Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-01
OTHER ISSUES PUT Aside THAT
QUESTION OF INCREASED
RATES NAV ssE SETTLED.
ROAD OFFICIALS WILLING
70 MAKE CONCESSIONS
May Submit Case on Briefs, Waving
Right 70 Oral Arsumsnts-soms
Willing 70 Rest Case on Evidence
Adduesd-PIisht Of the Roads Do.
seribsd BY President 0sIane.

Washington. April IA decision by
the interstate commerce committee on
the freight rate increases asked by the
eastern railroads is expected much
earlier than had been planned. It may
be handed down within q month.
Recent developments have impellcd
the commission to put aside collateral
issues and extraneous questions and
devote practically It's entire time to
the rate question.
Such questions ~ spotting car
charges, free service OF various kinds
and similar propositions that have
been considered with the application OF
the roads. It was understood today. will
not be permitted 70 interfere further
with the fundamental proposition Of a
rate increase.
1t 10 the purpose Of the commission
to expedite In every possible way Anal
disposition Of the case and 10 that end
continues its hearings which will be
held until the testimony shall have
been concluded.
1t is expected the case NAV be SUBJ
mitted either on briefs which now are
practically ready and without oral ar
Ruments. or on briefs with only short
arguments.
MAY Submit Csee eN erisfs.
Counsel for the railroads already
have indicated that they may waive
their right to argue the case orally and
submit n on briefs. They have In
some instances expressed their WILL
inenessS to stand on the evidence ad-
duced.
Il is believed not TO be unlikely that
the commission Itself may make an.
nouncemsnt Of its purpose TO facilitate
the disposition Of the case.
The method Of procedure outlined II
taaid 10 be most unusual. According TO
informatiun obtained today II u the
purposa az Ana ootnmiea1on 10 ,poetpons
for the present 60 ifsSN Nei ediata acs. .sssas
car .spotting charge, free service rem
dered by railroads to shippers ana
similar side issues of the rate advance
case but not to abandon them.
"PIioht Of tho Railroads."
RI when the hearing was resumed to-
day before Chairman Harlan and Com
missfoners Clements and McChord,
President Delano OF the Monon. ex-
planned In detail from charts he had
prepared the s''plight in which the roads
OF central freight association territory
TODAY find themselves
President Smith. Of the New YORK
Central described the financial situation
on that system, dwelling at some leigth
on the necessity with which he said
the system had been confronted OF lay
ing OF long time and experienced en-
ployes and of curtailing expenditures
in improvements.
Bia Decrease In Income.
"S,nce September, 1913" said Presi
! dart smith. 1--WE have been forced TO
! reduce our operating force by $1,000
n,sr II February OF this year as
compared with February Of last year
we had $4,000 less men. Our gross
raven,,a. a. 1919 were $4,000 900 more
thar thew were in 1910, yet our income
! WAS s3 2S4. 900 less than II was in 1910,
before we had nut the immense amount
{; Of new cap,tal into the property
Tn re.ponse to an inquiry President
smith said that Of total Of $150.ooO.
onn ,,au, can,tal mt into the system
sirc. 1e1O only $4,000, 900 had gone in
~ tho new terminal facilities and
Grand Central station in New York.
Thorne confu.es Rail Head.
yaSi.r,;a,.. h.s.:ns was marked by
hitter struggle between Presidents
u,.,,a.s -. NO a and q and Delano
y. ~ wabash IN the one side and
~ Curnrd ~ Thorne. state railroad com
] ,,,,.,,on.r ~ Iowa. on the other.
a. the conclusion Of the hearing both
prs.,dents WIZARD and Delano had ad-
mitted Thorne's general charge that the
% .a,,.aaa. ,ra aninnlated their mainten
la'l 'l l.. o"us - .,,,t the,r no,,cy They
dan,ed @ h;s inference however, that they
] hsa n,an;nnlated M these accounts to In
a',a,na tha decision in the present
na.a
a..na.;. Question. Willard.
.Takinr no the cross examination OF
pr.sident Willard, Louis d. Brandeis
n.u ,nt..iar elioited the admission that in