Show AFTER THE CANADIAN Western Road Will Act I Alaska Rates Chicago Jan 24Eastern and western west-ern roads will take up the question of rates to Alaska this week and an effort ef-fort will be made to agree on through tariffs to Dawson City Tomorrow the roads of the Western Passenger Pnsenger association asso-ciation will meet and discuss the advisability advis-ability of asking the interstate commerce com-merce commission to suspend such parts of the law as will enable them to meet the low rates made by the Canadian Pacific without subjecting themselves to the penalty of violating the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce law On the day following the roads of the Central Passenger Pas-senger association will meet for the same purpose and on Wednesday a joint meeting of eastern and western roads will be held There is no doubt that the western roads will tomorrow ask the suspension of the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce law As matters now stand the roads of this country are not able to meet the competition of the Canadian Cana-dian Pacific without demoralizing their local differentials on Alaskan business notwithstanding the fact that it has a good a line for this business as anybody any-body else The western roads will after af-ter everything else has been tried meet whatever rates the Canadian Pacific may put in I is likely that the roads of the Central Passenger association I will act In the same manner as the western lines |