Arizona republican., 1912-01-21
Neither Santa Fe Nor Southern Pacific Will Make S95 Rate on Cattle as Promised by Repre- sentatives.
SLIP OCCURRED
 IN ADJUSTMENT
Shippers Are Dissatisfied With Present Tariff Schedule and Case Will be Fought Out Before Commission.

Both the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific systems have refused to ac- cept the recommendations made by their representatives that rate of S95 be made on thirty-siX feet cars of cattle from Phoenix to Los Angeles, which followed conference between railroad representatives and stock men held at Ash Fork earlier in the month. This news came yesterday after J. G. Stubbs. of the Southern Pacific. and Paul Hastings. of the Santa Fe. conferred with Dwight E.. Heard in Phoenix The roads were both willing to make slight conces- sions. but the reductions offered are not large enough to suit the stock shippers and the case which is all ready before the interstate commerce commission will go on.
 IL was only a week ago that the Arizona Cattle Growers, with invited guests, held the banquet at the Hotel Adams, the feature of which was the announcement by MT. Heard of the new rate which had been named by the stock mems representatives in the conference and which had been tentatively accepted by the railroad officials 4 deal of reorganization was voiced by all the speakers-and the list was a long one. The new schedule was considered an accepted fact Merely the confirmation of the action by the heads of the two great systems was lacking and no intima ton of doubt that the new arrange ment would be finally accepted was spoken: in fact. it is not likely that the slip twiXt the cup and the lip" was considered by any Of those who attended the banquet
 Besides AIr Heard and the railroad men. James A Johnson, president of the Cattle Growers association. and ". ". Cook. former president, were in yesterdays conference
 The present rate on cattle from Phoenix to Los Angeles is Sl26.S5 for the thirty-six feet cars. The stock men wanted to pay S95. At yester- days meeting the best figure offered by the roads was Sl20. The present sheep rate. for cars thirty-siX feet long. double decked. is $150.45. and. for single decked cars, sS7.50. Both roads offered to reduce this rate to sl25 and SSS.5O for the respective type of cars
 MT. Heard made the following statement in reference to yesterdays meeting:
 MT. Stubbs. speaking for the Southern Pacific, advised that after careful consideration their company did not feel justified in granting the S9j rate recommended as a result Of the Ash Fork conference. by Mir. F.. ". Clapp representing the Southern Pacific and Arizona Eastern. but they were prepared to make a rate from Phoenix on thirty-siX feet siX-inch cars of cattle, of $120.
 MT Paul P. Hastings. on behalf of the Santa Fe stated that the Santa Fe company had also decided that they were not in a position to grant the same rate of s95, which was recommended by MT. w. C. Barnwell. representing the Santa Fe system at the conference. but that they were prepared to make a rate of $120.
 Neither gentleman questioned the fact Of the recommendation of the $95 rate by the representatives of the two systems at the Ash Fork confer ence, but stated that the general of ficials Of the companies did not feel justified in approving the recOm- mendation.
 T told both of these gentlemen very frankly, that I felt. in view of the very reasonable and cooperative spirit shown at the Ash Fork con ference, that the refusal of the com panies to comply with the recom- mendations of their representatives, was most unfortunate as l felt con fident that the most impartial inves- tigation would develop that the $95 rate agreed to at Ash Fork was a just one both to the shippers and the railways. allowing a most satis- factory profit to the companies on the transportation.
 After conferring with Mir. John son and MT. Cook, the only thing possible under the circumstances the effort at agreement having failed seems to be to carry to an early conclusion the shippers case now be- fore the Interstate commerce com mission; the stockmen having already agreed. after a full discussion. that unless the reasonable compromise of fered by them and approved by the railways representatives at the Ash Fork conference, was carried out the best course was to await the deci- sion of the Interstate Commerce com mission on the case now before them"