Show LIVESTOCK RATES HAT S HELD EXCESSIVE EXAMINER DISQUE SAYS LIVE STOCK INDUSTRY STIFLED ON ACCOUNT OF HEAVY RATES shippers shipper 8 of western states enter protest over enormous rates now being paid for stock tra transportation no por tation I 1 i ton rates on livestock were held field to be unreasonable from an economic standpoint and a recommendation was made to the interstate commerce commission that the carriers carriera make substantial reductions for the benefit beri elit 0 of business busl Dess in general in a report amiade ade thursday by ex examiner alner disque the case which was brought by livestock shippers in the western chates and in which several state commissions wiss lons are involved will be heard soon doon by the commission rates paten on certain commodities commod ites are st filling industry and should lop lip reduced the examiner said adding however that a reduction in rates rafts on traffic in general seems unwarranted tit at fills time lime the report said that sh rates on livestock were not excess escuss he le when judged from a strictly transportation standpoint they are unreasonable from an economic standpoint the Ilves livestock tock industry the report said would he bi materially helped by a reduction in rates because abe cost of getting to market is a a substantial item we think that tile the carolei carri erstin oin ae the public interests should favorably consider the matter of ellmina eliminating ting fur for the mot part temporarily nt it least antl and especially ally for the longer hauls the increases in livestock rates made following the increases ordered in the transportation act the original orl Inal complaint against livestock rates was made by the national livestock sappers sh apers league nod and other producers produce rg organizations railroads and public utilities comi commissions nisson of kansas south dakita north dakota arizona and montana and the amerl ameri can form farm bureau federation |