Show LATEST NEWS FROM NTEN WEST V ES I I Nevada Wyoming RAIL PEACE PLEA VOICED J 3 W Abbott of Ogden Testifies In Rate Hearing l SALT Jan Jon James 16 It 16 Jam W Abbott of the George A Lowe company of Ogden Ing at atthe atthe atthe the hearing TuesdaY before betor Exam Exam- Examiner iner SI M A Pattison of ot the th Inter Inter- Interstate Interstate Interstate state commerce commiSsion against R the application of railroads fo for tor 0 ec i it to the th long and short hort dause of ot the th transportation act made a particularly impressive piM piCa for tor a It final settlement of ot this fight which ha has been going coins on for tor torI tormore more than 20 sears car This Is a matter that should bp hi settled he said Conditions of the rate ate structure which ha hae e so o long lone r prevailed have base halted tIme the progress of ot all the th countr country and the question should be finally determined The I attorneys a ate aio goIng up and down the h country countr telling luncheon clubs that the railroads want Mant ant to bo be lert eft alone that they do not want an any nv changes chanles mido In the th transportation tation cation net act Va W e shippers wint to tobe tolie ho be left alon alone too As It Is 1 now e cia dont don't seem cem to have hae e an am thing pel manent mane nt Wo We just get started on oni C campaIgn and along alon comes come an- an anther anther an ther one ODe of ot th's these hearings bearings and thyre they're expensive too The Time Interest of ot the th state In th the shown when hen Thomas E aw ass a p was ItS as chairman ot of the tho stat state util- util entered the for for- Cormo for formal ItIs ItI's commission mo mal protest of ot the th commission the granting of ot th the change chance sought by the oads Mr Ir Abbott slid iid What we se shippers desire Is permanent We have base en een fighting this thing thine for tor t enty earS arB The 1 of the thing contributes very cery ery largel to tn out OUI which Is one on of our big I times since war pre Wo We send men to these Inter inter- interstate Interstate r- r state commerce commission hear hear- hearIng hearings hearings Ing ings The They come back and repol t fa fa rulings but by the time lime I e ce get oui out campaign plan to ork ci ork under the new con conditions we wo Ce- Ce re receive e- e ehe notice that there thre will bo be an- an another an another other hearing and that the whole thing nih will be bo opened up again a aln and this Is the way nay It has been going on an for tor ears What hat we e shippers 1 ant I li is something definite to this too While tho the rulings of the In- In Interstate In Interstate commerce commission on h he h fourth section have nace been mor more I or less to favorable to the tho I ain aln am country their lack of o per per- per permanency I immanency makes th them valueless to shippers This In- In In-ici In mountain country ha has been In 11 its Ita growth for tOI the past malf century by th Injustice of oC o not giving the th country rat rates which it Is entitled to by its geographical 10 lo- fc atlon therefore It If the time e eer ecer er comes oma when we come conic In to our OUI own 11 a as regards these theoe the e ad antage- antage this country will elop de more rapidly In the next years rs than it has developed in the past fifty years 00 I I I |