The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-21
|I[s ISSUE WITH
| COMMERCE COURT
|r4ats com'1lissio" De
It's Order in the West
srn Rate Cases.
EBoRr TO CONGRESS
|ssullllendalions Made to
transportation
| From Other Business.
lgoRT TO CONGRESS

4 9.suTyGTON. Dec. 20.-Sharp is
,.kcn nv the Interstate commerce
lesion with the commerce court
y tvcnty.fiflh annual report o'
.,m,,ission transmitted 10 cou
II today.
ia. ;s.pe is made principally upon
SIMILARLY is known is the "trans-
;..utal rate cases, : involving
a rates from the Atlantic TO Pa
nsst terminals and to interme'
!. noints. Existing rates of the
sentimental lines from eastern
n. to inter Rocky mountain cities
materially higher than TO Pacific
= terminals. In a decision inter
<.y the long and short haul pro-
~ Of the present law, the inter
Il, somnerce commission directed,
.r]sr. that - relation of rates
I1j be established between the Pa
81 ,os,t and points of origin ia five
Ia into which the United States
divided
Effect Of Order,
n, effect of The ORDER was to re-
u rates 10 inter. Rocky mountain
r. and prevent the railroads from
bling from shippers the Pacific
q ID ra.c plus The local rate from Pa
cosst terminals 10 the intcrmc-
h relis. The orders Of the com.
rsu on application of the trans
srreulal carriers were rnioincd by
UUnGce court and the matter has
y zuicd, on appeal, TO the United
sih Nprcmc court.
h rs report 10 congress today the
1alSlon declares that "it is n
" Of transportation and therefore
sgicnieal and wrong 10 maintain
fapn Of tariffs which are express
blended To develop the Pacific
% cities and Ia arrest the develop
siof the interior points.
trs Impossible 10 disaEsoCiate the
5asiiaie from the long distance
Whether the Intermediate rate il
p-aalc depends upon what rate is
y 70 olher points on both sides Of
rd 10 permit thc railroads OF this
rT 10 select points whore they will
tdfie they will not compete would
( hhe-atc'
Water Competition.
aecuSiue The effect Of waier cnr,-
o7 rpon rates the commission Says
y Csnnot iiI rate from New, York
VI Francisco below which the rail
slu nol 90, for il has no authority
lHln'mum rate. Therc is. there
'g va! IN which II can prevent dis
Eon by the fixing of an absolute
n Fan Francisco and another abso-
~ al Reno, " can only accomplish
iulpo's ny prescribing the difference
nay PROPERLY exist owing 10 the
thls competition and allowing
a'nts to make whatever rate il
La % inc more distant point so long
uoseNs this difrercntial."
- pmherce court intinnatcs tina
aAe OF The commission is in hav-
EeS S'.uped 10 ilX relation OF rates
- establishing reasonable rates;
:, W., aa'e a!reacy pointed out. there
- "a ~ "nich the discrimination
Il
usa except BIS hxing a .dlfrerential
IN. se haya no power TO establish an
b, nv Sr .ste or fix minimum charge
'H'en lfe carrier is not free 10 90,
Rate Not Justified.
.eu strongly HAT water copnucfi-
Ia, wnen the widest reasonable
~rsn,ts gwen 70 the effect of msrIee7
|Rpy "i gdi.not by any possibility
II th., h,gher rate from Omaha 10
b. 5r1na t,onI omaha 10 San Fran
S p t' raul TO Spokane than
o. raul 10 Seattle.
ri tb,i HtS ,So other hand, it should be
III r.n s uie opening OF the Panama
|sr a-y 80 add 10 the INTENSITY ~ fi,ia
s,.,maettion as 10 call for so,nS
eASSsoo Of the conclusion now
ass,jls ,jl,ss'on rs,sn holds the fixing Of
d, h,t suhrsa ms 10 be a legislative func-
Iens: I,pecl /, TO review by the courts.
t pTsr maintained, has delegated
Eeaeon I, lhe commission. and the
|tos ~ y, clear that the court i'm the
s,sw .me commission. has no mower
sssasb.S ,h-ia rates as may have been
E-albn N"nough the orders Of the
pa III the trsnscontlnental
4. VI commission,
Pc, es.oe aeclares that during ,h. last
~ ye,a uNnoodylng 5UI formal de-
|,a' " lor,o,," "lsposed Of During Tho
,tkssdInys Complaints We're Iled and
V comraI,9l 9l inquiry We're instituted
.iIilon ibosoh on It's own initiative.
sSs1s of Ir,.Were were instituted :S pro-
q tar,Ts estleations and suspcn-
s and ra, cohtaiming proposed In
80; sss cIa,r., 1879 Informal COM
Eld rrom tht' and o!23 applications
y r.,onau naul provision. '"'' 'o"s
e;iarinn OF the commission ba,d l.,
lsb n, aud elsewhere 9I3 l,na 49,
Simon mmlch more than % 5.OO0 naess
- tnd.a Ho taken. In the twelve
s plbl!csi,t,, t,,nnoVembcr 80, 1911. I2i,S29
,~is Than inn we're filed. an average
eAboraie gtr .or each working day.
s,eh Of tho aSsc9ssloA is presented to
lel slnco nlVision OF inquiry show
SFais for G,eeember |, 1910. G2 In
~ ttsulais iin'hal violations Of the
Ia ssrsga,e ,'i,i,erce y, We're returned.
dlicsssssy inyestiga lions yycra Mas VIZ
.'lJ n Practices nor ~ 80 S,,,aI nt',I
a l1oaNtMM MMsfrant prosccutSnr 49,, y,
'sdtreS p.Iopriety that the cn,nmIs.
1nsectIor t.1r disconlinuJncr Tn
Nqy 'he commission says Sig
l-eo' au't Be Separated.
n ireadom Increasingly evident ,ha,
.9,sd ONLY from discrimination can
~, ,easiness ny a complete separation
~ pm Of ca vi transportation from
IkE' numerical OF industrial
~ tut "" thc comn,ipsio,,
sc lclsbhe llw ho amended 60
scs I,"n9ne, H. ono, Telegraph, and 81 ss ss,,, 5o
sss Ik5IGn''sh. fle and nogt ,hoi,.
elplcebIe ~ 10 make tI,e E,lkins
'@1aton 80, 20 such companies: Hli 1hat
Hes. syslom fpanies be required 10
NSl'; 10 MIL UNIFORM "lassiGcarIou
si..,,nd te'a tie Transportation for en-
La ngn of The tb.",c, i, 10 relievG the