Arizona republican., 1917-11-08
INVESTIGATION
 IF SUBJECT
 OF RAILWAYS

Chairman F. A. Jones returned yes. terday morning from San Francisco where he had attended the meetings of the Newlands joint sub committee to investigate foreign and interstate commerce and the need of further legislation; the efficiency of the pl esent regulation, government own ership and everything relating to. the regulation of railroad manage ment.
 This committee organized several months ago held series of meet ings in Washington, but adjourned just after the entrance of the Cniteu States into war. An arrangement. was made for the meeting at san. Francisco during the recess of con-. gross but no others will be held out, side of Washington.
 Mir. Jones attended the meeting at; he request of former United States. Senator Joseph Bristow of Kansas, chairman of the national association of railway commissions There were present of the committee, Sem ator Newlands, Senator Cummins of Iowa, Mir. Simms of Tennessee. Representative Adamson of Georgia, author of the AdamsCn law, anCI folmer Congressman Each of Wis consin
 Among the subjects considereO was the relation between the led eral commission and the state com mission in cases of conflict like that presented in the Shreveport case. This matter has been brought be- fore the committee by Max Phclan of San Francisco at one of the Washington meetings. There was developed a difference of opinion. Senator NeWands took grounC against the regulatory power of the states in cases involving interstate commerce. while Senator Cummins and others contended that the state, would not be deprived of this powe in intra- state cases.
 In an address before the commit tee. Mr. Jones said he believed tha. conflict between the states and the interstate commerce commission could be avoided if he ques,inr arising were approached in a spirit of fairness and he said that d sug' gestion to that end had alreaul been offered by the latter commis sion. In all cases likely to be pro ductive of conflict, the commissions of the states affected should be in vited to sit at the hearing so tha the matter might go under a singh record MT Jones added that the state commissions before making or ders in intra state cases that might affect interstate rates, should ai prise the federal commission.
 Another matter taken up by Mir Jones before the committed was Sec tion 4, or the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce He recited the history of litigation growing out of the efforts of the intermountain towns to secure them selves against discrimination.
 The commission availing itself of d proviso of the clause, in the in- terest of terminals had granted lower rates for lorg hauls than fo shorter ones, with the result ;hai interior points had been smothered Senator Cummins who had assisted in this litigation, said that it wa not the intention of congress eithe in framing the original clause O; amending it. that il should be in terpreted to the disadvantage of in- terior points.
 In this connections on his return home Mir. Jones found awaiting hin q notice that further hearing woulI take place on November F. on the recommendation to abolish the pref erential rate tO coast nDirts. Thi