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Show COMMISSION HOLDS UP RATE INCREASES WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 Proposed incrcaaes in transportation rates of certain cer-tain commodities between Missouri river points Kansas City and Omaha being typlcal-rwcro suspended by the Interstate Inter-state commcrco commission today until May 10. Tho proposed Increases range from 15 to 45 per cent and would apply to canned goods, furniture, malt and many other commodities. Lato today the commission announced that In the Interest of the speedy and satisfactory disposition of the controversies contro-versies Involved, a conference of the representatives rep-resentatives of the rallr6adn would be held In the offlco of the Transcontinental Freight bureau in Chicago at li o'clock on Wednesday, January 8'. AH protesting protest-ing shippers are Invited to attend the conference, with a view to an amicable adjustment of tho differences which have arisen out of the proposed advance In rates. |