Show pre freight ight rate reductions aid poultry producers utah utahs turkel turkej turkey and moultr poultr poultry producers will be aved saved an estimated estr 70000 70.000 during the next 12 months as a 0 result of a deduc reduc rocluc ion in freight rates on all pr processed 0 poultry shipped east cost ac cording to II 11 it L mcdonough t traffic r affia affic manager for utah poultry & farmers cooperative who was responsible for obtalt obtaining fang flng the freight reduction ever since revised trans con tin tlncntal tinental ental freight schedules scheduler went into operation last july utah producers have been forced to pay the same some mcdonough made a series of vigorous protests that r resulted in a special public meeting being set by the western trunk line traffic managers committee in chicago I mr mcdonough attended the mooting and staged a one man fight tor for a reduction in rat rates and won final pinal action of the committee resulted in a 27 cent per hundred weight rate cut in shipments to chicago 37c to mississippi river points and 39c to missouri niver river points last year utah prodi produced uced some 32000000 pounds of tur kev about cef 70016 0ef ll 11 of it was shipped east according to george rudd oultr bultr division manager of utah poultry with a substantial increase in utah turkey production this year and eastern turkey shipments expected to be up 15 to 20 over last year the freight saving as a result w will III 111 hit well over 70 70000 70.000 000 for utah turkey growers grower aane afne alone the lowered freight rates not only help members ot of utah poultry but every turkey grow |