Show p CATTLE fl RATES 3 l IN Ift AREA IREA AREAT r T f i C. C C. C Grants Permission 1 J. fo fog 05 Cut to Fo Four r Northwestern North North- 1 western Lines I 9 t. t 1 ri J Br BT ruu WASHINGTON June 26 Four railroads gained the theno no nt of the Interstate commerce on today t to reduce livestock livestock St t rates from the thet drouth area t North Dakota South Dakota and Montana to places where feed teed and 1 vater are available The rile railroads were the Great N NOrthern Northern the Northern Pacific the and Sault Ste. Ste jis ls St. St Paul and the Chicago Milwaukee r 6 gt Paul piul Pacific f the Great Northern was granted permission to return to the drouth Area Irea after the drouth Is over breed breeding breeding for tor torI ing lag ing stock and stock not ready market without charge The North North- I em era Pacific today applied for similar ax permission Thc N Northern pacific Pacific's s 's application which was similar to that of or all a athe of f the other roads said Eaid There Is a serious drouth In westen western west west- ern fm North Dakota and eastern castern and central Montana resulting in fn an acute e ti of both feed iced and water Vater fo for r ti in In order to move livestock from 9 drouth areas shippers desire t to for for- ij N ward shipments to territory where r feed teed and water at r Is more abundant lad and for tor to market points under feeding and Ii i grazing g ga In transit arrangements i a which are now In effect In common 21 IJ with irith rat rates 5 from stations In Montana 31 a and certain parts of ot western North DakotA Dakota The condition Is such as to ro noes- noes necessitate the movement of ot breeding stock and tock tack not ready for mar market market mar mar- ket to points where feed teed and wa water r rare obtainable for tor are more readily return return re reo turn later to originating points of ot r The Chicago Milwaukee St. St Paul Pacific In n Us its application designated ed td portions of or South Dakota as Inthe Inthe in inthe the drouth area A similar arrangement was made list year In several severa of at the midwestern and southern states most seriously affected by the drouth |