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Show WESTERN RAILROADS WILL MAKE NO APPEAL Magnates at Chicago Meeting Decide to Accept Commission's Rate Ruling As Final. CHICAGO. March L Thirty-five western west-ern railroads decided today to make no appeal from the recent decision of the Interstate commerce commission denying the roads tho right to increase freight ntcs. They will accept the decreo of the commission as final The decision was reached at a meeting of representatives of tho roads at the Western Trunk Lino association headquarters head-quarters here. The opinion was advanced by many that tho roads would bo Unable to make any stronger showing beforo tho now commerce court than beforo tho commission, commis-sion, and that, once tho new court had ruled. Its decree would be binding for two years. It alsc was argued that If tho roads comply with the decree without objection objec-tion and withdraw the advanced tariffs befcro March 10. there will bo an opportunity oppor-tunity at a later date to submit advances on certain rates, some of which may meet with favor. |