The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-06
COLORADO FUEL
ADMITS REBATES
PRESENTATIVES TELL COM
MISSION THAT COMPETITION
Is TO BLAME.
FRAUD IN COAL LANDS
Reveal Irregular Methods Used
Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad Co.

Denver. Colo. Dee 5.-At the first
day a session OF the interstate com.
merce commi sion sitting IN Denver
| today. with Il. T. Clark representing
! that body, IL was brought out. THAI
! the Colorado Fuel and Iron company
! receives from the three state railroads
minimum rate on all coal shipped
| from its mines 10 its plant al Pueblo
! and that for other coal shipments for
commercial purposes II pays the regu.
| lar rate,
| In explanation Of this arrangement,
which was entered into years ago
when the steel plant at Pueblo was
struggling for existence, the company
representatives held that unless this
rate, which runs from 3715 cents tc
81 cents ton, while the Published
rate is Is cents a ton. were allowed
the Colorado Fuel and Iron company
could not meet the competition from
Chicago and Pittsburg stel plants
Evidence also was given to show
that the Rio Grande ra alroad company
and the Colorado and Southern rail
road company Mcssrs Gould and
Haw,Ny control the {, dorado Fue'
and Iron company ana arrange rates
so that the manufacturing company
may continue TO furnish their rail- |
roads with as much freight as pos
sible.
See Frau4 IN Coal Lands.
Thrsc witnesses were called to |
prove that the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad company. through the late |
George W. Kramer had secured pos
session a the Somerset Coal property |
in Gunnison county through question:
able nieans--the employment OF men
to file on the land and then turn over |
their claims 10 the IA lroad company |
This oifense is Charged against the
Denver and Rio Grande and Its sub
sidiary concerns In Utah These
charges are new TO the hearing and
they will be continued tomorrow.
II was made clear, too. what the
people of Colorado have been aware
Of for some months, that he coal
cannot furnish the coal re-
(uired and that the railroad compan
les cannot haul the fuel needfrl
through lack of labor and rolling
stock
The Colorado Fuel and Iron com.
Dany. il was shown, is far behind
With iis orders. II has had 10 run
,hort at it's steel works for lack of
,oal. II does not seem to be able to
secure miners, while the railroad com.
)anies cannot supply sufficient cars,
Startling Revelations Expected. q
The investigation so far made In {
colorado and Utah has developed that !
he railroad companies and the largest |
oal company are In close relations I
is eynected the relationship will be S
made more evident when the inter a
tate commerce commission is in pos. q
ession Of the lists of stockholders of \
he various compalies the Denver and d
iio Grande road and it's dozen sub /
idiary railroad companies. its coal B
and the Colorado Fuel and b
ron company. The companies were I
rdered toproduce these The com. a
lis ion already has made startling =
iscoveries regarding the coal land
oldings Of he Rio Grande road and
ne Gould properties direct and indi.
sct as well as the Union Pacohc
ad and It's coal companies, and how
ley we're obtained.
As soon as the investigations are :
nished regarding the conecting link
tween the stale railroads and the
ial corporations and into the taking
p Of coal lands by individuals who
lal operators in this section who >
ave grievances against the ra lroads .
I'd he big coal companies said to be n
alliance wit htbe railroads viii be !,
ard by the commission. 8,
TAKES Uo Car Famine. n,
Washington. D. C. Dec 5.-Tbe IN 3
ntions and attitude Of the interstate =,
mmerce commiss on respecting the +,
r shortage in the northwest are de- =,
led in the following letter addressed n
Senator Hansbrough BY Chairman b.
napp: m
"The liability 4 shippers 10 secure
rs for the movement OF their traffict
reported from various parts Of the
uniry. and amounts in some sec.
ms, as Won observe. 10 almost a ca n,
nifty. This matter has given the in
mmiss on special concern although Z or
: apear 70 be without any adequate ca
thOrity 10 deal With such a situation be
2 can exercise no direct power 70 ~
mpel interstate carriers 70 furnish a-,
eqi ate equipment nor are We pre-
red at this time to recommend spec
legislation upon This subject n p
-es carer uniusiiy discriminates th