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Show FREIGHT RATES ARE RIGHT, SAYS DISQUE RECOMMENDS THAT PETITION OF INTERMOUNTAIN 8HIP. PER3 BE DENIED. Holds That Commodity Rates In General Gen-eral Are Not Unduly Prejudicial to Intermountaln Territory or Preferential to Coast Cities. Washington. Commodity rates In general, applying to the Intermountnln territory from ull tho country east of tho ltocky mountains, nro found by Uxnmlner William A. DLuuo of tho Interstate commission, . not to be unduly un-duly prejudicial to Intermountnln territory ter-ritory or unduly preferential to I'aclflc coast cities, In u tentntlvo report sub-mltted sub-mltted on September 3 to tho coniiulo slon In tho transcontinental westbound graded rates case', Kxamlncp' Dlsipm holds as above, und recommends that tho petition of the Intermountnln cities and shippers for graded rutoH be denied. At tho same tlnio Mr. Dlsquc recommends rec-ommends that tho commission' order tho establishment of .Joint through class rates from points In official classification territory to points in Intermountaln territory which now pay combination rates based on Mis-Klcslppt Mis-Klcslppt river, Chicago or Ut, Paul. Tho tontutivo report of Uxnmlner DIsquo will bo submitted to tllo defendant de-fendant curriers and to the commercial commer-cial bodies, shippers and other complainants, com-plainants, and when lepllcs aro received, re-ceived, tho whole case will bo taken up for action by tho commission. Whllo It Is specifically announced that the findings of thu examiner are not tho findings of tho commission. It Is n matter of fact that Mr. DIsquo bus been assigned to many of tho Important Im-portant enses coming before thu commission com-mission In Into years, and tho commission commis-sion has nlmost nlwnys concurred In tho essential features of hi findings and recommendations. |