Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-24
Undue Preference Declared to be
Given to Cereain Places.
DETAILED COMPLAINT
Water Charges Play Part in Re,
TO Some Points.
WILLIAM NJ. GEDDEs TAKES BRl
Married 90 Mrs. George w. smith
Of wasbinEtOn-Dema for
savings Cards.
CFrom a staff Correspondent }

WASHINGTON, March 2s.--Cspecial Tele-
gram)-The National wool Growers asso-
citation today filed complaint with the
Interstate Commerce commission against
the Oregon Short Line Railroad company
and thirty-t three other railway and water
transportation companies which operate
throughout the country, alleging violations
Of sections 3 and 4 OF the act to regulate
commerce
In violation OF section 1 defendants are
alleged to be maintaining and exacting ex-
cessive unjust. unreasonable and therefore
unlawful charges for transportation Of wool
from Yool-producing territory and espe-
Cislly from intermountain territory to wool
markets, and especially 10 the markets OF
Chicago. st. Louis Boston and other east
ern cities.
In violation Of section It Is charged
that the defendants are giving undue and
unreasonable preference and advantage to
certain localities, including particularly Pa
cific coast territory, and at the same time
subiecting other localities, particularly
intermountain territory, to undue and un-
reasonable prejudice and disadvantage in
eastbound rates on wool to the markets
named. The defendants have exacted, and
are exactlng, II Is alleged from members
OF the petitioners association, situated In
the intermountaln territory, rates and
charges largely In excess OF and grossly
disprouDrtionate to the charges maintained
for like service in transportation Of the
same commodity under similar conditions
from Pacific coast territory.
inequalities Are cited.
illustrative Of gross Inequalities in rates
Of 10
western territory and as Indicating the ex-
tent Of unjust and unreasonable charges
exacted, the petitioner submits the follow
ing facts from tariffs on file with the com
mission
In the large wool-producing territory EN-
braoing western Oregon. nearly all of Idaho
and Utah. in the northern portion Of
Utah, together with portions OF Montana
and wyoming the rute to Boston Is eiwost
uniformly s21s and is made up for tire most
part by combination of locals on Misss-
slppl river points. and rates from this terri
tory to the Mississippi are generally Si.55la
ana to Chicago sl65ls, although the rate
IRON Pacific coast terminals over the same
lines OF The defendants and in the same
directions including the shorter haul, Is
only 81.
The rates from western Colorado and por-
tions OF eastern Utah present wide diver
gencies. there being no through rates on
wool and rates generally being made by
sums Of local rates on Colorado common
points.
From Wyoming, North Dakota and part
OF South Dakota through rates are made
by a combination on Duluth with water
lines producing in general a rate to Boston
Of 81 50 or less
Rates From wyoming.
The rates from the principal wool pro-
ducing territories OF Wyoming, embraclnE
the larger portion OF that state, are made
20 Boston by combinations on Chicago and
the Mississippi river rates 20 Chicago being
generally IA cents higher than TO ST. Louis
and the local rate from Chicago 20 Boston
being IA cents higher than from ST. Louis
to Boston. There are published rates from
Wyoming points to Chicago ranging from
81 65ik down to 81 e2is.
Rates from eastern Colorado territory, in
cludlng Denver and Colorado common
points taking the same rates, are SLEEPY t.