Show CANT CAN'T RAISE RATES j I INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION COM COM- MISSION DECIDES AGAINST FREIGHT RATE ADVANCES Carriers Are Required to Cancel Their Their Their-j Adv Advanced Tariffs and Restore Former Former Former For For- mer Rates Meaning a Loss to Companies of I 1 Annually I Wash Washington Tho The The Interstate commission com corn mission has decided against the railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads In both the eastern and the western cases The decision was handed down l late kite te Thursday afternoon Proposed advances in class freight rates in official classification territory terri tern tory aggregating among all the rail raU railways ways In the territory approximately a year were disapproved by the commission In the case caso involving the increases by the railroads in western trunk line territory the tho commission also declined de do dined cUned to approve the proposed advances advances advances ad ad- vances In commodity rates The carriers in both cases are required required required re re- re- re to cancel on or before March 10 their advanced tariffs and restore their former rates which are the rates now in effect If It this requirement requirement require require- ment be not complied with the commission com corn commission mission will issue a formal order suspending suspending suspending sus sus- pending the proposed advances and putting into effect the existing rates rates' for at least two years I IThe The decision of the interstate commerce commerce com corn merce commission does not affect any of the trunk lines west of the Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi sippi valley vaHey |