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Show 141 would be to compel us to read these reports and have everything considered as evidence except the specific portions that we object to. I would not like to undertake that task; it is too big a task. Mr. Blackmar: Suppose you see if you can state a general objection. Mr. Farnsworth: Well, of course, the entire report, as we view it, is incompetent. The witness is here present. It is not a government report. It is conceded that it is a report made merely as a part of the preparation of this case, and for use in this case. I know of no theory of evidence under which any part of this report is admissible. I know of nothing, in fact, that, as I view it, we should, even in the interest of saving time, consent to going in, except his tabulations of figures, derived from other government reports -- his statement of certain gage showings at various gage stations. Anything of that sort we would wave objection to, in the interest of saving time. But that is a pretty clever brief, as I read it -- as are also the other papers which he has prepared and which you will doubtless want to offer. I think a large part of it is a very partisan special pleading in behalf of the Complainant. I do not mean that in any manner as an adverse criticism of Mr. Hoyt. I rather make it as a compliment to him. They are very ably prepared papers. They are specially adapted to 2102 |