| Show want rate leg slat on washington D C S mead president of the merchants assoria alon of bew york presented to dent roosevelt on thursday a state ment of that association in support of the president s atrit ide on railroad rate legislation the statement strongly supports the esch townsend bill which was passed by the house of representatives at the last con gress but urges that any decision ot the inter state commerce commis sion in a given case should be put into immediate effect without waiting the result of an appeal to the courts |