Show DECLINE IS SHOWN IN RAIL TRAFFIC w WASHINGTON Feb 20 A 20 A decline de decline decline de- de cline was registered In railroad traffic traffic traffic fic during 1921 of per cent under that of 1920 the greatest ever re recorded re- re corded Jn American history according to the Association of Railway tives Compiling the estimates from reports to the inters interstate ate commerce commission the association In a statement statement state state- ment Issued today said that in 1921 the number of tons of freight carried one ono mile in in the United States was or less than the ton miles of 1920 The decrease in the Eastern district was 24 per cent in the tho Western Vestern 22 and in tho the Southern |