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Show PROPOSED INCREASE OF FREIGHT RATES Chairman Knapp Says Interstatn Commerce - Commission Has Not Been Advised of Any Change, Washington. Tho Interstate com-niorco com-niorco commission has thus far received re-ceived no official Information confirming, con-firming, tho proposed lncrcaso of freight rates. If tho rates mado by tho "railways aro mado tho sitbjdct of ' complaint to tho commission that body, of course, would Invostlgato them. On Its own Initiative tho commission com-mission probably would lnstltuto an Inquiry Into any general lncrcaso to ascertain whether tho rates aro reasonable rea-sonable and Just, but any determination determina-tion of such an Issuo would not bo forecasted by tho commission Itself. Chairman Knapp of tho commission commis-sion In nn lntervlow said: "Justification "Justifica-tion for lncrcaso In freight rates, if thoro Is to bo such an Increase, may bo found, if nt all, only In tho fact that tho Increased cost of operation and malntonnnco of railroads has reached n point whero reasonable profit on monoy Invested In thorn Is not possiblo from tho rovonuo they now receive In determining whether rates are reasonable- careful consideration consid-eration Is necessary of threo factors that good wages aro paid railroad employees; that present transportation transporta-tion facilities bo kept on a satisfactory satisfac-tory standard, and that new facllltlos ho provided to moot ovory lncrcaso In demand for them." |