Show DRASTIC REFO ARE prescribed SWEEPING reductions IN EX PRESS RATES RECO MENDED BY COMMERCE commission conclusions reached by commission may imay constitute a lona lom step toward tho the solution of the problem of the high cost of living I 1 washington sweeping reductions lons in ex ress rates averaging in general approximately alf teen per cent bent aras US I 1 ions I 1 and atles X 1 it I 1 ev in the methods of operation are proscribed prescribed in a report made public sunday by the interstate commerce commission ot of its ts investigation into the business 0 ot the thirteen great express companies ot of the united states dealing with the identity of interest between the various companies tho no report finds that these companies aro are separate legal entities but are very closely related the inquiry was the most extensive and in w wealth of infinite detail probably the most thorough ever prosecuted by the coin mission it was conducted and the report was prepared pared by commissioner franklin lane it has been in progress tor for nearly three years the report itself takes printed pages it involved an examination and comparison compa ilson ot of practically more than express rates katoa in effect in this country in addition to an examinations examination 0 of millions ot of way bills and an investigation through the books of the of 0 their An financial ancial operations and bustness business methods commissioner lane Is af ot the opinion that the conclusions reached constitute a long step towards the solution of that gravest problem of the american householder the high cost of living |