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Tuesday, April 3, 192.1.' PAGE TWO JTIE LA GRANDE EVENING ORSERVER Mina Taylor House Dresses and Aprons The proverbial house dress is now a thing of the past. IUIN.A TAYLOR aprons and drosses have new frills and ways of cut to disguise their plebian station. No longer dull colored, unbecoming and unattractive .are they. Bright ( heclied ginghams, dainty dimities and voiles, bits of lace, a tricky cut or pocket adjunct make them indeed charm ing. There are a number of styles, for small, medium and large figures, priced from $1.2o to ?7..r)0. PROTEST IS FIITFRFH RV II. P. CHIEF Does Not Favor Grouping of Western Railroads On Holden Ijan. JlDGE LOYETTS STATEMENT QUOTED Declares a Re-Merger of the Harriman System to Be The Only Fair Basis of Competition With North ern Lines. . Sao Francisco, April 2. 1923 Tonaolldating air railnavs ffwt of CdIcieo and the Mississippi Kivcr in four systems as propos-d reoently the Interstate Commerce Commission by Hale Iloldon, president nf the ( hi cago, HiirllnHou Quincy Railroad, would cri'nic many unnatural alliances and would aroatly strengthen the so called Hill group of railroads and greatly weaken the so-called Harriman group," laid Judge Robert S. t,oKtt. cbalnnaii of the Union Pacific .System, at today's hcnrliiR beforu Interstate ComincrcB Commissioner Uvnry c Hall. i t Tho commission's Innlnllve plan com prising seven Instead of four hm:.-iiib was characterized as nfrnrdlim I lie fcisls ant ground work Which should ti departed from cniy with crrttt fair-'' tlon. The Holden plan ttroupliiR the Union Pacific Willi the t'lilcnco, Mil waukoo ft St, Paul waa gtroiiKly con demned, tho witness eiplalnliiK ihut tho commission's pimi of plaelni; the ChlraRo & Northwestern Willi the l'n lon Pacific wub Ihe only Indent a roup Inn, tlie Ohlcnr.o, Milwaukee A Si. Paul being a compel Hnr nnd the rhhiitai & Northwestern a connect lou anil nauiral Wily. ! "Should llio T I ill linos ni"rn r ) Ap proved." Jhk Kovwt nalil, 'n n-im-i-Sit of the ilarrlmnn limn, 1'tiinn li clflo and pmtthmi r.uifU, hlu-iM w aulhorlMMl to inct the stiunt: rMnMu etlon vh Irli would 10 pffivlril .y io Groat Korthom, Nrnttwrn t'.tclnc in 0 Burliimtnn. Tlio vottMitton vt ilu m. tritl ,4'aetNe Yy tho Moulin i n )..-iru-with tho fiimo condition iv. oh-.I by jtb cunmilP:Uu in dm ivruit ltf.iili.K. Is flatisfai'tory to ttm VnW:i i'u --Hit. j down u Idi lint's wlih wlilrh lh limy prott with rrauunnMo mUrw u- tho TlphU cf tho Vnt'Jii Pm-inr.' hi aid. Continuing ho mUloit: Anmt'v triking ctUvt of the wy (ho liuhhit plan trusts tho old Jlarrtnuiu h.mujh appears vlion nftpp nHsliiiihiK to Um poiitliern VxvMW tho Jttirk lM;uul, it Itto puts with tho BnMthorn l'liolih' th Kilpourl Pm iflc ijr-il tin1 ;ImiH!; i, Kansas ft Trsim pvptrjns, villi whh tho Southorn fucifio ihs 1 tit huRlncHd, nnd with hhh tt u.mii! lmv I Wt-Mi-rn :m. h n Oixaalon to do own I'ss jutiT m mm in j i.ilt wnti tho lin- ct: I ' tht Vnh-n Parifir, ew it would Ftv.- tho Southf-rn Pacific a lino of its own through from San Fraticleco to Chicr.RO by way of Opd'-n ninlIcTiv r aralh-Wnj: hr Pninn Pacific from Op-di-n iKith to Omaha nnd Kan&js City and jiarailf-Iin? a!o tho lints nlloratt-d to ihf I'uion Pacific from Omaha to Ch:oaco find If -w h."-rr oa?t of the Mis- ' tfitiri rivrr "The plan If mare kind to the Pania Ps fy?tt:m, for it takes away from the t'nion Pacific group. whre tho Cv;nniif ions tentative plans jdjcoa it, th ("hicacn fc Norlhwostfj-.n, which in C' nn'.-ction with the Vnion Paf.ific is the door and fjtcway ffr r.Kt f (ho r;.':n;( utton t-ui M t'hic so with the K.nua IV for 1 "t :if i coaM (rnffr. and t.irnfs it ovr to tl: P;;ma To to ft tln r w ith ll.c riiic;.s. St.1 Pai!. Min iitapoiifi i Oniaha. vhich fs the prin cijfHl CMincctitin and almost thi solo reliance of the I'nicn I'ar ific fjr traf fic coin rip to )tn lire at Omaha from Si. I 'miiI. MinuKipuhs and that torri- ttiry. It i b t the Santa Ko the Canadian Pacific ci-ritrollcd lines, the Mtnncai"il:s, St. Paul & Sault . S:iint Mario and tho Spokane International, Lhen hy taking away iii.fther vuluiihlc ci unt?ctfnn of ihe I nlon Pacific at S;-(jl;anc. " . "ThsiB the plan fiends tho Santa Fn as fur into lit- northwest tin Spokane, V. ashiiifMon. Py gohif; through (an nda titicl Btopjiinc: short of Pujiet Stmnil, howevrr, its capacity for harm to the business of oilier lines of tho northwest wiitild not ho fcrp:'f Tor wlillo alnioi-t In fduht of the promised land Seattle, Taconia. Olympia, Portland, it