Show HEAVY GUT CUT IS MADE IN LUMBER UMBER S RATES HATES Railroads May Appeal From the Commissions Commission's Decision Chicago JU June lC 25 Hoa f.-Hoa Roads directly Interested in the decision recently is issued Issued Is- Is sued Interstate bythe commerce commission commission com corn mission regarding transcontinental lumber rates are ale discussing seriously serious serious- ly an appeal to the tIme courts for tor relief from what th they regard as the timo injustice tice of oC the or order Sweeping reductions in to lumb lumber r rates l from the time Pa Pa- chic coast were ordered at a n time when the time roads everywhere are of the time opinion that there ought to be a gen gen- oral eral advance of ot all al railroad rates rate Roads most affected are th the Northern North North- cm ern 1 Pacific the Great Northern and th time the Union Pacific The or order practically cal cally reduced the rates lates from 15 1 to 25 per pel cent cent- Shipments to all aJl sections of the country west vest of tho the Mississippi river ri are subject to this re reduction A Acut cut of 5 per cent has been ordered by the time commission in the territory east of or the the river Over a dozen complaints hind had been fie filed 1 with the time commission sion against theold theold the theold old rates an arid and it was in dealing with these that the commission ren rendered the decision It is expected that the cn case e ewI will wI be carried carrle 1 to tho the Supreme court of the United 1 States Stales by y one side ElIe or the other before the matter is finally settled finaly v Hope HOlle for Ail J c. c Many Ian officials feel fec that It I would woul 1 be allowing their hopes of a al advance In r rates rales t s at this time to go by default If they were quiet quietly to submit to the ruling of the thel l decision and they say say- tI they l eY cannot aft ar a a T 0 f I ther 1110 01 d I t QI ou woUl Q I. I frd t of or me ml t this they B say say- they heY are aru at Jn In rt no rO tai position to t standA stand A fair estimate of or the o earnings of oC the Frisco lines Including the Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Eastern Illinois Indicates that thesa two 10 roads this year car will have havea a surplus after fixed charges of ot approximatelY approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately as a compared with wih r G S last oar year oar |