and a restraint upon that freedom of commerce the southern pacific lines before the interstate commerce which congress intended to recognize and protect and commission as recently as april 1922 which the public is entitled to have protected question in connection with the movement of traffic mere afore specifically the decision recites that in either direction between the atlantic seaboard states on the proof is ample that the policy of the southern the one hand and the gulf or pacific coast states and intermediate pacific system has been to favor transportation on its line territory on the other hand where does the interest by securing for itself whenever practicable the carriage of of the southern pacific lie in the movement of that au all freight which would normally move eastward or westward rail or in the movement of it by mixed rail and water route 0 oi er the shorter line of the central pacific railroad and its through gulf ports connections for its own much longer and wholly owned answer the interest lies naturally in the movement southern route the compelling motive of this course via the gulf route in order to secure the entire revinue for of conduct is obvious the southern pacific owns and con the haul of the traffic A circular of the southern pacific freight traffic department issued september 29 1921 addressed to agents and signed by G W luce freight traffic manager says the term sunset gulf route heretofore applying to eastbound routing via galveston has as been discarded and in the future our PER CENT route will be known as sunset unset route this route includes the southern pacific rail lines to galveston and atlantic steamship lines commonly called morgan line to new yorka york the circular closes with the direction SOLICIT ACTIVELY FOR OUR PER CENT ROUTE we shall furnish additional information from time lime to time t nion JUL 0 pacific P cefic 0 S y stem SALT LAKE CITY on |