Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-30

the questions az to rates between Iowa
and Minnesota and between Iowa and
the Dakotas and the northwest. The
interstate commerce commission ruled
adversely on the contentious made
therein, stating that the record was not
complete with respect to those matters;
that they had not been argued ade-
uuately and that the issues ought real
ly not TO have been included in the
Iowa case.
brief was also filed in the Iowa
case by the Greater Des Moines COM
mittee on Rates between Iowa points
and points southwest and west" The
commission ruled adversely en- the con-
tentions made in this brief stating that
the main exhibit Of complaints was not
decipherabie, that the record was not
complete and that It had not oeen
argued adequately.
The Greater Des Moines committee
Also filed in the Iowa rate case brief
asking for the adjustment Of the sys-
tenn of basing rates between eastern
points and points in the interior OF
Iowa on the Mississippi river and in
lieu thereof the establishment OF thru
Joint freight rates between eastern
points and interior Iowa points. The
petition of the Greater Des Moines
committee was dismissed by the COM
mission, which held that no sufficient
reasons had been advanced for the
adjustment Of the practice that had
been long in effect of basing these
rates upon the Mississippi river.
In the main issues in the Iowa rate
case, the thru rates between eastern
points and points in the interior OF
Iowa, the Greater Des Moines commit
tee attacked only that portion Of the
thru rates which accrues to the car
riers west of the Mississippi river con-
tending that only such portion OF the
thru rates was unreasonable and dis
crimina tory and therefore unlawful. In
its brief the Greater Des Notnes COM
mittee makes the following statement:
I'VE do not propose to argue the rea-
onableness OF the thru charge; 1t Is
not involved in this controversy and no
order can be made in this controversy
affecting that question" The commits
sion dealt with the argument as fol-
lows:
we can not accept that as sound
doctrine. A shipper has no legal
grievance with respect to his thru traf-
fic unless compelled to pay excessive
charges for the thru service. If the
thru charges are lawful In the sense
that they are reasonable charges for
the thru service. a shipper can not
predicate unlawfulness OF one Of the
component parts of the thu charges by
alleging that 1t 10 excessive compensa-
ton 10 that carrier for that part Of
the thru service. He pays for the COM
pleted service and it is no concern of
his how the thru charges are divided
among the carriers. whether by agree
ment of the published proportionals,
SO long as the thru charges for the thru
carriage are reasonable
The above covers all important cues
tons raised by the Greater Des Moines
committee in the Iowa rate case and
from the disposal made OF them by the
interstate commerce commission 1t will
be seen that Dies Moines was defeated
in every proposition It fought for. II
1t had not been for the Iowa board of
railroad commissioners and its chair
man attacking the thru rates between
eastern points and interior Iowa points.
the entire eastern case would have
been lost for the interior Iowa cities.
except SO fer ~ they would have been
affected by reductions made in tho
Mississippi river case. That this is the
truth is evidenced by the following
from the opinion handed down by the
commission:
THE reasonableness Of the thru
rates Is challenged, however. by some
of the complainants and that question
is before us on the pleadings and on
the record and Is the question that
is more particularly dealt with in this
report"
The expression in this sentence.
some OF the complainants," refers to
the Iowa board Of railroad commis-
sioners.
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