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Show irVtT SUSai" Sat0 Settled' mranlly As a result of the meeting held In ri Tseiv York between Western traffic men and representatlveH of the various su- mmttW ;'i gar ,ntcrests, the rate war on sugar has 1 UW poetically been settled. The basis Is ' i, eabllshment of a differential of tS H ), t centB per 100 J'ounds from New York & 9 1 pper iIl9siirl rlvor points In favor 58'L- ?.. Tew rleans- Under the new ud-aTlf ud-aTlf ; tment tho lowest rate on. sugar from jy i bo 16 cents by way of St. Louis or ChU cago and 35 cents from New Orleans. An Important part of the settlement, which was a compromise, Is that the new rates present a reduction over the old of about C cents, but It Is claimed by the traffic men that this does not represent a concession to the sugar Interests. In-terests. The old rate from New Tork by the SL Louis and Chicago gateways to upper Missouri river points was Bl cents, with a differential of about 20 cents In favor of New Orleans. |