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Show SUGAR FREIGHT -RATES HELD TO BE REASONABLE Commission Decides Railroad Rail-road Charges in General Are Fair; Cut From Pa-cific Pa-cific tor Chicago Denied ' WASHINGTON, Aug. ' i. Railroad Rail-road rates for eugar transportation were held to be generally reason able today' In an interstate com-mesce com-mesce commission dectelon rendered ren-dered upon complaint of sugar refineries re-fineries along the Atlantic seaboard, sea-board, at New Orleans and On the Pacific roast. Carriera were denied permission to reduce chances from ths Perlflo coast to Chicago to a point which i would maks them lower than existing ex-isting rates from the Pacific coast to Intermsdtate points. At ths earns time the present comparative compara-tive basis of rates from the New Orleane refining centers to ths Middle West and from ths Aden-tlo Aden-tlo coast ta the -same destinations .were held la ha gss sans his as lhey stand. Proceedings brought by carriera snd refineries were dismissed. |