Arizona republican., 1913-04-22
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 HEARING CLOSES
Oil, Flour, and Preparation for Two Years, Occupy Attention of Special Ex- aminer Settle Here for Three Days


 A three day hearing before Special l Examiner w. E. Settle, of the In- ] terstate Commerce Commission, which | has been held in the supreme court clamber of the state house, was | completed yesterday afternoon when 1 the last case asking for rcparation O. certain freight charges from points without the state, to Arizona points, was presented. These claims go back for a period of two years and amount in excess of $200,000 alleged excess charges are made. The evil dence in these cases as well as that of the hearings held on Friday and Saturday will be transcribed by the official stenographer who was in at tendance and will be presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission to- gether with the recommendations of the special examiner, so that the commission cen make any order it sees fit in the premises.
 The first case which occubied all day on Friday together with a night session, was devoted to the oil rates from California producing points, and points in oklahoma, Texas, Kan sa. and Whiting, Indiana, to Arizona points The charge was made that the rates were discriminatory, ex- cessive and unjust The Arizona Corporation Commission by it's three con .nlissioners, and it's secretary. to- gtther with Manager Cook and Traf- f;c Manager Johnson of the Pacific Creamery handled the case for the shippers and consumers. while the | railroads were represented b. vast array of eminent attorneys and eX pert rate men of national reputation. The same dramatis personae figur- l ed in the flour rate cases which were heard on Saturday. In these cases. 1 the Arizona Corporation Commission were the sole plaintiffs. but a num- ber of the commercial bodies of va rious communities in Oklahoma and l Kansas as well as the Oklahoma commission, the California commits i sion, the Nevada commission, and the New Mexico commission appeared as i intervenors.
 The rates on flour and cereals from | Kansas and Missouri river common l points was attacked by the Arizona commission It was contenJed that 1 the rate on flour should not exceed that of wheat The railroads and mills of this section answered this by | the contention that if the rates on flour were reduced it would be inn possible for the farmers to raise wheat here and sell it so as to allow either any profit for themselves or to the mills buying the wheat This was answered by the Arizona commission l H-.if fIIr hnr pnnfa fag1fi ion hat | is better for the flour to be cheaper | in all Arizona than for wheat to be i higher in this section
 1 In the course of the testimony Secretary Smith submitted to the examiner the following rates which arc comparative and have since been tabulated
 l Kansas City to Salt Lake, 1409 miles, 56 cents per hundred pounds. 1 Kansas City to Los \ 1ge.es, 1909 miles, 65 cents per hundred pounds.
 Kansas City to San Francisco, 212O
 miles, 65 cents per hund- ed pounds. 1 Kansas City to Spoka, e, 1867
 miles, 70 cents per hundred pounds. l Kansas City to Phoenix, 1279 mics, $122 per hundred pounds l The rates prayed for 5y the Ari-
 zona corporation commission com pared with those now in effect are as follows: