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Show REGARDING FREIGHT RATES The demand of the various western railroads for a blanket increase of 15 per cent in freight rates is causing a lot of discussion. The fact that rates are low on a few At prices of a year ago it would haev taken 50 bushels bolster up the demand for this blanket raise of rates. Indeed, In-deed, there may be places in the west where rates should be increased a trifle to give the roads a fair profit, but there is no justice in a blanket increase of 15 per cent in the railroad freight rates of Utah. They have been shown to be too high already and all out of proportion to the rates for the same haul in other states. n |