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Show Views Differ At Rail Rafe Hearing Washington. Sharply conflicting views of the railroad situation in the west and northwest were presented to the interstate commerce commission commis-sion in oral argument over the pro- ; posal to increase freight rates by 5 per cent. As against arguments by co-msel for the carriers and by a representative rep-resentative of security holders of the northwest, urging that the commission commis-sion come to the relief of the roads j western state authorities, through John E. Benton, general solicitor of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissions, describing the carriers' conditions as prosperous The Burlington, after paving an 81 per cent dividend in 1!)21, Increasing us capital stock 54 per cent, still pars 10 per cent upon the increased stock and received 14 per cent. The oanta Fe has increased its dividends to , per cent and earns 15 per cent Since 1920 it has increased its sur-' Siun f.100,000,000. |