Show t Rehearing in Er eight Rates T j I coming from Seattle is to the effect q that at the tho request of commercial l organizations of J Boston and ad other eastern pastern cities the interstate r has reopened the intermountain commerce rate S case and will hold supplementary T hearings bearings beginning about May 1 i York Chicago and some Pacific coast j city These eastern bodies have haYe protested d to the commeree corn com meree marce c commission t that at they were not represented at t the he hearing held beld in In Salt Lake last November and therefore therefore there there- l fore forc petitioned for permission to intervene ene S. S T The Tho c information states that Pacific seaboard cities expect ei that the that the rehearing will give them an f t opportunity t to th strengthen their position in opposition to I in rail rates rate to their disadvantage They an any base change their ease case against the change on the ground that ocean carriers car car- cir car are in competition with the railroads for the busi- busi i ness Bess of ot the seaport towns and that therefore they y r S entitled to the thc present rail rates are arc S Of course there is nothing nothing- especially new or star tar in the J information that Pacific coast cities cities' opposed to having having- the railroads ds do justice to the inter inter- arc are t mountain region but the query is as to why Boston and other eastern cities are aro interesting themselves in the thc 1 matter It demonstrates that intermountain S commer f bodies bodie with th our our- own Commercial club in th the lead mu must t be on on the alert to meet and refute J. J I of r any new plan L attack which the intervenors may present Eternal I vigilance ib lanca is the price of safety in freight rates ns well as s in other a the general welfare |