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Show I iEUtFjTsiGHf Hi jf X--!iwonlnont:il Imiiort rates of f 1 HH d : fttt.'Nlnsl on copra and $1.05 n huu- K S wflm vegetable oils will become ct- Hj ,. StvJtvr- Stum Pacific co.i3t poits to Hll t, vtnsxiatl mid. Intermediate points Hi JltViruur.)' 2C, according to nnnunco- Hw K ttisrrA jccclved from thu agent of th.n H f V jaBroilncntal freight bureau, by HH ! SS. JR Tkonnsbury, general freight as- B- , i rwcf tljd O. V. II. and N. H I BSc iUct will bo to jilnco 1'aclflc H ' rrsT iorts an .nil eiiual footlnp with H;' JittkBjle purls In hnndllDR this clatte H. j DS luvrarin for (ho Chicago territory. h Ttkr. niir rate on theso commodities H'.it' 'Srtu iSUw. -with the general policy of HJju -VfT UruTifcontltioiitfil railways, which iyi .say urcklnj; to restoro tho parity of VjR Itiwurtrid export Irclght rates to tho iHlfrfl extiBo -cutt of Chicago, which waa H ?r ofcflmbrd iir the revised freight tar- H; J Ml lxlch liocanio effcctlvo in Aug- ii if tjn rnni. U20. According to Mr. Louns- K, ft ftmrx; Jthntnew rato on copra and veg- R st'Uiolf, oTIh is tho flrut tho companies 3 lSKirKbjrjn ablu to Bccuro. ,In reator- i " tt-Quollty of Import and export Riflrs 'to Hint .tcrrltor' tho tranacon- i V iDimsl systoniB must secure tho con- i "ticnjityi of ensem lines and until Hjj fcror ttbclr t-fforlH haw not been ouc- IHn , r&Ibtttuntlal reductions' In trnnscon- Hi I riiwDfa) .freight ratcB have been rec- LK S. onuswnilt-a i tJio tallroada 'nnd ln- H f & titsitt cnmmi'rce eoaimlaslon by tho Hj 5 nvRa. Wanhlngton and Idaho pub- I V jBfwraf commissions. c i I "Ti- aucrvr for reduction of trano- J I .rutLaucnta) railroad rntes has grown Hi' 1 vuf'rj lessoning of tho movement LHii vtanJtxfr, sipples and other products l s if northwest states to 'the cast Hi I fcUtt niTlroail rates wcr Increased' Hb $ BjuI iunniiiT. The commlaslonera hoi a HH ' "in a. kiwerlnK of thu trantcontlneii' HB ' j H uotra would benefit both the H i v-v n pifKlucers and castersi ci.i- HH .mrT3, us well as helping the rail- Si!j by Ir.ccraslng" tho volume, of f33rranc -which has been loet duo ) j' vi itru-V;lllty of coast producers to HJ v wrwi. wrDpctltlon cast of tho Missis,- HJ I wippl, rarllcnlarly In lumber. : HJ j; 7e Jxllroads and various shippers HJ I virpmr.lzntlonH havo been seeking to H , havo Hit' national war tlmo wago and working agreements now Imposed on (he roads, termlnuted In order tbat warllmo operntlng cost of the roads can bo i educed lu lino with other In. dustrlnl readjustment nnd enable tint roads to moro readily meet thp needs or the "various territories they servo. A high olllclal or a leading wcsl-crn wcsl-crn railroad says In, tho Hoston News Bureau: "Kaliroad cxecutlroa nro raoro hopeful thaa they appear. 'Labor do-' volopmonts presont v sorry mess, but it Is expected that within a few weeks tho labor board will abrogato national nation-al agreements and unions will obey. A long scries of confcrc-ncca bolwcen railroads and unions ovor new agrco-raentB agrco-raentB will follow, with many tsrlko throats and nppcalB to labor board, which may bo swamped with work, but cawot bo stampeded." |