Show RATES IN WEST TOO HIGH such Is statement of chairman knapp of commerce commission washington railroad rates east of the mississippi river are generally fair and satisfactory to the shipper while west of the river they thay are arc geni gen orally high and the cause of complaint on the part of the shipper according to a statement made on friday by chairman knapp of the interstate com commerce merco commission in the intermountain states and in nearly all of the states on the pacific coast said chairman knapp there Is a great dissatisfaction with the rates now imposed by common carriers inquiry discloses that only in isolated cases has the new rate law brought relief tho the intermountain region legion and states of the pacific coast in fact the whole northwest have witnessed great development during the past few years industries have grown up with great rapidity and population has increased by leaps and bounds naturally it would be assumed that such a condition of affairs would woud also result in a decline in the cost of trans por port atlon tation such has not been the case the rates have remained eta flonary tlona tto nary ry for all practical pur purposes posea and the storm center in the agitation for reduced rates Is west of the mississippi river in order that the commis rion glon may secure evidence at first hand in this matter it will make a trip through the intermountain country and the pacific coast states the coming fall |