Show SPOKANE W NS i IN N RA RAT CASt CASE WEEPING REDUCTION I IS ORDERED glass Freight Rates From St. St Paul to SpoKane One- One Sixth Less MEANS HEANS REVOLUTION IN FREIGHT TARIFFS If Applied to All Interior Points Will Have Far FarR 4 R Reaching aching Effect WASHINGTON March 2 The Tho interstate in- in commerce commission t today day dc- dc elded tho tim two points in tho complaint filed mcd by the city of Spokane against the tho Northern Pacific tho Great Northern an anSI and the Union Pacific which were That bat tho the rates from eastern points pints to Spokane were higher than to Seattle a more mOle distant point 2 That tie the rates to Spokane were inherently unreasonable On the first point defendants main main- that water competition compelled them to charge charo the tho rates in effect to Seattle and that therefore they might char charge a higher rate to Spokane without without with with- out violating tho the loner on and short haul provision pro or 01 without discriminating i against Spokane un under er the law I The commission sustains the claim of the defendants in this respect and that tho the rates to Spokane although al al- a- a though higher than to Seattle arc not unlawful fuL 5 On the second point the tho commission F sustains the tho claim m of the petitioner and anti holds that the rates rate from ca eastern tern points joints to io Spokane arc unjust and un un- iu- iu reasonable rl h It It reduces class rates rutes from St. St Paul to Spokane IG 3 2 per cent and auti makes substantially tim tho fame Parne reduction from Chicago to Spokane Spokane kane Hate Kates east cast of Chica Chicago o arc aro not dealt wit with h. h I The Tho decision if applied in principle principe to all II commodities J and to all an interior points must work a revolution re in rates from eastern p points ints of origin to all in in- enor eror transcontinental territory and in that view it is is one oue of the thc most faring far far- ing n decisions ever ren rendered b by by- bytho tho o |