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Puget Sound Cities File
Unique Rehearing Brief.
NEW FACTS ARE ABSENT
Interstate Commerce Commission
Covertly Told It Was Asleep
When It Made Decision.
THE OREGOXIAN NEWS BCREAC,
Washington. D. C, March 12. Appli
cation by the state of Washington,
filed yesterday, and by Seattle. Ta
corcia and Everett, filed today, for
modification of ihe interstate com
merce commission's order, after a re
hearing, in the Columbia basin rate
case, was viewed as a request by
those interests that the commission
confess itself stunid for ever allow
ing facts to persuade it to change its'
aiind.
These applications were based large
ly upon the fact that if the order giv
ing Portland a 10 per cent advantage
In rates from south of the Snake river
is allowed to stand it will be a dis
regard of commission's decision In the
earlier Astoria case. In that case..
the commission held that rates to
Portland. Astoria and fugei souiiu
rortji should be the same; that is, that
they should be blanketed.
Portland's Rights Ignored.
The sus?estion throughout the ap
plications for a rehearing and modifi
cation of the order was that the com
mission was asleep when it made its
order in the later Columbia basin
case, because it refused to be bound
by its earlier opinion that the differ
ence, in favor of Portland, should be
disregarded, notwithstanding the fact
that in addition to difference in dis
tance. Portland has the advantage of
a downhill, water grade pull, while to
recti Puget sound cities, the heavy
westbound traffic, the one in issue,
must be lugged over the Cascade
mountains. No recognition was given
to the possibility of the commission's
having dozed when it made its earlier
decision in the Astoria rate case.
Seattle's application and supporting
brief contained 12 allegations of cr
Tor. but when analyzed it was believed
they all resolved themselves Into the
insinuation that the commission was
fully awake when it decided the As
toria case and sound asleep when it
disposed of the Columbia basin case.
Policy Well KstsblUhed.
There was no allegation of a new
fact other than if the case were re
opened it could be shown that the
cost of operating over the Milwau
kee's electrified line is less than over
the Columbia river lines. Even were
that proved, it would not justify the
commission in making rates via the
shortest and lowest cost line.
The commission, time and again,
has decided that it cannot make rates
in this way, but must take into con
sideration all the lines serving the
territory in question, else, in a short
time, there would be transportation
only for communities on the lines
having the lowest cost of operation.
Assignments of error made in the
Seattle petition follow
That the commission erred In con
cluding that Portland is entitled to
lower rates to and from territory
south of the Snake river than the
Pujjet sound cities.
I nlrorm Ratine Demanded.
That the commission failed to con
sider the question from a broad and
comprehensive standpoint in this case,
as it did in the Astoria case, with
the result that the two decision will
bring about inconsistent rate adjust
ments, and that the entire situation
should be reviewed and a uniform and
consistent rate policy adopted.
That if the decision in the present
case stands, the party adjustment will I
and Everett, and that the rates are on
a parity In territory embracing
57,000 square miles in which 35.000,
oyo bushels of wheat are produced
annually.
"Notwithstanding these facts, the
commission finds and concludes that
Portlands exclusive territory should
be still further increased and that
she should have an advantage in rates
in territory in which approximately
15.000,000 bushels of grain are pro
duced annually.
"If Portland had higher rates In the
territory about which complaint is
made, the question presented would
be quite a different one. A complaint
of discrimination on account of the
higher rates, and a request for the
establishment of equality, then would
have in Its favor all those elements
which the commission in the past has
taken into consideration in passing
upon group or blanket rate adjust
ments. Just as her claim under exist
ing circumstances has none of these
elements to support it.
"The decision in the present case is
clearly contrary . to the numerous de
cisions' in which the commission has
recognized group rate adjustments.
The average distances to and from
the territory south of the Snake river
are about 260 miles, and if the same
principles of rate-making which the
commission has heretofore applied
are applied in the present case, it
could certainly not be said that an
average difference in distance of 48
miles cannot be absorbed."
