The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-06-02
WORKING Upon
FREIGHT RATES
federal Court HaIts Increase With
a Sweeping Writ.
ATTORNEY GENERAL AT WORK
Twenty-Five Western Roads Are En-
joined From Making a General
Advance in Interstate
Freight Rates.

Hannibal. Mo-, June Especial:
Following telegraphic advices from
Washington, twenty-five western rail.
roads we're temporarily restrained
last night by United States District
Judge David P. Dyer from making a
general advance in interstate freight
rates.
The injunction was granted on a.
petition filed by the government on
| the allegations that the advances in
| the rates were arrived at by the de-
PENDANTS by agreement with each 9th
er and without competition and in
violation of the Sherman antitrust
act.
The petition was filed in the United
States circuit court at st. louis in
the afternoon and was brought here
by Fred M. Judson and E. p. Grosve.
nor, special assistants to Attorney
General Wickersham, to present to
Judge Dyer, who is holding session
of the court here.
Plea is to Protect Public.
1t stated that unless such re.
straining order be issued the said adj
vances would become effective at
midnight, to the grave harm and in
jury of the people of the United
States.
The petition upon which the injunc.
| ton was issued was presented to
Judge Dyer by Edwin p. Grosvenor,
of Washington, special assistant to
the Attorney General, and Frederick
| ~ Judson, of st. Louis, acting as
special counsel. 1t was signed by
George w. Wickersham. Attorney
General; William s. Kenyon, assist
ant to the Attorney General, and
Charles A. Houts. United States Dis,
trict Attorney.
| Twenty-Five Railroads.
The roads restrained from increas
/ ing their freight rates are:
Missouri Pacific.
Chicago & Northwestern.
Chicago. Burlington. & Quincy
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.
Wabash railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul.
Illinois Central.
Chicago & Alton.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
Chicago Great Western.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas.
! st. Louis & San Francisco
San Francisco Railroad Co.
| Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City.
st. Paul & Des Moines.
Minneapolis & st. Louis.
! Iowa Central.
Fl Dodge. Des Moines & Southern.
Chicago. st. Paul, Minneapolis &
| Omaha.
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern.
Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis.
| Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary.
Minneapolis, st. Paul & Sault Ste.
Marie. ...-
! Kansas City Southern.
| Chicago, Indiana & Southern.
The Western Trunk Line committee.
Inside Information.
| Washington, d. c., June SPECIAL:
Attorney General Wickersham gave
out a statement today that he com
menced work upon the injunction to,
restrain 25 western railroads from
raising freight rates as soon as he
held a conference with E. H. Hubbard
of Sioux City, Friday, and was all
ready to start the action when he
heard the complaint of the western
shippers Monday. He sent an assist
ant to Hannibal, Mo, to start the case
Sunday and kept him posted by tele.
graph. He says Hubbard gave him
the inside information on the subject,
/ No Advance at ST. Louis.
st. Louis, June Special: There
was no advance of freight rates put
into effect today on the 25 railroads
of the middle west. Following the &C
ton of Federal Judge David r. Dyer.
of Hannibal, yesterday in granting a
temporary injunction restraining the
roads from enforcing or effecting an
advance in rates, u. s. District Attor.
ney Houts and Special Attorney E. p,
Grosvenor will file here today an ex.
pediting certificate under the act OF
Feb. IL, 1908, providing for speedy
termination of the issues in conten.
ton.
| Des Moines Happy, I'll
e. Des Moines, Ia, June t.--Special;
Freight Commissioner Z, G. Wiley, of
the Greater Des Moines Committee
lis overjoyed at the action of Attorney
General Wickersham in securing an
injunction against the % western
railroads. He says:
"The United States government
had done what no combination OF ship
Ipers could do, because the shippers
could not put up the bond required.
The government does not have to put
up bond, but filed certificate UNI