is ivon no entrance therein, hut la helil safe ly on tiio pft side of the Cascade mountains at Spokane. Tho Santa Po is nlwo given the St. lamia Sontlnvost orn, tho Chicago &. Kastcru 'Illinois, the New Orleans, Toxns & Mexico, the Western Pacific; and a half Interest tu the ivnvcr & Itio Uruudo Wusturn, 'mmr the 13.Mivor and Salt r.ket'rti takes away fr.jin the Santa Ke, how ever, the ( olorndo ami Stnithern and the Ft. Wnrth and Penver City, which the tentative plan uf the cmnmiristnu put with the Santu To oni'olidathin, and iraiisfiTK (hem to the uroup em hracin;: the ItnrlinjUon and other st foils Hill lines." .Indue I.ovett made it plain that ho 1 wiiere tiny na?V never heen, wnore ! they have no huim i-:3 or connections land where apparently there is no ; shadow of reason for Ihormto go. Tlio Union Pacific is sent down into Ten nessee. Alabama, Lnuisana, Texas, Arkansas nnd Oklahoma with lines to New Orleans, Laredo on tho Mex ican border and to Kl Paso, and apain into northern Michigan. The Hill Hues, how ever, are treated very conserva tively In this respect and the only new territory in which they venture is from Fort Worth to Houston, Texas, anc over the Kansas City Southern and an other short lino to New Orleans." ' With reference to Mr. Holden's sub stitution of the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul for the Chicago & North west ern for consolidation with the Union Pacific, Judge Lovett pointed out that I the former is a competitor of the Un ion Pacific for traffic to and from the Pup l Sound country, while tho Chlea !o & Northwestern is a connection. Tho I substitution would not only disrupt xistinK routes and channels of trade j but would run counter to another re jquiretnent of the law that competition j be pn -served as fully as possible. JAsain, tho consolidation of tho Union Pacific and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul would he a linking of the two weakest PtiKot Sound lines, while the Northern Pacific and Croat Northern, which are tlio oldest nnd strongest lines In that territory, would be con solidated umh r the Holden plan. Such an alignment would certainly not be in the Interest of giving tho Puget Sound country the best competitive service. Concluding this portion of his testi mony Judge I.ovett said, "The consoli dation of the Hill lines with their sub sidiaries into a single system would so far oveiHhiulow its competitors, nnd any other railroad system proposed in tho United States in sizo and financial strength and possibilities that one mifthl inter that a desire to meet this nhjretiion had somMhiii to do with 'the. I ii'de nf fairs but the gentlemen the combinations entirely too large toward the welfare of corporations fiieoutlveii, Ihslr creditors and Btock- nulders and for the public good, and , present a situation which probably would be a source of much undesirable friction and In many ways a constant menace, especially In case of failure, He answered Mr. Holden's argument i baaed on the fact that the traffic : handled 1y the New York Central and Pennsylvania respectively is substan tially as greaj an that which would be handled by any oT the four systems, by pointing out that the problems of ! management In a territory extending ' only from Now York to Chicago and : St. I-ouis are very different from the problems of management In new and rapidly developing territory, extending all tho way from the Canadian border, : Puget Sound and the Pacific ocean to j the (Jrcat lakes, tho mouth of the Mis sissippl river, the gulf and the Mex i ican border. i Judge Lovett also disagreed with Mr. i Holden's view that each of the Pacific j const lines should have a line ex j tending to tho gulf, stating that the ; past and west traffic was the Im- portant and controlling traffic with j the transcontinental lines. After point i ing out various reasons for 'this he said; "Hut more Important ntll! and almost ! startling Is the inevitable tendency I and effect of the Holden plan to ! divert grain from tho trunk lines and Atlantic seaboard to tho gulf, Hither- I to tho Clreat Northern, the Northern Pacific, the Burlington, the Chicago, ! Milwaukee & St Paul, the Chicago & Northwestern, tho Union Pacific and ! the Chicugo Great Western have been impartial as between Atlantic and gulf ; ports, us their carriage did not extend beyond Chicago, Kansas City or St. Louis, and they interchanged without preference with tho trunk lines nnd the gulf lines alike at the usual gate ways. Hut the Holden plan lies each one of tho