OVERHEAD
MUST
BE
CUT, SAYS PACKER
Swift Manager Tells Reason
of Wage Reduction.
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Cost of Doing Business Is Said to
Be Three Times That of Iajs
Prior to World War.
BASIX RATE FUXD OPPOSED
Clarke County Protests Paying
Money to Fight Itself.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 12.
(Special.) If Governor Hart signs the
bill appropriating 125,000 with which
to fight the basin rate decision, which
will be of great benefit to Vancouver
and Portland, Clarke county will have
to pay 400 of that amount. This
would be paying money to fight the
people who pay it. '
Senator McCoy of this county, who
has just returned from Olympia, was
btrong in his position that a vigorous
representation should be made to Gov
ernor Hart to veto this section of the
bill. To be compelled to pay $400 to
fipht themselves would be making the
local taxpayers feel very uncomfort
able and foolish, said the senator.
Senator McCoy said that the road
appropriation bill of $1,000,000 was
passed to pave the Pacific highway
from Tacoma to Vancouver. From
this appropriation will come money to
pave the highway from Pioneer to
La Center, about five miles.
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FACTURE HELD ALLOWED.
Solicitor-General Fricrson Declares
Palmer's Ruling Will Stay Un
less Treasury Objects.
WASHINGTON", D. C. March 12.
The ruling of ex-Attorney-General
Palmer permitting the practically un
limited manufacture of beer, wines
and whisky for medical purposes will
stand, despite protests. Solicitor-General
Frierson aid today, unless the
treasury department should ask for
its reconsideration. Such a request
is not contemplated, it was said at
the treasury.
A review would only be made, he
said, on motion of the department
originally making the request and
a change made where an error of law
was found.
Regulations to provide for the use
of beer medically will te Issued when
they can be prepared, prohibition offi
cials declared.
L'nder this most recent interpreta
tion of the prohibition law. officials
declared it would appear that a pa
t eiit for whom beer was prescribed
could obtain it by the case, as it
would probably be ordered as a tonic
and it would appear unreasonable to
require a person to procure only one j
or two bottles.
REPARATIONS BACK-FIRE
Necessity of a reduction in operat
ing expense, and a desire to return to
normal conditions, were given yester
day by B. C. Darnall, manager of the
Portland plant of Swift & Co., as main
reasons for the recent proposal of
eastern and midale-western packers
that wages of men employed in pack
ing houses be readjusted. Swift &
Co., one of the largest of packing
concerns, will be affected materially
by any settlement of the controversy,
according to Mr. Darnall, who, in ex
plaining the need of a reduction in
operating expense, made the follow
ing statement:
"All industries are finding it neces
sary to malce wage readjustments
and other changes to reduce oper
ating cost. This has taken place in
the lumber Industry, woolen m'lls
and practically, every line through
out the country.
"The wage reduction proposed by
the packers in the middle west is
necessary step to, in a measure, get
back to normal conditions. If the
packers cannot operate at a small
Profit, the livestock producers and
general public are affected.
Overhead la Tripled.'
"Swift & Co.'s cost of doing busi
ness in 1914 was $1.03 per hundred
weight. This steadily advanced, until
liCO. when it figured $2.74 per hun
dredweight, practically three times
the pre-war cost. This high ex
Pense is entirely out of proportion
to present values of finished pack
ing house products. Present values
are practically the same a pre-war
values. Dressed beef sold by Swift
& Co. in 1914 averaged $12.32 pet
hundredweight- At the high time
since 1914 it sold for $25.42 per hun
dredweight. In the week ended March
a. 1921, beef sold for $13.74 per hun
di edweight.
"The operating expenso for the year
1920 of $2.74 per hundredweight fig
ured 10.7 per cent of the value of
beef per hundredweight at the high
time. This expense figures 20 per
cent of the present beef value.
"Steer hides in 1914 were worth
18 cents per pound. They advanced
to 52 cents in 1919. Present value is
only 10 cents per pound. Tallow
oleo oil, pork loins, lard and other
products show similar changes.
