Show CLAIMS RATE discrimination rochester N Y april 26 A hearing earing ii took place ebere here before martin B S decker the examiner of the interstate commerce commission on the complaint of ya erbe manufacturing fac faz turing company against western railroads rall roada considerable testimony was taken mostly of the representatives ot of the company mostly as to the cost of articles on which it Is claimed the freight Is excessive the complaint charges that roads discriminate against its business by giving its rivals a low er freight classification the roads complained of follow chicago burlington quincy lVa wabash basit chicago great western chicago milwaukee st paul rock island great northern gulf colorado and santa fe missouri pacific northern pacific oregon railroad and Nai navigation gation company oregon short une iane southern pacific and union pacific A B harman traffic manager and purchasing agent for the erbe company testified that the cost of making the roller copier Is 1410 and the same Is sold here bere for 30 freight to 0 san francisco where the company has a branch Is and that in that city Is added to the rochester price of 30 to cover that freight making the san francisco price a profit of 1650 for the company subtracted from this profit he said must be the cost of selling the machine in san francisco franca co mr harman said that to san francisco retail dealers deakers the price of the roller copier would be 2415 F 0 decker chairman of the classification fi committee of the rock island missouri pacific and chicago milwaukee st paul testified that when articles were enumerated in the classified list he be was wits the person to pass on the matter and say how they should be listed it t correspondence was offered in evidence b by y which mr evarts bv arta endeavored to show the classification was according to name given the copier copler by a representative of the erbe company in arranging with one of the western railroads for ita its classification atlon |