Arizona republican., 1910-05-02
LOWER RATE
 0M HORSES Complaint Filed Against Wells, Fargo s Co. N RAILWAY COMMISSION
Object to Remove What In Some Cases Has Been An Embargo On Race Horses Which Would Otherwise
 Be at Territorial Fair.

There will be a meeting Of the Ari'
 zona Fair commission today at whici
 1t will be officially informed of an ef-
 fort to aid it in its work. It will be
 made known that the Arizona railway
 commission has complained to the in terstate commerce commission of the
 present rate of Wells, Fargo & Co. or horses from Fl Paso.
 Previous fairs have been deprived oi reason of the rate and it is expected if an adjustment can be secured, that there will be many horses at the next territorial fair that would not other wise be brought.
 Secretary DePass of the commission, who prepared the complaint, did not go into the matter of rates east of Fl Paso. believing that that would have required an investigation by the interstate commerce commission that could not have been completed in time for it's order ts be of any benefit to the next fair. Besides, the best horses in the country will probably be in Fl Paso anyhow just previous to the holding of the territorial fair here.
 The. simplicity of the complaint. if is thought. will enable the commission to dispose of the matter so early that representatives of the fair may go east and fiolc out to horse owners the ad- vantages of the reduced rate.
 The following is the form of the complaint which has been filed:
 The Arizona Railway Commission against Wells, Fargo X Co.
 The petition of the aDove named complainant respectfully shows:
 l. That complainant. established by the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and acting as the railway commission of said territory. has it's office in the city of Phoenix. the capital of said ter ritory. and files this petition under section 13 of the Act to Regulate Com merce. approved February 4th. 1887. March End. 1889. February 10th. 1891, February Sth, 1895. June 2sth. 1906 and April 18th. 1908. in be- half of the Arizona Territorial Fair 
 II. That the defendant above named is a common carrier engaged in the transportation of property by express between Phoenix. Arizona, and Fl Paso. Texas, Los Angeles. California, and San Francisco. California. and as such common carrier is subject to the provisions of the Act to Regulate Com merce. approved February 4th. 1887, and acts amendatory thereof or sup thereto
 III. That the Arizona Territorial Fair Commission was created by an Act passed by the Twenty-third Leg islative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona. being Act No. 64. approved March 18th. 1905, and at all times since said last mentioned date has been and now is performing the duties i'm posed upon it by the provisions of said Act. That the principal object for which said commission was created is the promotion and advancing of the in- terests. growth and welfare of the Ter rftory of Arizona: that among the features of the efforts of said commission is the development and breeding of trotting horses. and tiie conducting of speed exhibitions at the annual fair conducted by said commission at Phoenix. in the Ter ritory of Arizona, which trotting ex- complainant alleges, are nec- essary to the financial success of the annual Territorial Fairs so held That on account of the unjust, unreasonable and discriminatory express rates on horses to and from the city of Phoe- nix in the territory of Arizona. as particularly mentioned and set forth, the Territorial Fair Com mission, notwithstanding the induce ments offered to owners of trotting horses to exhibit such horses in speed at the Territorial Fairs, finds it difficult and in many cases impos- slble to induce owners to incur the exorbitant expense of shipping horses by Wells-Fargo Express to Phoenix