Show RESENT OPPRESSION Shippers I Declare Are Ale flis- flis Against lh Them m Chicago May oa Declaring Declaring that he railroads were oppressing and din dla- dl against them theta and had boc ec so doln doing for Cor the past six 81 years the he Am American Shippers' Shippers association met today toda at the tho Auditorium Annex an and nd 1 decided to enlar enlarge e the scope and anti Influence of or the organization The I association at present Includes u a ma- ma maI I of the thc large shippers of the In the near and it Is probable future the Interstate commerce commission corn corn- mission will fl be petitioned to make a thorough inquiry Into the railroads In arbitrarily increasing ln th the rates on OH a number of ln In the la lat lust t six lx years It Is stated In the revised lion which was ivan inai lUI of f transportation years car the cost TInny Increased with the te result has steadily excessive e and that rates have ha become Chairman Conkey read a l lof lve that t of statistics I showing howing Ince January Januar 1900 1901 fr freight rates rotes have nee Increased 1 In instances t 42 8 8 cent 2 1 4 Instances In 30 tier per cent nor instances 50 0 per ver cent sI six In- In cent 17 instances c per cent two Instances 25 lC Ih per percent r G per nor l two instances 33 ii per er cent cont andin and V cent on one In instance 80 85 Ci 7 per ler cent lie He Hethe in ill the tIle only reductions made by the tho lcJ bald II In three in ill this period were ere rates 20 O per cent and amid ii in III three rates rate i j t ner per cent Mr MI Conkey al also quoted from Crom rc- rc Of the interstate commerce com corn pots ports train the revenue Ic per lieI lolI or of freight a was li liin In utile jn iu 1900 and 1 ill n 1901 I. I |