Show MOXTANA AiND lOAHO ftltcs Will Benelit By Freight I Reductiins Omaha July 9 Effective July 1C the Union Pacific will reduce west the Missouri bound freight rates from Issour river to Montana and Idaho common points ond bring that section of the country in closer touch than ever before be-fore with Missouri river gateways The result was given out tonight and it is expected to provoke a great rate war The cut will average onehalf Even since the Utah rates went into effeer on the ten classes the traffic officials of-ficials of the Union Pacific felt that their position could not be considered fPTtain until rates in the whole north Mrest + nuched by their company had been brought don to a common basis and they procded to equalize the tariffs Heretofore the Union Pacific had been maintaining higher rates to Oregon Ore-gon and Montana than to intermediate points and it ias for the purpose of making all rates equal distances considered con-sidered that the changes were agreed upon |