Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-15 | Page 4 | Anthracite Rate Hearings Begin

yju ANTHRACITE RATE HEARINGS BEGIN Government Contends Rail-road Rail-road Charges Are Not Justified Justi-fied Eleven Roads Involved. Washington. Jan. 15. Arguments were begun today before the interstate inter-state commerce commission, marking the conclusion of its investigation ol the rates, practices, rules and regti lations governing transportation of an thracite Eleven of the principal coa. carrying roads are involved and ih case is considered one of the mosl Important, before the commission. The government's position was stated today lo rest on the conten tion that the cost of transport !: on the investment of the roads and t disposition of their income did nni justify the rates charged. oo