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Show RAILROADS BREAK LAW Interstate Commerce Commissioner's Investigations Inves-tigations Brings About Sensational Results Public Officials Sought Transportation Washington, April 2. The in estimation esti-mation by Commissioner Harlan of the Interstate Commerce commission, into the prac tice of Colorado railroads of giving free transportation has brought sensational results, Criminal indictment of large ship- i I pern and the otlending carriers have' . een returned. Commissioner Harlan personally j 'conducted an investigation and in h's own characterization of the situation! I he 'developed violations of the law on an extraordinarily large scale." Mr Harlan sas in his preliminary report handed down today, that 'In one month over a single railroad Toon I trips were nnde on passes. Not only, I shippers who controlled routing of, tratflc in any appreciable quantity "ere favored at all times, but e.en public officials, cadeless alike of, 'duty, morals and danger, accepted.1 even demanded, those favors of the bai Tiers. A6ked for Passes ' Tho record shows that judges. state officials, members of the legis-llature, legis-llature, city and county officials, in-I in-I eluding mayors and alderman, have made general use of passes. Not only has this been the case, but the records show that where passes were ! not volunteered they were asked for by public officials "Even judges have not hesitated to pursue this co.irse Personal re-i re-i quests by judges upon carriers lor passes are disclosed by the record, accompanied by expressions of their snse of obligation for such favors granted to them both before and af-Ur af-Ur they went on the bench. All classes joined In the orgy of i petty graft, at once sacrificing, right-, ful revenues of the carriers, discriminating discrim-inating against all small shippers and demoralizing al' public officials, including in-cluding the legislature and the bench." Commissioner Harlan says that the ! Colorado carriers have given assur- j ..ice that the will conform their future fu-ture practices to the rulings of the commission in pass matters. The report re-port does not disclose what further steps may be taken of other viola- lions of law uncovered in the case of an investigation, but a final report is 1 promised to make ctear the views of l the commission in the sordid traffic j in transportat Ion oo |