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Show NATURAL CONDITIONS CANNOT CHANGE RATE WASHINGTON; Miy 17. Th id tnvt.t comnme commission h held that ao obstruction res S upon a inti-Tstsf. carrier1 to counteract tbe result of natural condition by a reduction re-duction of ita freight rates." 1 na national Kenning' eompany, aa Independent, oil producing concern of Ohio, operate a refinery at Findlay. O. ' Tha exhaustion of the supply Vf crude petroleum near Findlay induced it to develop oil wells at Flat Rock, 111. Th crude oil ia eaipped from Flat Rock to Findlay at a rata of 13 cents a hundred pounds whieh the refining eompany urgee ia eaeessive. In holding tha rata wa reasonable tha commission commis-sion say the exhaustion of tha supply of raw material near at hand must sooner or later be experienced bv every manufaeturiag enterprise of thia nature. na-ture. i |