Show RATES IN WEST TOO HIGH such Is IB statement of chairman knapp of commerce commission washington railroad rates east ot of the mississippi river aro generally fair and satisfactory to io the shipper while west of the river they are gon gen brally high and tho the cause of com compaine paInt on the part of the shipper according to a statement mode made on friday by chairman knapp of the Inter interstate commerce commis commission slon in the intel mountain states and in nearly all of the states on the pacific coast said chairman knapp there Is great dissatisfaction with the rates now imposed by common carriers inquiry discloses that only in isolated cases has the now rate law brought relief the intermountain region und and states stales of the pacific coast in fact the whole northwest have witnessed great development during the past few years industries have grown grownup up with great ra rapidity and population has increased by leaps and bounds naturally it would be assumed that such a condition of affairs would also result in a decline in the cost of trans por port atlon tation such has not been the case the rates have remained sta for all practical purposes and the storm center in tho the agitation for reduced rates Is west of pi p river in order that tho the commis mon nay may secure evidence at first hand in this matter it will make a trip through the intermountain country and the pacific coast states the coin ing fall hearings will be ba held at spokane seattle and in all probability at salt lake when the commission returns to washington in november the evidence collected will be digested and rulings made that in all probability will afford great relief to tho the shipping public c in the two sections under consideration |