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RAILROADS I SOUTH
FEAR CUT, IH RATES
JETJET and
Motive for Fighting Lower
Tariffs Here Told Frankly.
AY!
LUMBER CASE NEAR END
The colossal drama of
Monte Carlo where even
saints are sinners
West Coast Millruan Testifies Com
pany's Shipments to Kansas Cut
Oft Due to High Charges.
THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1922
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Railroads comprising the so-called
southwestern destination group are
fighting the sought-for reduction in
lumber and lumber products from
north coast points into that territory
because they fear a favorable de
cision of the interstate commerce
commission would result in an im
mediate slash on southern pine rates,
their main source of lumber revenue.
Such was the frank admission of J. 3.
Coleman, assistant general freight
agent of the Santa Fe system lines,
testifying before S. P. Hillyer, ex
aminer, at the hearing in the court
house yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Coleman's admission is be
lieved by Joseph N. Teal, counsel for
the West Coast Lumbermen's asso
ciation, complainants, and others
similarly interested with him, to be
very significant. His statement was
made in response to questions put
by Mr. Teal at the close of testimony.
Mr. Coleman represents, he told the
examiner and counsel, all of the lines
having direct, vital interest in .the
southern pine hauls, they having
authorized a defense committee for
the purpose of combatting the north
coast case.
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"Are you here to oppose or to as
sist us in our efforts to get an ad
justment of rates?" Mr. Teal asked
Mr. Coleman, following the latter's
lengthy expert statement, which in
cluded a brief history of lumber rate
making affecting the northwest, in
cluding the Inland Empire.
"I am here to represent the-south-ern
roads as best I can and to pro
tect their interests," replied Mr. Cole
man. "Any reduction in rates up
here, I feel certain, would result in
an immediate cut in rates from the
southern pine territory and a con
sequent heavy loss to the Santa Fe
and the other southern carriers. We
must have a fai$ return on our in
vestments and, unless the interstate
commerce commission could see its
way clear to hold the minimum rate
down there to what it is now, we
surely have no compunction against
opposing your application for reduc
tion in north coast lumber rates."
Differential Harms West.
The West Coast Lumbermen's asso
ciation Is endeavoring to obtain what
its members hold to be a fair read
justment of r-tes from here into the
so-called southern territory, where
they meet competition with California
and the Inland Empire on the Pa
cific coast and yellow pine from the
south. There is now a differential
which, it is. declared, shuts the west
coast manufacturers out of business
in places west of Colorado, in south
ern Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, etc,
and therefore works a great hard
ship. Lumbermen were placed on the
stand yesterday to show the effect Qt
. the present rates upon their busi
ness. Among these was W. C. Geddes
of Portland, representing the Oregon
Lumber company, having mills at
Baker and Dee, Or. He testified that
the business into Kansas territory
had fallen off from its peak of 49
carloads in 1918 to nothing in 1921,
and attributed it all to the discrim
inatory rates, which, he testified.
made it impossible for his company
to compete. He also lost an order
for 100 carloads of material for can
taloupe crates from the Rocky Ford,
Colo., district, he said, because of
the differential in rates.
The case will be continued this
morning at 9:30 and it is the hope
of those engaged in it that they will
be able to close by today noon.
WASHOUGAL WINS TITLE
Camas and Mill Plain Union Highs
Defeated in Debates.
WASHOUGAL. Wash.. March 24.
(Special.) In a triangular debating
series Wednesday the Washougal
high school teams won from Camas
high school and Union high school of
Mill Plain. This makes the local
school champion of the Clarke County
Debating ieague. The affirmative
team, composed of Alice Cone and
Pansy Meacham. won a 2-to-l decision
over Union high, while the negative
team. Alleyne Woodings and George
Jefferson, gained a unanimous deci
sion from Camas.
The question discussed was: "Re
solved, That all aliens should be ex
cluded from the United States for a
period of five years: provided, how
ever, that the father, mother, sister,
wife or husband of an American citi
ren be allowed admission."
The judges of the debate here were
C. H. Jackson, Mary Whipple and M.
E. Winkler.
HAY MOW HIDES STILL
Moonshiner' at Prineville Fined
$100 and Jailed for 90 Days.
PRINEVTLLE. Or, March 24. (Spe
cial.) Sheriff Olson, accompanied by
Ray Putnam and Wade Houston,
raided the place of Carl E. Sundquist
some distance from Prineville on
Wednesday and discovered a still
cleverly concealed in the 'barn.
The room in which the still was lo
cated was built inside the hay mow
and completely covered with straw.
The sheriff and his aides were walk
ing about in the hay mow when they
noticed that the hay seemed to be too
solid and they became suspicious that
the stack was not genuine. They dug
into the hay and found the concealed
room, completely equipped for the
manufacture of moonshine.
Sundquist was fined 100 and sen
tenced to jail for 9-0 days.
Washougal Hears Glee Club.
WASHOUGAL, Wash.. March 24.
Speoial.) The men's glee club of
Pacific university rendered i concert
here Wednesday night before a large
audience. Part songs, costume songs
and selections by the quartet com
prised the programme. A toy sym
phony and a cowboy quartet were
among the noval features. The con
cert was held under the auspices of
the Washougal high school.
Club Leader at Prineville.
PRINEVILLE. Or.. March 24. (Spe
cial.) J. E. Calavan of the state of
fice in charge of boys' and girls' club
work was here this week and in com
pany with Superintendent Myers has
been visiting the schools of tlM
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accompaniment revised by
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will be played by the splendid
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under the direction of Mr. Britz.
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