Show BACK HAUe HAU PRACTICE IS Is' KNOCKED OUT I I I I I A l Roads ds Protest but Co Commis- Commis mis tJ r sion slon D Decides They Can Can- Stand Cut INGTON Nov Xo Class U. U Class 24 freight rates from Ta Tacoma om and Seattle Wash and Portland Or to points to-points j points ints in Washington Ore Oregon on Idaho and Montana Mon Moe- on tana fana today were ere declared d unreasonable by bJ the interstate commerce e commission and aud reductions avera averaging n about 20 pet per percent cent were ere ordered by Januar January 2 1912 The deci decision ion of 01 the tho commission commission affects af feets nil all the tho railways operating in in inthe the Pacific northwest The proceedings s were popularly known as the bla black k haul rate cases in which which- the railroads rail roads charge for a a. theoretic haul bask from Pacific coast terminals to intermediate intermediate inter inter- mediate points although the freight is is unloaded and aDd ered delivered on the westbound west bound haul The carriers maintained they could not stand a reduction of 20 per cent cent- Examination of the revenues convinced convince the commission sion the losses would aggregate rate gate only about 1 per cent of the net operating revenues of the lines line |