Arizona republican., 1914-09-24
Committee to Confer With Fair Commission and Board of Trade Upon Question: Southern Route Demanded.
HEAR JONES ON
 FREIGHT RATES
Considering Proposal to Send Shipper to Chicago for Modification Hearing on Inter-mountain Sche- dule on October 6.

The Merchants and Manufacturers association at the annual membership dinner held last night at the Arizona club came out against the proposition to run the Los Angeles Phoenix road race for the Republican cup over the newly proposed route through North ern Arizona, and declared themselves to be in favor of the old southern route, and appointed a committee to confer with the fair commission, the board of trade and G. P. Bullard, chair man of the auto committee relative to the proposition. and to see if it is not possible for the race to be run over the old route rather than taken over an entirely unauthorized route. The ques-
 tion was first raised when J. C. Adams
 was speaking upon the value of the state fair to Phoenix. Mr Welch pre-
 viously had spoken of the matter of raising the money necessary to make the purses that have been agreed upon, when he suggested the proper way to handle the budget was for the board of supervisors to help cover. the sum necessary.
 J. A. Adams spoke of the great ad- vertising Phoenix gets yearly by reason of the splendid exhibitions of trotting 1 horses and the prize stock that is year | " coming to Phoenix to be shown. ! Great publicity is given Phoenix in | thousands of papers all over the coun- | try by reason of the contests, and be- l of he lal cli 1 fast track. and the size of the purses. 1 He supported his statements with fig
 ures. David Goldberg, P. T. Slakback
 Dwight B. Heard and E. Power Con-
 way also spoke on the advisability of
 having the race over the old route and
 methods to be pursued in raising the 1 money.
 l Corporation Commissioner F. A. Jones
 was then introduced by President Pratt of the association and in a speech de-
 voted to a discussion of the present
 freight rate situation in the southwest explained that the railroads are at tempting to discriminate against Ari- zona in their attempts to get a modifi-
 cation of the order of 1911 issued by the interstate commerce commission and confirmed by the supreme court of the l United States establishing the inter- mountain rates. If any such modiflca- ton is completed as desired by the railroads. the effect on this section will
 be a reversal of the conditions prevail . ing whereby benefits are accruing to
 Phoenix by reason of the reasonable rates. This case is to be heard on
 October 6 at Chicago and Commis-
 sioner Jones will be present both on l behalf of the corporation commisslor
 and the shippers of Arizona. He ad-
 vised however. that the local business
 men send a shipper to the hearing, one
 capable of giving testimony if called upon. thus backing up the statements that might be made in their behalf
 Commissioner Jones stated that he dlt , not believe many would oppose a hori' zontal raise. but most certainly grea , opposition ought to develop toward l any action that discriminates agains Arizona.
 l Representatives Of the press spok' on the value of a newspaper campalg1 l 10 a day set for trade stimulator. Th' } suggestion of dollar day so success ? full elsewhere was made and received 5 with approval A general discussion } was had upon the money raising ques r ton before adjournment was taken. 5 Forty or more members of the asso l citation sat down to the elegant repas 7 that had been prepared. The occasion l was voted to have been the most sue . cessful of it's kind yet held by the M t & NJ. and more such gatherings vii 2 be held during the coming fall an | winter
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