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Show Western Sugar Refiners Win Interstate Commerce Commission Approves Ap-proves New Rates On Sugar From California Washington, Aug. 26. Far wen tern Sugar refiners won a victory over their competitors in New Orleans and New York today when the Interstate commerce commission approved the establishment of new rates on nilgai from California producing points to Chicago and the territory east of the Missouri river which, it Is believed will open these markets to the western wes-tern product. It wns shown by western refiners and carriers that bqvuu western states produced last year beet sugar and refined Hawaiian cane sugar totalling to-talling 853,000 tons or enough to supply sup-ply 20,000,000 persons, while the population pop-ulation ot those states "is but 6,825,-821. 6,825,-821. . The ,new rate Is fixed Kt 25 cents per hundred pounds higher than the New 'Orleans rate to Chicago rafe territory and 23 cents higher, than the New Orleans rate to points east of tho Missouri rjver. One effect, according ac-cording to the refiners' application, will be to divert toSan Francisco refiners re-finers much of the. Hawaiian sugar now carried to New York by way of the Tehuantepec railroad. The commission Issued also a group of, orders designed to correct Intermediate Interme-diate rates In territory west of the Missouri river in conformity with the new ihrough rate. Local sugar people say that the change In the freight rates(on sugar, to Missouri river and points 'east, If h subject that 'has been before the Interstate commerce commission for along time. It was, agitated-by the California refiners, who asked .for a considerable reduction in the freight ratesjfrom Callforala points. The local lo-cal people think they 'have received about one half of what they asked for, but whether it will 'have any permanent per-manent effect or not,1 railroad men. think it will not, because Whatever concessions the railroads mak'e-froai here to the east, will no doubt be jBjgj by the eastern railroads which ship sugar from New Orleans and New York to the Missouri river paints so the matter will' be equalised. |