great 'Granger' roads up with a gulf line of its own, but with out any line east of Chicago or St Louis, thus forcing all of them In their own interest thereafter, through con trol of car supply and otherwise, to exert their Influence in favor of move ment of all export grain over their own rails to the gulf Instead of being impartial as heretofore. If such con solidations are accomplished where will tho trunk lines and Atlantic ports get their grain for export? I am not their advocate, but only wish to point out this as another revolutionary and disastrous effect 'to some interests of the action the commission is asked to take." Even If the four-system plan were adopted, it is Judge Lovett's view that the systems' should bo constituted In a much different way than proposed In tho Hohhm plan. Ho said that If the Hill lines were to be consolidated, the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific should nlso be consolidated, as their combined strength would be needed to place, them on a fair, competitive basis with the northern lines. Again he said that under a four-system plan the Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. Pauf instead of the Chicago ic Northwestern should be combined with the Santa Fe. Such a consolidation would put tho Santa Fe system Into the North Pacific const territory In competition with the Hill lines nnd the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific group instead of stopping the Santa Fe group east of tho Cascade mountains as proposed by Mr. Holden. Ho also stated that tho Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul and Santa Fe con nect at both Chicago and Kansas City, while the Chicago & Northwestern has no lino to tho latter point. Judge Lnvott dealt at son.S length with tho history of the Central Pacific and. Its relationship to the Union Pa, rifle and thV titutuai dciquili'iira -pi j these lines on each otlior. He referred With respeeftO theVe tOlibUUi(luii Good undoubtedly will coow from :of solldutlon and legal eolidlflcatlon intc one company of lines naturally, allieO and grown together as one system, but legally held fy numerous different corporations loosely combined In com mon control through stock ownership There will also be consultations of some lines not at this time under common control or otherwise related where the stockholders ure able to agree upon relative values. Yet, the consolidation of Independent systems will not be as rapid or a.s numerous, I fear, as are anticipated by many, at least without further legislation by congress solving many of the problems that will present themselves even where the terms of consolidation have been agreed upon; and there will be great difficulty .in the stockholders agreeing upon relative value even not counting those Individuals who are In the habit of acquiring a small amount of stock and posing as an oppressed minority. "A great difficulty In this connection la that there are many unsuccessful railroads In the United Slates which ought to bo liquidated. Doubtless there are owners of these who are looking to this consolidation law as an op portunity for themto escape from their Investments by unloading on the strong roads. Their properties are un profitable und failures financially for one reason or another, and sooner or later must be dealt with according to their actual value based upon their earning capacity, present or prospec tive, regardless of the capitalization. I apprehend that financially strong roads asked by the commission, by the adoption of Its plan of consolidation to absorb these roads, will be willing to take them, If at ail, only at their actual value, and that if there are any losses to bo liquidated they must bo borne .by those who have sustained them rather than he shifted onto the stockholders of the successful roads. "But If tho object of the statute le accomplished and a plan for the con solidation of the railroad properties of the continental United States Into a limited number of systems Is adopt ed by the commission and carried out In full, It will not in my opinion aid very much in solving the railroad prob lem. It will not reduce the cost of transportation, which Is the great prob lem, or Increase the traffic. Of course it will not affect wages or the price of rails or rolling stock or coal or other materials and supplies, or re: duce the taxes, nnd It will not help the credit of the railroads aB a whole; and we shall still have 'strong nnd weak' railroads. "Even If all' the systems to be creat ed by tho commission plan were given an even start (which Is impossible) they will not remain even, for some will succeed whilo others fall, and there Is the very great, danger of permanently welding together incom patible and Inherently different prop erties, and isolating trade centers and traffic routes and relationships which with the greatest care cannot all now be foreseen In a situation so vast and complicated. 