Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-28
COMMERCE COMMISSION lN0i.
GATES IT REGARDS IOWA RATE
SUIT IMPORTANT.
COMPLICATED CONTROVERSY
TO BE BEGUN MONDAY
Interests Of All Interior Cities Involved
In Hearing to Be Held in Des MoineS
Battle Royal Between Best Law
yers and Rate Expsrts-Fostsr Fa-
vors National Primary.
Special TO Times Republican.

| Special to Times Republican
! Des Moines. Oct 2s.-The fact that
| Commissioner Harlan of the inter-
! state commerce commission is to APP
| pear personally and hear the first evil
dence in the big railroad rate case in
volving Iowa rates in general is believ-
ed to indicate that the commission re-
CARDS this Iowa case az one of unusual
Importance. There is hoping that the
commission may be induced &c make
this case one of their own and to place
their corps of experts at work to sup
plement the Work that has been done
by the commercial bodies in Iowa. the
railroad commission and the office Of
attorney general.
The hearing viii commence Monday
morning ia tila federal court room The
case is somewhat complicated There is
a case in which the state of Iowa, by
and thru the attorney general, makes
complaint in general terms Of the dis
ordinations of the present rtaes Then
there is the Des Moines case in which
Mr.. Wylis, for Des Moines shippers.
Will give specific illustrations of the
Determinations. This case naturally
branches out and includes all the inter
Tor cities OF Iowa, and especially Wa
terloo. Cedar Rapids, MarshaIl,own and
Cttun"o. Then there Is = separate casa
for Waterloo and another for Cedar
apios- on top Of this is the case
brought by the commercial bodies of
the Mississippi river cities. in which, in
addition to complaints like those affect
ing interior cities. there is specific ask
ing for rates from the east like those
for st. Louis and Quincy. But all cases
will be submitted together
II is supposed that Mr.. Ellis for the
Milwaukee. Mr.. Lee for the Illinois
Central. and other rate expert lawyers
from Chicago Will appear for the de-
tense. The shippers will have their
case presented by Messrs. Henderson,
Thorne, COsson, Robbins. Lewis and
Guernsey. 1t Will be a battle royal be-
tween the best lawyers and rate ex-
perts
Much of the effective testimony TO be
introduced has been prepared by Mr..
Wyl!e, who has devoted great deal of
time to a study Of the questions in
VOWED. MIR. Jones, on behalf Of the
Waterloo commercial interests, has
been here joining in the work for some
days. Representatives of commercial
bodies from Dubuque, Marshalltown.
Cedar Rapids. Davenport and Burling-
ton have all joined in the work. since
it is new thing and help has been
welcomed from every source. The
shippers are confident that an unusual
Y iS 70 o n h,,< that
have no notion that any conclusion will
be reached for a long time. In fact the
case involves So much that 1t is prob
able the interstate commerce commits
sion will ask for further inquiry and go
into the matter much deeper than is
possible at this time.
John W. Foster. of Guthrie county
who divides his time between good
farming, good banking and good roads.
occasionally having a word to say
about politics from an outside stand
point is opposed to having Iowa re-
store the discarded and discredited
caucus and convention system for the
republican party and abandonment Of
the policy Of settling party matters By
vote Of the members Of the party.
tie our differences within the party by
the primary method he said yester-
day I am for ii for two reasons. first.
because l believe in the primary prin-
ciple and think we ought to stand by
il. and second, because it might be
that LaFollette would carry the state
and be nominated and / should Ike to
have i. 50 we could all vote the ticket
in good conscience and give it such
support as would make Iowa certainly
republican next year. This talk about
the expense and impossibility of pri
mary is all nonsense. We had primaries
in Guthrie county for twenty years and
thought nothing of it. We fought out
cur party differences and accepted the
result like men, and the party has
gained in strength all the time. The