Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-15
MORE THAN 1900 PRINTED PAGES
or ARGUMENTS AND EVIDENCE
IN RATE CONTROVERSY.
ABSTRACTS AND ARGUMENTS
MAKE WHOLE LIBRARY
Railroad Attorneys Furnish About 800
Pages Of Totai-carriers Join Issues
in Main Brief and Contend That
Conditions Justify Increase in Freight
Charges.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June ia total OF
1859 printed pages of briefs and abb
stracts and arguments is the score 20
date Of the attorneys engaged in WORK
on the western advance rate case-and
they are still at work on the same.
Only the opening arguments have been
flled-the replies and rejoinders ana
answers are yet TO come. After which
the oral arguments.
About 500 pages of the printed stun
is from the attorneys for the rail-
roads, or carriers, who are the pc
titloners in the case. Their main ar
gument by c. C. Wright and five other
lawyers is of Ill pages. The brief ana
argument, on the main issues. on pc
half of the protestants. sixteen states
and their commissions. by Chuoru
Thorne and others, is OF ass pages. All
other printed matter relates to spe-
cifc commodities or communities.
Chief Issues Involved.
In the two main briefs is Joined the
chief issue OF the entire case. Inc
carriers contend that it was shown
by the testimony and exhibits that
transportation costs are higher, inal
the value of the property has been m
creased, and the net revenue reduced
since 1910. So that the time has now
come for that increase in revenue
which was referred 10 by the interstate
commerce commission in previous
case They insist that notwithstanding
expenditures and betterments the car
riers have not been able to overcome
the steadily increasing cost OF service
that much of the increase in expenses
is something over which they have no
control. and the revenues Of the car
riers is not sufficient TO allow them 10
earn q return upon the value OF thelr
properties and at the same time mann
tain the service rightfully demanded OF
them by the people. To this the pro-
testants enter denial on every point
and contend that Just the opposite Is
shown all thru.
The arg uments merely summarize the
facts brought out on the hearing IN
Chicago. nothing new being presented,
but showing clearly how the different
view OF the matter VIII be presented
in the final oral arguments later IN
the month. Each side is now engaged
in preparing the answers to the others
The small library on this subject
which has accumulated in the Office OF
Judge Henderson, commerce counsel
shows, aside from the two main ar
suments referred to Above, the follow
ing: -
On behalf o: the carriers a brief on
livestock rates of 122 pages, brief on
packing house products l62 pages. on
grain and its products of % pages, and
on coal and coke OF 2i5 pages.
On behalf OF the protestants as fol-
lows:
In regard to packing house products.
etc-by Morris & Co. and Oklahoma
National stock yards.
Corn Belt Meat Producers Associa-
ton by Henderson and Thorne.
Iowa packers. by ". E. Mccormack.
Mcyann.
Cudahy Packing Company on meats.
American Fertilizer Company and
Swift Co, Import rates.
Swift & Co, on fresh meats.
American National Livestock Associ-
alton, National Wool Growers Associ-
alton. Cattle Raisers Association Of
Texas, and Com Belt Meat Producers,
on livestock, chiefly by s. II. Cowan.
Kansas City Livestock Exchange,
Sioux City Livestock Exchange. Sioux
City stock yards.
Rice Miliers Association of Texas, on
grain.
State OF Nebraska and Shippers Of
Nebraska, by Willis e. Reed, attorney
general
Kansas City board OF trade, on grain.
Traffic bureau Sioux City CONNER
cial Club, on grain.
Six western state railroad commits
sions on livestock rates.
National council Of farmers CO.
operative associations, on grain rates,
by Thorne.
Sixteen state commissions. on grain
rates. by A. E. Helm.
Public utilities commission Of 1lli-
nois and Illinois coal operators. on
coal.
Railroad commissions OF sixteen
states on coal.
Commercial Club Of Omaha and
Council Bluffs Commercial Club. by E.
J. McVann. on coal.
Coal operators traffic bureau Of st.
Louis.
Swife & Co., Armour & Co., Sioux
City Commercial Club, all on coal
The variety of these printed briefs
indicate the scope Of the whole con-
troversy In the exhibits filed in the
case there will be found the most COM
prehensive showing of railroad finances
ever made, and many things that were
never before brought out on any inves-
I tigation.