Show S ARE prescribed SWEEPING reductions IN EX PRESS rateb RECO MENDED BY COMMERCE commission conclusions reached by commission may constitute a 3 long step toward tho the solution of the problem of the high cot cost of living J washington vj weeping reductions in express rates averaging averal ns in general approximately alteen per cent drastic reforms in regulations and pra practices and comprehensive changes in tin tho methods oe of operation are pre scribed in a report made ado public sun day by the interstate commerce corn mission of its into the business ot of the thirlee i great express companies of the united states de dealing aling with the identity ot of inter eit eat between the various companies the lepor firda that these companies are separate parate be leal legal entitles entities but are very closel related the inquiry was the meet most exten sivo and in wealth ot of In infinite fulte deul probably the most thorough ever prosecuted by the commission it as conducted and the report va wal pre pared by commissioner franklin X lane iane it has been in progress tor for nearly three years the report itself lakes takes printed anges it involved an examination and comparison ot of practically more than ex press rates in effect in this country in addition to an examination of mil llone ilona of way bills and an invests investigation atlon through tin booke books of at the companies of 0 their nandlal nanc lal operations and bul ass methods method a commissioner lane Is of the opinion that the con clutton reached constitute a long step towards the solution of that gravest problem of the am erlean householder the high cost of living |