Show I I I I MEET CANAL RATE RATES Western Shippers Testify Before Interstate Commission CHICAGO Jan S 6 Shippers rs o othe orthe the are ar losing trade U ii Uthe the Pacific coast rt by reason ion of otheir their bring being l u abB to mett the 0 rates ot of Tiers carriers using the Panama canal nat ce-nat witnesses be- be before before bt fore for Examiner M M A A A Pattison of the interstate tat commerce commis commission sion slon testified Friday The Th hearing Is l on the tb application of oC the transcontinental freight bu reau seeking reduction of ot rates fui I Isome some ninety consigned 10 to Pacific coast points point to meet com corn corn- com e water ater rates J P Hanes Havnes n traffic director of othe II tb the Chicago Association A cl of Coin Com merce and speaking peaking for tor 19 11 other chambers and Some om 10 ship ship- ship shippers per pets pers followed operating officials of line lines and railroads to the stand tand Friday He Ife declared that In all aU fairness to the shippers of the th country no as a II a whole and to th the tho I commission should waive walva the tho th long and short abort hort haul clause of the tho law lawand lawand lawand and allow carriers carrier to put pUI Into pf ef rt feet tariffs that would a save sate tit the thi economic life of ot the tho th central part of the country without undue In- In Injury injury In Injury jury to any other sectionS section S SILT LAKE lutE G G manufacturers manufacturer and shippers feel It I In is unfair for tor tb the government to allow established In dutO to 10 uCC suffer r due du to a condition such uch aj s the Panama canal hn has brought on I hy by y revolutionizing the tho trend of American transcontinental commerce when means mans of proven tion can cnn be bo readIlY Invoked he ho The testimony wag wa expected to conclude the hearing The Th Text next hearing has bas been set tor for January 14 at nl aJ baft t I Lake city where intermountain Inter mountain mountain Interests Interest which conten- conten reduction of rates to the coast without reduction on shipments terminating In the th Is unjust will b bo hi heard beard 00 00 |