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Show RATES ATTACKED BY PRODUCE EXCHANGE "WASHINGTON. Dec. $. The New York produce exchange before the interstate in-terstate commerce commission attacked castbound rates and regulations of tho eastern railroads on grain, flax send and like commodities, from western and northwestern stales. It was charged that traffic In grain through present ratea'and regulations arc being diverted to Montreal Mont-real from pastern ports of the United States, particularly Now York, and that tho rates ar0 excessive and discriminator!'. discrimin-ator!'. The demand was mnde that a slldln" scale of grain rates, according to seasons sea-sons bo made effective and that the discriminations dis-criminations and preferences complained of b0 removed. i |