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Show EVIDENCE OF SHIPPING TRUST WASHINGTON. Jan 16. Repro-scnatlvo Repro-scnatlvo Levy of Now York argued before be-fore the house rulos committee against the proposed investigation into tho money trust, shipping combino and the .International Harvester company. com-pany. "I think theso matters should be referred to proper commlttecH," ho said, "to draft laws to aid these Industries In-dustries rather than agitato and probe and accomplish nothing. This continual agitation of these business enterprises Is tying up tho business of this country." ' On the subject of the alleged shipping ship-ping combine, the committee received a statoment from Arbuckle Brothers of New York, Importers of coffeo from Brazil, sotting forth that tho syndl- mini urn " '" ' ' cate st'jishlp lines, .oporatlng between be-tween tho Uuitcd States and South America, had refused entirely to carry car-ry their coffees, "even at full syndicate syndi-cate or 'conscioncc' 'rates," unless tho Arbuclcs promised not to ship coffeo by tlvi independent line Tho statement state-ment alleges that the company was being deprived of profits as a result of tho syndicate's action.. Rcprcsentitlve Hardy of Texas asserted as-serted that American capital was largely Interested In the foreign ship combines The combination, ho Bald, did not apply to foreign shipping ship-ping alone, but was a "combination of combinations.,' controlling foreign and coastwise shipping rates and domestic domes-tic railroad rates as well.. B. tf Baker of Baltimore testified that there was a shipping trust and that congress had tho proof of It In many documonts. j |