The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-09-19
WOOL RATE HEAR
ing in salt LAKE

A hearing in the wool rate cases
asked for by the shippers against the
railroads, was commenced by the in
Salt Lake Federal building at 10
clock this morning and will continue
through the remainder of the week.
Examiner Ward Prouty, son of Com
missioner Charles A. Prouty, is con-
ducting the hearing. The commission
is represented by its attorney, j. I.
Marchand, of Washington.
The case to be considered is No.
4074, entitled Gin the matter of the
investigation of alleged unreasonable
rates and practices involved in the
transportation of wool, hides and pelts
from various western points of origin
to eastern destinations
When what are known as the Salt
Lake, Reno, Spokane and Phoenix
freight tariff cases came up before the
interstate commerce commission in
June, 1910, the commission declined to
consider the matter of wool rates in
this connection, as details in regard to
this branch of transportation were
lacking.
Held Other Meetings.
The commission few weeks ago in
the Reno, Spokane, Phoenix and Salt
Lake cases, rendered decisions reduc-
ing tariffs from points east of the Mis-
souri, river to the intermountain re-
gion so they would conform to the
transcontinental charges. But wool
rates were not mentioned in the decis-
ions, as the commission stated its in
formation on wool tariffs was too mea-
ger.
1t put all the wool cases into one
and began a hearing on the matter in
Chicago September 6, which lasted
three days. Then the hearings were ad
journed to Albuquerque and Denver the
latter having been finished last week.
Next week the commission goes to
Portland and from there to Phoenix.
J. T. Marchand, who will represent
the commission at the hearing, is not
unknown to the coast country. Five
dence in the Tillman- Gillespie con-
gressional investigation of the coal
land frauds along the Union Pacific
and Denver & Rio Grande railroads.
He was also here last month to meet
the wool shippers and confer with them
regarding the present hearing. The
testimony so far taken in the hearing
makes 1900 pages.
Array Of Legal Talent.
At the Salt Lake hearing the ma
tional wool growers association win
be represented by Victoria Johnson, Of
Idaho, and the Utah wool growers by
c. B. Stewart secretary of the state
association. The railroad commission
of Oregon will be represented by the
chairman, Clyde B. Aitchison.
1t is understood that the freight
traffic managers of the Salt Lake route,
the Oregon Washington Railway and
Navigation company. the Southern
Pacific and Western Pacific, will be
called on to testify, as will also wool
growers and sheepmen of Utah, Ne
vada, Idaho and Wyoming.
Frank II. Plaisted, assistant gener-
al freight agent of the Oregon Short
Line, was examined during the early
days of the hearing in Chicago. This
railroad may be called on again and
Ira Tuttle. sassistant general freight
agent, will likely be the man to- tes-
tify.
Western Pacific representatives were
examined in Denver, but they may he
called upon again, and II. M. Adams.
freight traffic manager, will probably
be the witness for the railroad. u n.
Cosgriff, of Salt Lake. and Peter Iohn-
son, of Blackfoot. Idaho, testified at