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less than carload lots, but the car
load rates to Charleston were lower
than to Wilmington.
When Mr.. Smith urged the injustice
that the rates for towns in the immed-
late vicinity of Charleston should be
based on the rates to the Virginia
cities. Commissioner Prouty asked if
the interior towns in question would
not feel 1t an equal injustice 70 have
the Western corn they were to consume
hauled at a low through rate to Char
lesion and then back to be fed to the
people at the interior town. Mr.. Smith
replied that he did not wish to place the
commission in an equivocal position in
the eyes of the interior Carolina towns.
He did hold, however. that the water
competition at Norfolk. which had an
nulled the long and short haul sec ton
there. could apply equally We'll to Char
lesion, which had the same natural
advantages.
A SUGGESTION.
MIR. Prouty suggested that a good
scheme for Charleston would be to en-
courage water lines that would force
the railroads by competition to grant
reasonable inland rate.
MIR. Smith placed i'll evidence before
the. commission Il number of statements
covering the question of rail and water
lines in ana out Of Charleston. lie also
produced statements showing the small
differentials from Chicago to the var
ious North Atlantic ports, including
Norfolk and above. The same condi-
tions he said. held true in dfferentials
from Chicago to the Pacific coast. in
Guiding the whole coast line from As
toria to San Diego.
Mr.. Bryan stated to the commission
that lie had endeavored TO subpoena r:
NJ. Arnold. general freight agent OF the
Monon Route. but had not been able to
reach him. He asked therefore, to
mi q na IN lat a.
mold 10 the Charleston Bureau. convey
ing the same assurances contained in
the letter presented Tuesday from Mr.
Campbell. of the Chicago and East IL
linois railway.
THE RICE TRADE.
Mr.. Arnold. referring particularly to
the rice trade. said that his road would
be very glad to pro-ratc with the lines
south of the Ohio. as they We're doing
with the lines to Mobile and New Or
leans. But he added that this spirit was
no. shared by the Southern roads. and
said: so long as the bars are put ny
by the southern roads at the Ohio riv-
or ii will be impossible to come to any
reciprocal arrangement"
a SURPRISE FURNISHED.
Counsel Baxter took up the cross eX-
amina ton of Mr.. Smith and furnished
surprise to the complainants by pro-
ducing pamphlet issued by the COM
mercial bodies of Charleston booming
the city ms a rapidly growing manufac-
turing center and promising port OF
entry and export. Judge Baxter went
over the claims advanced in the Char
lesion pamphlet showing increases of
many hundred thousands of dollars in
various branches of trade and manufac-
ture and asked Mr.. Smith how, In the
face of this showing. Charleston claims
to be oppressed and barred out by the
railways from growth and development
Mr. Smith declared his ignorance of n
number Of the specific claims advanced
in the publication and ended nv say
ing that he considered tho circular as
q rule inaccurate and misleading as to
the real situation.
CASE PRACTICALLY CLOSED.
This closed the case with the excen-
tion of some dispositions. which the
complainants acked leave 10 file in the
absence of certain witnesses who could
not be reached by subpoena
Argument in the Charleston and VIII
mineton cases probably will not be
heard before October.