686 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Docket No. 20. Secretary of Agriculture v. East Tennessee Stock Yards, Knox- 

 ville, Tenn. 



A hearing was ordered by the Secretary of Agriculture on the 

 reasonableness of the increase in charges for corn, oats, bran, and 

 cottonseed meal, proposed by the East Tennessee Stock Yards, of 

 Knoxville, Tenn., in its tariff No. 3, filed with the Packers and Stock- 

 yards Administration on March 9, 1923. This hearing was to have 

 been held on April 11, 1923. Upon request, information pertaining 

 to the matters involved in this proceeding was furnished by the 

 stockyard company to the Packers and Stoclcyards Administration^ 

 and the proceeding was ordered dismissed, and the respondent's- 

 tariff No. 3 was filed, effective April 6, 1923. 



Docket No. 21. The Secretary of Agriculture v. Newark Stock Yards, Newark,. 

 N. J. 



An increase in the price of corn and hay was provided for in sup- 

 plement No. 3, tariff' No. 1, of the Newark Stock Yards, Newark,, 

 N. J., filed with the Packers and Stockyards Administration on 

 March 10, 1923. This supplement was suspended for a 30-day 

 period, and a hearing was ordered to be held on April 17, 1923. Be- 

 fore the date of hearing the stoclryard company asked permission tO' 

 withdraw supplement No. 3 and continued the charges provided in 

 tariff No. 1. This request was granted and the case was dismissed 

 by order of the Secretary, issued April 11, 1923. 



Docket No. 22. (Number not used.) 



Docket No. 23. The Secretary of Agriculture v. Seattle Union Stock Yards Co.,. 

 Seattle, Wash. 



By order of March 30. 1923, the Secretary of Agriculture sus- 

 pended tariff No. 2 filed by the Seattle Union Stock Yards Co. in- 

 creasing yardage charges and charges for alfalfa hay. The new 

 tariff was suspended for a 30-day period from April 1, and a hearing 

 was ordered to be held beginning April 30, 1923. The tariff was 

 suspended for a second 30-day period and hearing continued to May 

 14, 1923. The respondent company requested permission to with- 

 draw its suspended schedule and substitute a new schedule in lieu 

 thereof. The new schedule as proposed eliminated the discrimina- 

 tory features of the previous schedule and made other satisfactory 

 modifications. The proceeding was dismissed and terminated with- 

 out prejudice by order of the Secretary of Agriculture, dated May 

 11, 1923. 



Docket No. 24. The Secretary of Agriculture v. The Pittsburgh Union Stock 

 Yards Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



On May 29, 1923, a hearing was ordered on the reasonableness and 

 lawfulness of the Pittsburgh Union Stock Yards tariff No. 5, which 

 provided for an increase of 15 cents per bushel in the price of corn. 

 A general inquiry was ordered made into all stockyard charges pro- 

 vided for in tariff No. 5. A hearing was held on June 18 and ad- 

 journed without date, pending the collection of information regard- 

 ing the value of certain property used in rendering stockyard services. 



Docket No. 25. The Secretary of Agriculture v. Michigan Central Railroad Co. 



On June 26, 1923, a hearing was ordered on the reasonableness and 

 lawfulness of the increased yardage charges at the Detroit stock- 



