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Show ALL EXPRESS COMPANIES TO BE INVESTIGATED PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. Ifl. According to a .letter received here todaj hy the chamber of commerce of this city from Secretary Moseley of the Interstate commerce com-merce commission all express companies of the United Stales will be Investigated bv the commission nt a hearing, the date of which' will be set within the next few days. The action by the commission Is thought to have been brought about through the application of 204 chambers of commerce throughout the country. The charges made by the chamber of commerce ar" that the returns to the express ex-press company from capital actually Invested In-vested amount to from 13 to 115 per cent, and that the rates In addition to being excessive, aro unequal. |