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Show DEMAND REDUCTION OF FREIGHT RATES ALBUQUERQUE. N. M., Nov. 20. Boforo Judson O. Clements of the in-' in-' torstato commerce commission hero to-dny to-dny tho New Mexico corporation commission com-mission opened a gcnornl attack on tho freight rates now in effect in Now Moxico, reductions of somo thirtj thousand thou-sand rates being domandod. Tho complaint demands for New Mexico points, on west-bound tralli', from tho Great Lakes, tho Mississippi and the gulf, ratos at lensfc as low ns thoso now in effect to El Paso, Texas On south-bound traffic tho rate to Colorado common points on traflic from the Pacific coast is domandod. The Now Moxico rates are attacked ns in contravention of tho long and short haul clauso of the intorstato commerce law. |