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Show COMMISSION RAISES RATES HRRIERS FIRST RULING RENDERED IN SERIE3 OF CASES INVOLVING JURISDICTION OF STATES. Orders the Railroads of New York to Establish Passenger and Baggage Rates on Interstate Traffic to Conform to Interstate Rate. Washington. In Its first decision on tho right of tho federal government Under tho transportation net to re-qulro re-qulro railroad rates within a statu to correspond to tho higher levels of Interstate tariffs, tho Interstate commerce com-merce commission on November 18 ordered tho railroads of New York to estubllsh passenger nnd bnggnge rates on Intrastate traffic conforming to advanced Interstate schedules. Similar Sim-ilar proceedings nro pending affecting moro than half the states In the union. By Its order of Inst August, the commission com-mission authorized In tho New York region an Increnso of 40 per cent In freight rates, 20 per cent In passenger rates, excess baggage charges and rates on milk and cream und also u surcharge of CO per cent on Pullman accommodations. Tho New York public pub-lic service commission granted the freight ndvnncc except milk, but dented de-nted the other Increases within tho State, and the carriers appealed to tho Interstate commerce commission, j Tho federal body held that there I was a general obligation resting upon I It "to exercise control over Intrastate commerce so far as it uffects Interstate Inter-state commerce." "The decisive fnctor," tho ruling said, "Is whether the rates under consideration considera-tion Injuriously nffect Interstate commerce." com-merce." Congress directed that rates be allowed al-lowed which would yield an aggregate return of from 5 to 0 per cent on the vnluo' of tho railway properties, tho commission stated. |