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Show I H I Lumber Rates Suspended, jfjjij By Associated Press. Mi WASHINGTON. 8ept. 17. The general fjj) advance In freight rates on lumber by Mi t,,e VIckburg, Shreveport & Pacific Rall- m .2d company, which is participated in by sj' 280 other Interslato carriers, was sus- Wii pended today by the interstate commerce mi commission. titii The tariff suspended provides for ad- 9m vances principally on yellow pine lumber KM from all points on the line of tho VlckH-tSiffl VlckH-tSiffl , burg. Shreveport f Pacific company in W tj"5 yellow pine territory, to all points in gij the United States, ffcfl After nh examination of the tariff the wl commission under tho existing law sus- IWM lls operations until January 5. tM ij. was held that the Increases r'aro unlawful and that the rales, fares or HH charges obtained by .said schedules aro rm unjust and unreasonable " ilyiWll The-proposed rates are suspended with a view to affording tho commission an opportunity to investigate them and to determine whether or not they aro reasonable. |