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Show OPPOSE INCREASE IN FREIGHT RATES Washington, Dec. 1. As the final chapter of ihe testimony in tho eastern east-ern trunk line freight advance case, witnesses testified today before 'he Interstate Commerce commission that the Increases would seriously handicap handi-cap tho independent oil and livestock industries. G W. lloltz, traffic manager man-ager of the National Petroleum company, com-pany, contended that Instead of an increase, a reduction ln the freight rate was Imperative if the independents independ-ents were to be permitted to exist. S. H. Cowan of Ft. Worth. Texas, counsel for tho Cattle Raisers' association asso-ciation and the American Livestock association, said the advance would be an injustice to his Interests, tho increases scheduled ranging from 10 i to 19 per cent. ' He said the new Linff3 would tend to concentrate the sales ,t b.eef.on the hoof ln the west, which meant a monopoly and imposition of a great burden on eastern consumers of meat. He said thore w-as no special demand de-mand for faster freight service, hut that there was a real need for regularity regu-larity of service. James I. White of Kansas City, traffic manager of the Burnham-IIan-na-Munger company, stated that the increases carried an additional cost to tbem of $h;,00ii a year. This clos ed the testimony. |