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Show RULING ASSISTS STOCKMEN. Interstate Commerce Commission Approves Ap-proves Special Rates. Washington. The interstate -commerce commission on Thursday promulgated pro-mulgated orders in siilistnuriat ing the action of the railroail adniinl-stration in August granting special urates on the shipment of livestock out of the drought-stricken areas of Onh, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming anil fixing greatly reduced rates on feed shipped from neighboring states into the drought-stricken area. These special rates were in violation .of I he long and short-haul clause of live 'interstate commerce com-merce act, ti nil a special ruling waives that law. In placing iis sanction on the special spe-cial rates referred to. 'the commission adds that it do, not necessarily approve ap-prove special rni-s filed .under the authority au-thority grunted. |