Arizona republican., 1905-08-01
ard untu some time i'm the fall.

heard until some time in the fall
 The complaint against the Santa Fe | was that it granted rebates to the Col | orado Fuel & Iron company on coal shipments after having been enjoined from such practices along with half dozen other roads. The institution of the suit was the result of an invesu- gation on the part of the Interstate Commerce commission. In its answer the Santa Fe admits it at one time did give rebates, but that it has not of fended in that respect since the in function was issued. Its arran gements with the Colorado Fuel & Iron com pany, it says, were perfectly legiti- mate The Santa Fe accuses a rival l of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company of being the instigator of the suit against the road.
 1 The Santa Fes answer says: Prior to the filing Of the bill for an inimc- tion in the above cause competition
 between the different railroad compa- nics for the transportation of grain and packing house products from the middle and western states to secure such traffic became so marked and manifest that the defendant was sat lisfed that the published tariff rates
 of other competing carriers were be- ing secretly put on such commodities,
 and in order to protect its own traffic and secure a fair share of such trathc for itself against it's competitions it found that it was necessary. owing to
 the deception practiced by other car
 riers, to also secure it's own published
 tariffs upon it's own line where il found the same necessary to secure or protect traffic in the aforesaid com
 modities, and that when an investiga-
 tion was had by said Interstate Com
 merce commission, as offered in saic , injunction. the secret cutting of rates on grain and packing house products
 Paul Morton. its second vice-presi- dent, and then in charge of its traffic
 freely laid before the said commissio: :. the methods adopted to secure traffic u in said commodities in competition y with other carriers, in order that th' = unlawful methods indulged in migh
 be fully exposed and q stop put i
 possible, to such practices.
 The answer sa.,s that immediatel
 upon the issuance of the restrainini
 order the traffic managers of the var :, ious Santa ICe lines notified traffi - agents of the company of the orde - and instructed them to comply with Il ~ The Colorado Fuel and Iron compan ; trouble. the santa Fe says is a resul
 of the desire of smelters and other | . dustries along the line of the Fl Pas |, and Southwestern road to use tn - kind of coal mined by the Colorad - company The Fl Paso and South ,- western is connection of the Sant m Fe.
 n The santa Fe line uses the lines I the Colorado company mines. TheT II, are coal mines nearer to the smelter - than the Colorado company's mine but the smelters do not like to us their coal. says the santa Fe, becaus 70 it is not a good steam maker. In or "a der to secure this coal traffic, says tn =. Santa Fe it made an agreement wit ,I the Fl Paso and Southwestern to hal aI coal to connecting points with the lai .f ter road for which service the Sant ,., Fe was to receive as it's proportion fC t2 the hauling S2.90 a ton. The smeltel 5s and other industries agreed to pay tf ,d Colorado company $1.15 a ton for tn
 coal.
 When the restrs ming order was is
 sued, says the Santa Fe's answer. ta traffic was published covering tn; 10 agreement It is alleged against u in Santa Fe that it violated this publish .b ed tariff, and on this point the answ' te says: "In preparing said joint tari
 said traffic manager inadvertently b'
 without any desire to evade such ord
 included in said joint rate prescribe p in said tariff the price or cost of u N coal carried, but this defendant at
 times received upon coal carried und
 such joint tariff only it's proportion ,If agreed division of the er.tire or throue
 charge of carriage"
 The answer contends that the pra
 tice of collecting from smelters the prl
 of the coal and freight charge was "a facilitate business and not to afford gs vehicle for rebates' me ans" ei il',''i g. the Caledonlan coal eoiii pSiiIS' "Ho O. coal, the answer says sllSL'ei0 "N st not use as the instsgator of the inte h. state commerce hearing that result' be in the suit against the Santa Fe.