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Show UTAH RAILROADS ASK PERMISSION TO DROP RATES Western Carriers Take Official Of-ficial Step to Make Intrastate Intra-state Charges Correspond With I. C C Reductions Tha tTth puhlle utllrtlea commlaalon la In receipt of a letter from tha T-clfle T-clfle Freight Trafflo bureau In Pan Frandero for authority to publlah tha reduced ratea o fralght aa ordered by tha Interatata commerce eommleelon. and which wat recently promulgated by tha federal rommlaelon. Tha application ap-plication enmea from K W. Oomph, aaent of tha trafflo bureau, and while protest In aralnst what ha rteclaree la an nnluet reduction, aaka that ha ha ylven authority to make the redurtlon. redur-tlon. Tha t'tah rommlaelon haa not yat replied to tha letter, taking tha matter under advlaemant. Tha letter la aa followa: The Interatata commerce commlaalon commla-alon by Ita declalon found that tha freight ratea and ehargea of the ear-rlera ear-rlera In tha mountaln-l'aclflo group, which ware Increaaed 2 par cant pur-auant pur-auant to tha flndlnaa In ax parte 74. will be on and after July 1, 1121. un-Juat un-Juat and unreaeonahle to tha extent that they may Include mora than 114 par cent over tha rut. a and rhargea In affect prior to Auauat it, 120. SERIOUS RESULT PREDICTED. Tha principal Weetern carrlera. In reeponee to that declelnn, hava ad-vlaed ad-vlaed tha Interatata commerce commlaalon com-mlaalon that while thoee wade feel the propoaed reduction In ratea la un. Jtiatlfled and threatena aarloua financial finan-cial conaequencee upon.manv of tha rnade. they underatand that the Inter atata commerce commteaton prnpoaea to follow tha flndlnga with an order, and that therefore no point remalna for tha technical lnaletenre upon an order In the fare of an eipreeeed purpoee of the acommlealon to enforce compllnnoe with Ita opinion, for theee reaaona, thnae wada will auhmlt to tha reduction. reduc-tion. But In ao doing they dealra to amphaalae that tha reductlona ara aa-peclally aa-peclally oneroua to tha llnea embraced In tha mountaln-Parlflo group. - and they therefor record their earneat proteat agalnat ao auhatantlnl a reduction re-duction of their revenue, which haa been already ao aerloualy affected by tha dlveralon of tranncontlnental trafflo traf-flo to tha unregulated ateamahlp llnea through tha Panama canal. RATE RARITY DESIRED. Theee reaaona ara equally potent In fuatlfytng tha maintenance of the proaent ratea on tntraatata trafflo. but In order to maintain the parity of ratea aa between tha atata and Intra-atata Intra-atata traffic,, tha llnea In Utah, upon reoalpt of the neceeeary authority from tha eommleakm, will proceed to reduce tha rataa on intrastate traffic to tha aama extant and concurrently with tha reductlona to be made In tha rataa on Interatata traffic; provided, that where recognlaed rate ralatlonahlpa ware maintained originally and by readjuatm.nl alnca Auguat It, It 20. thoaa ralatlonahlpa will pa maintained, if practicable In tha Initial publlca-ttona publlca-ttona laaued to put Into effect the propoaed pro-poaed reductlona, otherwlee by later ad- i net men t. and that In tha event auca iter adjuetment neceeeltatea aa la- creeee la any rata tha commlaalon will authorlaa auch Increase without formal hearing. "Therefore, to comply with tha com-mlaalon'a com-mlaalon'a rulea, application la hereby made on behalf of tha llnea In I'tith for authority to publish tha propoaed ratea on not leaa than one day's notice, to become effective July, 1V23. "Pleaee wire ma reference to auch authority aa you may Isaua In response thereto." ' |