"Packers announced their Intention
to pay time and one-half after the
tinth hour. Instead of after the
eighth hour as heretofore. This is
necessary on account of variation in
livestock receipts. The packing busi
ness cannot draw a supply of raw
material as other industries do. We
have to take it as it comes to the
market.
Animal Cannot Be Stored.
Some days there may be more 11 ve-
ock than we can handle, making it
be disrupted entirely, because other
readjustments will be inevitable, and
all the advantages which the commis
sion has repeatedly found to exist in
group rate adjustments will be lost.
That the commission failed to give
due consideration to the fact that
large investments have been made in
terminal facilities, mills, factories,
warehouses, etc., on the basis of the
present rate adjustment, which will
be seriously Injured by the establish
ment of a differential in rates.
Communion Told of Errors.
That the commission failed to give
due consideration to the fact that in
other parts of the parity rate terri
tory the Puget sound cities have ad
vantages in distance which more than
offset the advantages of Portland in
the territory south of the Snake
river.
That in connection with the con
sideration of cost of operation of
mountain as compared with water
level hauls, the commission erred In
giving effect to the theoretical unit
costs instead of actual costs of trans
portation. That the commission erred in not
finding that the actual costs of op
eration on the Northern Pacific are
more favorable than on the Oregon-
v ashlngton.- and therefore that the
differences in the cost of operation do
not justify the establishment of a
differential in rates.
That the commission erred In as
suming that the diversion of traffic
brought about by a differential in
rates would have any appreciable ef
fect on the actual costs of operation.
That the commission did not givn
due effect to the empty car move
ment. That the decision fails to give due
effect to the short-line haul of the
Milwaukee railroad and the cost of
operation on that line.
Lower Coxta Are Promised.
That since the hearing in this case
the Milwaukee has commenced elec
trical operation over the Cascade
mountains and figures are now avail
able by which it can be shown that
the saving thereby makes the cost
of operation on this line lower than
on the Columbia river lines.
That the reasonableness of the
rates between points south of . the
Snake river and the Puget 60und
cities was not an issue, and the com
mission erred in assuming that it
had authority to require these rates,
which presumably are reasonable, to
be increased in order to establish
the differential
In the supporting brief Seattle, Ta
coma and Everett say:
"If it were not for the fact that
Portland already has, according to
her claim, a decided advantage in
rate, and that it has in the past
handled more grain of the northwest
than the Puget sound cities together,
one might be inclined to regard her
appeal on the ground of sympathy,
but in view of the existing facts it
is very difficult to see bow it can
be justified.
"As the report of the commission
states, Portland now has a rate ad
vantage of 154.000 square miles of
terrl'.oiy producing 20.000,000 bushels
of wheat a year as compared with
35 000 square miles producing 6.000,
000 bushels a year in the territory, in
' eluding Puget sound. Seattle, Tacoma j
FULFILLMENT BY GERMANY
REACTS AGAINST ALLIES.
American Member of Penalties
Board Says Entente Nations
Face Industrial Losses.
NEW YORK, March 12. Delivery
by Germany oi ships, coal and other
products demanded by the allies al
ready has caused stagnation in some
allied Industrial centers. John Foster
Dulles, American member of the repa
rations commission, declared today in
an address.
Discussing what Germany may be
able to pay for the war damage, he
raid "the English shipbuilding indus
try is almost at a standstill because
of vessels turned over by Germany
and other vessels now under con
struction in German yards, which,
under the Versailles treaty, also will
gc to allied countries."
English coal exports, he 6aid, were
suffering because of the heavy ship
ments of coal from the Ruhr valley
Into northern France. He said that
most of the things Germany has .to
offer as reparations are not wanted
tiv the allies.
necessary to work overtime. Then
several days the same week we will
hve so few. animals that plants, par
ticularly in the killing departments.
can . operate only a few hours. Live
stock cannot be held' like other raw
material after arrival at the market.
as there is rapid depreciation.
'Swift & Co. have been making
their employes a forty-hour guaranty.
