Show RAIL FRUIT MEN TALK TALK- RATES CUT Ra Railroad road traffic officials and representative representative fruit and produce dealers met at the chamber of commerce Monday to discuss plans plans' for tor lowering freight rates o on citrus and deciduous fruits and vegetables from Calif Califor- Califor or ornia nia ala to Salt Lake Ogden and nd Provo Headed by O. O P. P Hesser secretary of the Intermountain Wholesale Produce Prod Prod- ucc uce Dealers' Dealers association the fruit and produce dealers asked that rates on all fruit and produce except bananas be reduced to 50 cents a hundred They asked that the rate for bananas be cut to 60 c cents per hundred It was pointed out at the meeting that reductions are sought to enable the dealers to compete with itinerant peddlers and truckers who are are- importing importing im im- Im- Im porting fruits and vegetables in large quantities at a disadvantage to rail roads The railroad officials who promised to take the application under advisement advise ment included H H. W. W Klein of San Francisco general freight agent for forthe forthe forthe the Southern Pacific railroad J. J F F. Bon Boa freight traffic manager of of- the Western Pacific railroad J J. J L. L Amos assistant traffic the Union Pacific system Alden J. J Anderson I. I traffic manager of the the- Salt Lake Utah railroad and Ray Needham traffic manager of the Bamberger Electric Railroad company Representative fruit and produce dealers present were Ray Ryan ol of Seattle president of the Ryan FruIt company company George Arisen president of oi the Nelson Nelson-Anson comp company W. W J. J Ross Boss district manager of the California Califor Califor- nm nia Fruit Growers Growers' Exchange and H H. W. W Price president of Price-Brooks Price I company I |