Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-01 | Page 6 | Sugar Rate Increase Hearings Ordered

Sugar Rate Increase Hearings Ordered WASHINGTON Sept 1 A W-A A proposal pro to increase rates on sugar in carload carload carload car car- load lots from gulf gul ports to upper Mississippi river points was ordered held up today todar by the interstate com coin morce merce commission pending a hearing and investigation Carriers transporting sugar from New Orleans Port Chalmette La and Mobile Ala and Pensacola Fla FIn to Burlington Budington Davenport Fort Madison Mad Mad- ison and Muscatine Iowa and East Moline Kirkwood Moline and Ro Rock Bock k Island Ill m. had proposed to increase rates on sugar by around 4 cents a hundred pounds I The order handed down today said the proposed increases apparently would affect adversely the public Interest In In- terest and that the Increases should be suspended from September 1 1933 until April 1 1 1934 V The commission ordered a he heaping ng on the proposal to be held Octo cr 4 at d Burlington Iowa V i