Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-13
M'VANN OPPOSES NEW RAISE
Omaha Traffic Commissioner Before
Commerce Commission.
RAILROADS SEEK MORE TARIFFS
Congressman Norris TO Introduce
Resolution Calling on Sugar Trust
20 Furnish Full statistics
of Industry.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

AFFom SlhII consequently
WASHINGTON. May R.-Cspeciai Tele-
egram.)-rhe ghost of the old Burnham-
Hanna Munger Missouri river rate case.
which went 20 the supreme court on a
ruling OF the Interstate Commerce com
mission fayoring a reduction OF rates be-
tween the Mississippi ana Missouri rivers
and which was sustained by that court.
staiked across the boards at the Interstate
Commerce commission rooms today. The
ghost appeared in the case of William
Warner & Co. ct al. against various west
ern railroads. Under this simple and very
commonplace title Is involved something
like $4,000 per annum TO the railroads
should the new schedules obtain over the
old ones which were in existence before the
decision of the supreme court
BY reason OF the decision OF the supreme
court sustaining the Interstate Commerce.
commission. q two-year Limitation was
placed on orders OF the commission The
reduced tariff. which went into effect Oe-
tober &c. 1910. could be Cancelled by the
railroads on November TO- 1910. without
violating the terms of the order. The
railroads Immediately proceeded 20 cancel
the rates by a tariff effective December /.
1910. Meantime the new amendment gov
erning advances OF rates had gone into ef-
Feet and the commission promptly sus-
pended the advanced tariffs. The investi-
cation called for by the law was held be-
fore Commissioner Clark at Chicago In
March.
AT the same time the commissioner set
Tor hearing the Warner case which COW
srs the request Of Sioux City. Kansas city
and other interests that the rates pre-
scribed between the Mississippi river and
the Missouri river to be applied on At
lantic seaboard business. should also be
applied on business originating west of
Pittsburg and Buffalo and east of Chi
cago. The evidence in that case was heard
AZ Chicago, and II was argued before the
commissioners today.
In the case today covering the suspen-
sion OF the reduced Missouri river rates.
the railroads had the affirmative and the
Arguments Of all the lines west OF Chi
eago were presented by c. C-wright, gen
eral solicitor OF the Chicago q Northwest
ern railway
The shippers who under the new law
answered the arguments OF the roads. were
the commercial bodies OF Kansas City. 81.
Joseph, Omaha and Sioux City. ana these
were represented in the suspension case
by 10. J. McVann, manager OF the traffic
bureau OF the Commercial club OF Omaha.
The compliments In the Warner case were
represented by George T. Bell, commits
sioner % the Sioux City traffic bureau. The
railroads who defended that case were
represented by w. +. Dickinson. general
attorney OF the Chicago Rock Island a
Pacific. Of Chicago.
In his argument on behalf Of the Mis-
t0uu river shippers Mr.. MeVann spent
some time In analysis OF the testimony
and the presentation OF the railroads They
were In the povel position, for the nrst
time since thu great advanced rate cases.
% being obliged 20 make an affirmation
ease, but In this case, unlike the advanced