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Indeed effectually 'hottlo up- or as Pro fuanur Hinley t jpressed It, 'sh.irt cir-' had no ohjection to the commission's authorihiR a consolidation of Ihe Mill (however unequal In solidarity, fiuau-Ihi'-s, Iml that If that were done tho'clal sirenlli and prospects und in t onimlssicin should al-o authorize tin traffic nnd openttinK relationships." re ..nsiitutk.n of the Ilarrlmnn Kroup. Judno l.ovoll complimented highly the t'nion and Southern Pacific, to the manner in which Professor Itiploy me t tlio strong comhlnntion that and the commission hail worken out would he effected hy the consolidation for the direction of congress n plan of ihe Hill lines. for the consolidation of tho railway The Holden plan, however, does not I properties of tho United States, lie ceul.'mplale a consoliilat Ion ' of lliojs.ild Hint while there were defects nnd t'nion nn.l Sculheru Pacific hut lu-j mistakes hero and there, which must stead weakens holh hy loading them j he corrected If proat Injury to puhllc as well as private Interests Is to be avoided, that yet tho tentative plan of tho commission affords tho hasis and ground work which should bo followed and from which departures should be made only with groat caution. He said lie doubted whether railroad men themselves could have formulated a plan so fair ami worknhlo, because they c.niM ilot have illvesled them selves of the!- en ironnieiit and their affecilon tor liius with which bad spent many years. .Indue laoett opposeil tho susgestion that nil linos In western territory should be consolidated Into four sys terns, saying. 'Tour systems, compris ing tiom th'tty thousand to upward of have . no natuval nfiliatlnns and makes them ! compcuho Willi their natural allies, j notable In the rase of the t'nion Pa el'le by phi. iln; the ChlcaKO & North weslern In a rival croup. The Holden plan also would run counter to the b clslatlon iiiuler which the Union Pa ciile end feudal Pacific were eon .;ru. !.'.! us imm- continuous line by as slvutm to the Southern Pacific a half '.nler.st in 1 1.0 IVucr Hio tlramle and Salt Lake, of the Itoi k Is land from t'ol,,r.nl,, Springs ami lien v. r to the Mlnoiiii river and Chicago would make it to lie Interest of the prop;....1. 1 Southern Pacific group to tear down insicad of build up the Oitil. ii rente of tho Union and Uenlrul Pacflc. "In i;..lltion" hn f.-ild, "holh the Union I'.i.iiie and Southern Pacific are s. nt f ir afield iflfi ti:rr""-l..- iunihlltti: of the International-Great Northern, Texas nnd Pacific and St. t-0 thc decision of tho supremo court, Hip ornertng tho tiissoiuiion or tne control of the Cenlml by tho Southern Pacific because violative of tho Sherman act. and to tho recent hearing before the coniinipelon of the application of the Southern Pacific for authority to ac quire control, and tho decision of the conditions Imposed by the commission to the granting of the Southern Pacific application, protected with reasonable adequacy tho rights of the Union Pa cific, and that with these conditions Imposed the Union Pacific would not object to u permanent consolidation of tho Southern Pacific-Central raeltic. Mo said Hint the Holden plan provid ing for a half Interest by the Southern Pacific In tho Denver & Itto Grande Western and tho Denver and Salt Lake lines would be Inconsistent with those conditions nnd would bo highly pre judicial to tho Union Pacific. He also referred to the testimony already. of fered In hoaalf of the Union and Southern Pacific asking that tho Col-1 orndo Hues of the Kock Island be ellm- i hinted from the proposed Southern Pa elflo group, ns the ownership of these lines would bo likewise Inconsistent with the conditions imposed hy the commission In fronting Ihe Southern they J Pacific's application to control the t'i ntral Pacific. "Klmilly. to guard ngalnst possible misunderstanding of my views in stat ing our purpose, to carry out as far as we can the tentative plan of the utirj VlTAjWs commission with the modifications thirty-five thousand miles each and j above suggested. 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