Show U or EAR EARNINGS INGS INCREASED Shippers Give Views In Rate Casti Cast Case i Hearing at Chicago Chicago TeStimony Testimony that the western west west- ern era railroads Instead of becoming Im Impoverished impoverished im- im have in the last five years earned more revenue than ever before in in their their their history history was offered at the interstate Interstate in In- commerce commission hearing hearing hear hear- ing ing on Tuesday of the one forty-one western western west ern era railroads' railroads petition for tor higher rates Jes on certain commodities I u. u Answering the railroads' railroads plea that r they be permitted to charge rates tha if J 1 will twill yield them at least a year more revenue Wayne Ellis statistician sta sta- I of the Iowa railroad railroad-commis 2 sion alan asserted that the railroads judged by statistics which he compiled com corn f piled were prosperous o t |