Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-01-31
c+o+e Railroad Commission continuas Hearing on Pro
 posed New Tariff.
MEMPHIS CASE NEXT
fl, commissioner Taylor Complies Fig ,res to Show That Granting of Mem- .,h;s Petition Will Be Discrinina-
 ticn Against Arkansas.

w M Taylor, commissioner of the
 Dino Bluff traffic bureau, who spent
 III of the past week in Little Rock
 ;n attendance upon the meeting of the
 st,+e railroad commission, was in
 Dino Bluff all of yesterday, preparing
 Cor the resumption of the hearing on
 .pa .pt Memphis petition, which will be
 tapen t,e up again at Little Rock Monday.
 Mr Tavlor leaves for Little Rock
 oaair this evening, armed with a mass
 of details and voluminous tables and
 0totements to be used in the Memphis
 case.
 "Tbe railroad commission has not
 completed it's hearing in the matter
 of inc proposed new tariff of state
 freight rates," said MT. Taylor. "The
 matter was allowed to go over until
 tbn completion of the Memphis hear
 ine in which all shippers, all whole
 salers and jobbers, of the state are
 vitally interested. feel certain, how
 ever. that as a result of the arguments
 made before the. commission in the
 n,,attpr.: there will be much amending
 of the, proposed new tariff. when it is
 finally. promulgated by the commits yNS.-tays Accept .Conspromisr, TtAt.f1e shippers Of the. state will I nfoys1 than ;lfkely accept the, offer of thessJgs 2, X Mount ain and the Cotton
 Beitto con, pronfais sfhe sFebatez,and re 1, fn1Saslaau ter, is tire belief of Mr. Tay- .auaaer, thge,report Fof.the grand m7s-
 ter if that, case, .sanleth iinss, like; s1,
 5oQ,9ae, or 1,,ore >fs.. .dus sfhe shippers. by
 thdsNS road ds,ss s;tt.h N E, Tayloy1 s9;iAss .;siAss
 was fereeasted by JmIKeSHill, lie spe1
 cial So,lnsel, in his 1Hporf. to the gov,
 ernSr, and :7Wh Tc h:* " Ag printed in futk in The Graphic some time ago, the
 railroads have filed protests against
 the, claims allowed by the master, and following this have submitted their
 proposition to compromise to Federal
 Judge Trieber, at Little Rock.
 "In their offer, the railroads say
 they will refund to the state the $65, 900 expended by the state in fighting fer the preservation of the state con- missions rates. They will also pay
 all the costs of auditing and of dis bursting the refunds, and in addition
 offer to pay 20 cents on the dollar for
 every dollar of claims allowed by the grand master, the payment to be made in the form of transferable mileage. q believe the shippers will accept the compromise, and will so signify to Judge Trieber's court by February 15, the date fixed by Judge Trieber for such action. My reason for this be- lief is that two or three years of eX- pensive court fights will follow if the compromise is refused, and I am sure the shippers will take the compromise under the belief that bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.'" Memphis Case Interesting. The resumption of the hearing on the Memphis petition at Little Rock Monday again brings into the lime lglht what is considered one of the nerviest' requests ever made to the interstate commerce commission by any city in the country.
 Memphis is asking the interstate commerce commission to allow it to shlp goods and merchandise into Ar kansas under the Arkansas rates, the enect to be exactly the same as if memphis were located within the boundaries of the state.
 ;flgures compiled by Mr. Taylor, and winch will be presented to Examiner hagar Watkins of the interstate com mefce commission, show that even un- uer the present rates, Memphis has the auVantage ever Arkansas points in