Show rREIGHT RATES AGAFN udg ng he te s a ommo e omm s on g anted to the astern i oa s certa n ea es n rates wh c deny ng the blanket u a c of pc ent den anded The 1 mited one on i g cn on ho theory that the oa 3 r qu d the o enue so as u o dc adeq ate ars and ohee unto cnoo meut ot t e The caste i al oa o on e newed the r q e t to a o pe cent n rease bas u t c req est po chang d ond t on The Intc ate Lomu e Lo n s on as m d that t e ail oads ha not p o e the ase and th loll app o a of a ate n r so ih ch nou e p a ed the oa Is u cl nt 1 nanc al oud o E. f t c a oon o do bt i to the nec ss ty of an n ease th ee u onths -go tho e can be 1 ttle doubt on that po nt now The war has super ened to st 11 further reduce railroad rev en es If the Interstate Cora nerce Comm s s on had acted generously n the f rst nstan e the railroads would not be re dueed to the r present plight J gglers of stat st cs were able to demonstrate with astounding fac 1 ty that the rail roads should be in a prosperous cond t on but strange to say the actual con dition confounded the theor sts Now that the pet t on of the ra Iroads has been renewed they may lool forward with more conf dence to a fa orable is sue inasm ch as their f nanc al reports absolutely demonstrate that while their operating revenues have been constantly decreasing for months their operat ng expenses have just as constantly n creased . |