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Show Western Sugar Rate Defended San Francisco A slightly lower price paid by Paclfllc coast refineries for raw sugar gives them no ndvautngo over oastern competitors In the Chicago Chica-go markot, because tho eastern refill-orles refill-orles own their own plantations through subsldlnry companies, II. It. Howard, sales' manager of the Wostren Sugar Refinery of San Francisco testified testi-fied at nu Interstate commerce commis sion hearing Wednesday. The hearing to give a chanco for western Interests Inter-ests to present their views on tho charge by eastern railroads that tho present freight rates on sugar from the Pacific coast to Chicago unduly handicap the shipment of Louisiana, Cuba and Porto Iticnu sugar to the Chicago markot. Tho eastern roads ask that tho carriers west of Chicago continue granting a lower rate from tlio coast to Chicago than to Des Moines or Omaha, a preference Chicago has enjoyed en-joyed since 1014 and which was In-creased In-creased Inst spring In n reduction of the Chicago rate. |