Arizona republican., 1912-07-27
The Pacific Creamery Com pany, Complainant, Sub mits to the Corporation Commission a Long List of Comparative Rates
CONDITIONS NOT SAME
 IS STATED IN REPLY
It Is Made Plainer That It Is the Purpose of the De fendant Railroads to Re sist Statute Clothing the Corporation Commission

Although considerable oral testi- mony has been introduced the prin- Clpai part of the Pacific Creamery CCmpany'S case, before the corpora ticn commission, in it's fight against the railroads of Arizona for cheaper freight rates on condensed milk is iii the form of a series of comparative tables by which it is sought to be shown that the rates charged in Ari- zona are excessive. The proceedings dragged along through all of yester- day and when the commission ad- jCurned in the evening the end of the case was not in sight. At this time it is impossible to predict the time when the end will come though the first stage of the case, presum- ably will be finished some time to- day so far as the taking of testi- mOny is concerned. It is realized. however, that this is merely the be- ginning of the fight since, because of the extreme importance of the case it is quite certain it will not end until the last legar resource of the roads has been exhausted It is also probable that there may be a continuance as to part of the hearing ot a time when the legal heavy weights of some of the roads can be present As much was intimated yes terday.
 The comparative tables mentioned above were prepared by R. Johnson, who is in the employ of the creamery company It covers a wide range giV- inu in than carload lots on milk shipments in various parts of the United States The submission of these tables has somewhat changed the course of the proceeding and the attorneys fol some of the roads frankly confessed they would require a little time tC meet the elaborate plan of attacl that had been prepared by the cream cry company.
 Here are some of the facts se forth in this comparative sheet:
 The rate from the creamery tC Tucson 114 miles) is higher thar for the 62S miles from Denver tC Salt Lake
 The rate to TOpock (372 miles) both carload and less than carload lots is higher than the rate for tht ql5 miles from Franklin to Reading
 The rate for the 363 miles tC Miami is more than double the rate for the 9I5 miles from Franklin tC Bedding.
 The rate to Tucson, IA miles, i: more than double the rate for th' ASA miles from San Francisco tC Los Angeles.
 Other figures of alleged rates sub nitted are as follows:
 The rate per hundredweight iron Chicago to San Francisco 2285 miles is s1.5O, while the rate from Cream cry to Miami, 363 miles. is S1.37.
 The rate from Richmond, Utah t. Salt Lake City, 115 miles, is P cents while the rate from Creamery t Tucson. IA miles, is 47 cents.
 A vast array of facts of this kin' has been submitted and it is no known yet just what line of defens the railroads will take with respec to rebutting these figures.
 Some testimony along this line wa given yesterday ofternOon by Nil Hawke, of the Fl Paso and South western. MT Hawke said there ar many things to be taken into con sideration in the making of frelgh rates, the principal one, of course heinz the cost of the service. II mentioned as elements that are to b considered. the cost of labor, of fue the character of the road as to cuts grades, curves, and so forth, and tn amount of business transacted It 1 evident, he said, that a road tha has an easy grade, with low cos of fuel. and which does larg amount of business can handle freigh mere cheaply than can road Una rms through a sparsely settled coun try where the amount of business small and the price of fuel is h1gf It is much more expensive for tn Fl Paso and Southwestern to handl freight on it's western division Una on the eastern division, he said.
 MT. Johnson, who occupied a con siderable part of the afternoon tn preceding afternoon in testlfylng a to various rates on creamery pro ducts was on the stand again forenoon and part of the afternoo yesterday He explained many Of IT fis,lres which he had compiled an on which he had evidently spent great deal of time and labor. Johr son gave the impression of ma who has made a pretty thoroue study of the freight rate question:
 One reason why the proceeding hf occupied so much time is the fa' that considerable extraneous matt'