Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-06-23

OnmerCC commission procedure
says is OF equal Importance to the
intcrmountain rate case itseli-ii not
greater.
class rates. Those rates were held
to be unreasonable, and substantial
reductions were ordered. The effect
may be shown by reference to tie
first class rates from Chicago, which
were reduced by the order OF the
commission from S429 to $500 flat
eliminating the back hauI charge Ui
Sl.2Q and decreasing the through
rate TO Sacramento in favor of Reno
by 10 cents. The rates prescribed
were not made uniform, but varied
more or less from the different trai-
ic ones. From New York, for ex-
ample, rate OF $3.50 to Reno was
allowed, a~ against the S. rate t.
Sacramento, III recognition of a small
measure OF water competition which
ii wa, Assumed had the effect oi
lowering rail rates to the Pacific
coast terminals.
Some time later. through the ef-
forts of the Nevada commission the
railroads agreed to, and did, reduce
rates on something like lOG commOd-
itlcs Of more or less Importance mOv-
ing into Nevada
Pending the consideration of the
Reno case, in March, 1911, all of the
great transcontincnta1 carrier, petit
toned the Interstate Commerce COM
mission to be relieved from the ap-
pnrHtion OF the long and short haul
clause contained in the amended
fourth section OF the Interstate Com
merce law. Y hearing took place l.,
Washington, the Nevada commission,
with representatives from SPOKANE.
Salt Lake City. and phurniN. appear
my in opposition to the railroads.
application The Nevada commits
sion was represented by CHIEF Com
missioner iurtinc, First Associat>
commissioner Shaughnc~sy. and At
t"rncy General Baker, and took th>.
lead in the conduct of the proceed
hG. which covered a period OF twelve
days. The Nevada commission pra>-
tirally made the case iur the entire
intcrmuuntain region. which includes
.\rizona New Mexico, Utah, WASH
ln2t"n Oregon and Idaho. The prin-
cip1l witnesses for the railroads
were closely cro>scNamined by CHIEF
Commissioner Bartinc, who conduct
ed the case, examining all OF the rail
road, Witnesses, and ovcrthroWin4
through their own testimony, their
most important contentious.
1t is significant OF the respect ac-
corded the Nevada commission by
the Interstate Commerce commits
sion. that o: the two hours allotted
to the proteatants for the closing ar
gument, one hour of the time was
given to Judge Bartine, whose
speeches on this occasion have been
pronounced by persons in close
touch with matters before the Inter
state Commerce commission as the
best presentation of the shippers
position ever made before that body.
This proceeding was followed BY
what have been termed the fourth
section orders by the Interstate
Commerce commission. BY these
orders ii was provided that from
what is known as the Missouri Ri
er territory, the freight charges into
the commercial region, which in
cludes Nevada should be no higher
than the charges made to the coast
terminals; from Chicago, the charge
should not exceed the charge 80
coast terminals by more than per
cent: from the BuffalO-Pittsburg
line the railroads were allowed to
charge Is per cent more to the inter
mountain states than to the coast
terminals, while from the Atlantic
coast line they were allowed t.
charge 25 per cent more. Thus, it
will be seen that the fourth section