Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-20

of the north Atlantic ports mentioned
t. the end that each oC the lines CONF
posing the pool may receive its allotted
proportion OF the business and no more.
-Four other charges are made rs fol-
lows
That the effect OF the dfferentials
which place American ports on an
equality is nulincd by the pools arbi-
trary division OF the traffic that the
acts Orphaned OF are in violation Of
The laws of the United states. that
efforts TO rehabilltste the American
merchant marine are hampered and
rendered abortive by this monopoly,
and finally. that there Is too little use
in efforts for the benefit of American
shipping 'if al the same time we allow
our present laws TO be violated by an
INSCRIPTIONS foreign corporation IN its
effort to suppress American competi-
ton on land and sea-
COMBINES REBATE CONTRACT
In connection with the complaint
the Cosmopolitan line submitted cop
les of the combines rebate form of
contracts. and Il is alleged that the5e
show that shippers are bribed and
squeezed to compel them to submit to
the monopoly. 1t is charged that the
Hamburg American Packet compapy's
monopoly begins with the state owned
railroads in Germany. which give the
corporation rebates. and that the
company Forces all European ship
pera 10 sign an iron-clad contract
providing for liberal rebate in return
for exclusive shipments by its lines.
j. is charged that under the existing
contract which European shippers
have to sign. they must ship very
pound of freight for Boston, Sew
York. Philadelphia, Baltimore. Nor
folk and Newport News by trust
lines, whether they 20 through Ger
man. Belgian or Dutch ports. on the
routing of which can be In any way
controlled by the merchant. Further,
il is charged that the merchant who
ships one consignment by an indie
dependent line cannot ship any at all
by line In the combination.
The complaint ON which the inter-
state commerce commission acted al
legged that when the Cosmopolitan
| established it's Philadelphia-Copen
hagen service last year the com
| biue" demanded its withdrawal. The
| Cosmopolitan refused and it is declar-
| ed that an attempt was then made to
| drive the line from the field and II
| is because OF this attempt that an APP
| neal was made to the interstate COM
| inerce commission for an inVestiSa-
| ton.
| CHARGES WILD AND RECKLESS
| New Ork, June 81 ne ISpis wa
| the Hamburg American Steam Packet
| company to the charges preferred be
| fore the interstate commerce commits
sion by Peter Wright & Sons of Phila-
delphia. agents OF the Cosmopolitan
| Steamship company, will. II Is un'
derstood. be in the nature of u gen
eral denial that a combination II
restraint of trade exists between th'
defendant and allied lines.
Emil l.. Boas. general manager u
this country OF the Hamburg-Amerl
can line. tonight said:
Most OF these charges are go VIII
and reckless that 1t seems almost IN
credible they should form the basil
Of n statement submitted to a judicia
body like the Interstate commerc
commission. II IS 10 be noted tina
Messrs Peter Wright & SONS, VIII
are themselves agents OF torelgl
steamships. wish 10 appear as repre-
senting American interests. Thei
line, the Cosmopolitan Steam1hil
company. is American IN name only
IT is actually only name Tor NI
Hockscher. tho Danish shipowner Il
Copenhagen"