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Show I. i 1 1 In Rail road World MEANS BIG SAVING. Reduction in Freight Rates on East-Bound East-Bound Wool Soon Effective. The announcement of the Interstate commerce commission that the reduction In frclcht rates on eaBtbound shipments of wool would become effective June. 1 was welcomed by the woolprrowcr3 of this state. The commission ruled April 12 that tho rates were too high ,md gave the railroads until May 1 to flip new freight rate schedules. In speaking: of the order of the commission, C. B. Stewart, Stew-art, secretary of the Utah WoolgTowcrs association, yesterday said: "The reduction Is of greater benefit to this state than any other decision ever made by tho interstate commerce commission. com-mission. The reduction of 75 cents a hundred means an annual saving: of 575,-000 575,-000 to $100,000 to Utah growers." |