Show I ROADS VICTIMS OF OWN GREED SENATE IS TOLD Gooding Bill Enactment Will Build Up Interior I Committee Informed I 1 KANSAS S CITY Jan 7 r lh H It I The Associated Min lin s Min Mining I I- I ian ing Interests ts In the cat were serc IC aligned today with a tural tural Interests in opposing a aI I 5 per ver cent freight rate raIl In- In in tear renCe prop proposed cd by bT wr te n n ra railroads A G rl ende Salt S Lake City f secretary the Utah chapter of oC the American Mining Mining- testimony before th lale commerce com corn committee hearin hearing on the pro pro- pro pro d rate raIl hike here today neil designed to show how that mining to are In no shape to tolay In lay additional freight Charges 5 WASHINGTON Jan By 7 7 By The Press Many Press Many of oC the losses claimed b by the railroads can an be traced to rates made to stifle water competition Brigadier Gen Gen- General Gen Gen- General General eral Thomas Ashburn head of oC thO th government go Mississippi barge line declared today before beCore the senate Interstate commerce commission Urging enactment of oC the Good Good- GoodIn Gooding I In leg ing bill which would prevent the charging of or higher rates for Cor short than for Cor long hauls bauls he said such I ha action would cause the rail rail- roads all railroads roads to turn lurn their energies from Crom destroying water competition to the i development of ot the Interior por- por portion por portion tion Uon of the countr country It t was not I fair Cair he lie said for tor the roa roads ls to tomake tomake tomake make low rates on long hauls toI In I order to meet mett water competition I and then penalize certain sections of oC th the ibid countr country with high rates on short hauls to make up the dee dee- def def- deficit I cit Water competition will not dam dani- dani dam I age the railroads General Ash burn Ash I burn held arguing that develop I develop develop- develop I l I meet ment of oC the Inland transportation means development of oC the country from Crom which the vail vail- rail railroads I roads necessarily would benefit bendit H SEEN I I I Speaking for the Rate RaIl association of oC the tain tam states slates James A Ford of oC Spokane Wash Vash urged passage of oC bill so that railroads might be pi from Crom returning to what he characterized as the ary ary practices In force Coree up to io the lIe time of the World war He lie said railroads backed by Chicago man man- manufacturers manufacturers and shippers now now- ale aae seeking to 10 charge a much ower rate raIl on basic commodities from Chicago to 10 Pacific coast than from Crom the same city to Intermediate diate points The result would be he lie said that Instead of oC the till intermountain countr country reaping any benefits front from the Panama canal it actually would be penalized because of ot the water competition furnished by that w wa waterway erwa DUAL DU 10 Sir Mr Ford Fod said that Chicago man mal manufacturers iau and shippers are asking that New England be n removed front Crom trade with the Pacific opt I and that the Panama canal be clint elim eliminated mated sa an a factor In coast to coast to out IO i i The Chicago people are her here lii In Ina liia Ina a dual position he added They are before beCore congress urging the the to the lakes waterway and the ship canal to connect with the IheI I river On these two propositions the are arc for tOI water walH transportation At the same dame time lime they are asking I that the Panama canal water con com corn conI competition I petition be eliminated They should be made to take one post post- po l- l lion tion position ion 0 or the other they are elt r for Cor development de of oC water waier eon eon- com coni commerce merce or they are not |