The practice of paying time and a
half after the eighth hour and the
minimum forty-hour guaranty meant
an expense to Swift & Co. in 1920 of
$1,653,000, which represented 2,700.00(1
hours' pay, without any correspond
ing production. More than $400,000
of this amount was paid to make good
on the forty-hour guaranty. The men
who drew the greater part of the
guaranteed minimum and overtime
pay averaged to work less than eight
hours a day during the year, so that
the latitude required in being able to
work the ninth and tenth hours with
out an excessive cost to the business
is an economic necessity."
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SHOOTING HELD FRAME-UP
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family." Nichols quoted Ketch as say
ins. "Why, you talk as if I did It," he
said Clara replied. "He did it himself
and will tell you so."
Mr. Ketch replied, according: to
Nichols, that he did not want to dis
cuss it, but that Clara must leave
as Mrs. Jake Hamon was coming from
Chicago.
On cross-examination, Mr. Nichols " moved her hat
which to leave Ardruore and that he
agreed to get it.
Defense counsel nas on mhu
bringing statements rrom eacn oi
three state witnesses who swore to
knowled-ge of the manner of the
shooting , that they had Kept it a
secret.
Each testified that he had been
bound to secrecy by Hamon and Mr.
Hamon's desire was that nothing -be
lri. unless necessary, that his fam
ily might be spared humiliation.
Other points brought out. today
were that E. W. Sallis, a chauffeur
of Dallas. Tex., had driven Clara
Hamon from Dallas to Cisco, Tex.,
where she boarded a train for El
Pan en route to Chinuanua v-uy.
Mexico; that she had cttempted to
rent an airplane at Dallas and that
on the trip west from Dallas she had
ridden with two pistols partly con
cealed In her lap.
Death Dexlre Recited.
Sallis testified he made the first
statement regarding having driven
for the defendant to a newspaper
man for $69.
He said she told him sne naa shot
a man. hoped he died, and that she
had asked whether a new or old pis
tol -xsls the better to shoot a man
with to kill him. Sallis said he told
her an old one, as rust and dirt then
woul help make the wound worse.
At noon court adjourned until Mon
day. Mrs. Hamon, the widow, was un
able to be in court today. It was
said her breakdown of yesterday had
made her unable to leave home. The
defendant today seemed composed
and for the first time smiled at hu
morous passages In the testimony or
oblections of counsel. She also re-
Clara Smith Hamon, charged with the
murder of Jake L. Hamon, It was
made ki own today in a communica
tion from Charles Coakley of defense
counsel. According to Mr. Coakley,
Dr. Rice will testify to dressing
wounds alleged to have been inflict
ed on Clara Hamon by Jake L. Ha
mon aboard a train In this city four
years ago.
Women to Give Card Party.
Columbia Anchor No. 3, the women's
auxiliary to the Masters', Mates' and
P'lots' assoclaition, will give a card
Party at their rooms in the Chamber
raiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiw
of Commerct building Thursday af
ternoon. The auxiliary was organized
last summer and has been holding a
number of social affairs through the
winter. "
Rainier Pair, 18, to Wed.
VANCOUVER, Wash., March 12.
(Special.) Paul Lamon Crum, 18
years old, obtained a license to marry
Miss Edna Leor.a Kilby, IK. both of
Rainier, Or., today. Mr. Crum is a
son of Mrs. Mary Crum, of Rainier,
who accompanied him to get the license.
for the first time.
denied he had seen bruises and marks
on Clara Hamon's face and bands.
Other witnesses, when questfcined
closely, denied her face and hands
bore marks.
Through Mr. Nichols it was
brought out that Clara Hamon de
manded 15000 from Ketch. with
The usual crowd was in attendance
and for once enjoyed a hearty laugh
when at adjournment Sheriff Garrett
yelled "Be back at 9 A. M. Monday."
MUSKOGEE, Okla., March 12. Dr.
C. V. Rice, a Muskogee physician, will
be called as a witness for the defense
in the trial at Ardmore. Okla.. of
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