Show I GRAIN HEAR ING TO TU TOBE TUBE BE HEARD HEU SHORTlY I 1 I. C. C C. C EXAMINER WILL TAKE EVI EVIDENCE DENCE AT SALT LAKE NOVEMBER TWENTIETH Case of Unusual Interest to Idaho and Utah Farmers on Grain and nd Grain Products to toBe toBe toBe Be Argued Salt SnIt Lake A Lake A case the outcome ot of which will be of major importance to the people of Utah and Idaho has been set for November 20 before Examiner Examiner Ex Ex- Vitt rg of the interstate commerce commerce com com- merce commission the hearing to be beheld beheld held heM in Salt Lake City it was ced by II H. W. W manager of oC the Traffic Service Bureau of Utah who has been retained b by the complainants complain complain- ants in the present litigation This case was filed earl early this summer sum- sum flour and m mer r on behalf of various grain dealers of Idaho and U Utah Uh h and involves the reasonableness of certain rates on grain and grain products originating in Utah an and Idaho points A large number of grain and flour dealers from Eastern states and cities as well as a n small army of railroad representatives and attorneys for in- in litigants are expected to attend attend attend at at- tend the sessions sessionS' before Examiner which will continue for several several several sev seve eral ral da days s Tho The importance of the b hearing ring comes omes from the benefits in reduced freight rates expected to result from the he final outcome of the case e accortt- accortt ing to Mr Although the petition petition pe pe- was filed by the grain and flour dealers of the two states the farmers of Utah and Idaho as well as the jobbers and general business interests are arc vitally interested because of the g general prosperity that invariably accompanies accompanies accompanies ac ac- ac- ac companies the prosperity of the soil tillers tillers- The complaint seeks the equalizing of transportation charges from Western Western Western West West- ern points with ith the charges on grain blain and grain products originating in other wheat growing sections o of tho the country Disparity in rates is pointed Jut Dut by the plaintiffs in the following instances among others The liThe rate from Ogden to Omaha OmalIa miles is 53 cents per hundred pounds or cents per bushel while the rate from Shelby Mont to Minneapolis Minneapolis Minn Minn- apolis Minn 1000 miles is 10 cents lower or cents per bushel From Conquest est Canada to Port Arthur Ont ant the present rate for 1000 miles is 15 cents per bushel bus Statistics from the 1923 year book of the department of agriculture are cited by Mr The increase i n the cost of transportation from the theann farm ann to the consuming centers is a avery avery vcr very important factor in the present situation The rates from country shipping points to private markets are about 45 per cent above the prewar prewar prewar pre pre- war level War conditions caused 1 freight rates to advance the high highpoint highpoint highpoint point being reached in 1920 Since then the price o of wheat has fallen faBen to nearly the prewar level whereas the rates for transportation have remain remained ed at ut 45 per cent or more above pre prewar prewar prewar war levels Relatively high freight rates from producing regions to the I seaboard are a serious handicap in i competition with other countries in inthe the worlds world's market j The petition then goes on to point out the necessity of an equalization that will permit the Utah and Idaho sections to compete in those markets |