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Show POL RATES Commerce Commission to Take Action Toward Eeduction Washington, April 13. Radical reductions re-ductions In freight rates on wool both In sacks and In bales transported froni western polnrs of origin to eastern destinations were prescribed yesterday yester-day by the interstate1 commerce commission. com-mission. The opinion was lianded down by Chairman Prouty. It holds that tho present rate of $1.15 a hundred pounds of wool In sacks from Colorado common com-mon points -to -St. Louis should not exceed SO cents and that from points west of Cheyenne, Wyo., on the Union Pacific, and Trinidad, Colo., on the Santa Fe, the ratdto Sf. Louis might be 2 cents higher for each additional twenty-live miles. On the Denver & Rio Grande a rate of 90 cents la authorized au-thorized from tho first station west of Pueblo, with a similar 2-cent Increase In-crease from points farther west Concerning the rates to be applied on through shipments from western points to Boston and Now York, Chairman Prouty said they should be constructed by adding to the rates prescribed to St. Louis, in case of sacked wool. 52 cents to Boston aud 48 cents to New York, In case of baiod wool, 47 cents to Boston and 43 cents to New York. In the Judgment of the commission, tiansit privileges should be allowed at Intermediate points on a direct line by payment of 2 1-2 cents a hundred, on condition that the shipments orig inated west of the Mississippi. Some Exceptions. In certain instances the commission permits the carriers to exact a higher high-er rate for a short than a long haul. The rates which are to be put Into effect May 1 for wool shipments from the Rocky Mountain states v. ill supersede su-persede the present rates to Boston of $2.13 per 100 pounds from the extensive ex-tensive blanket territory covered by the Union Pacific lines and which Is held to bo unreasonable. Tho ne"v lates arc in all cases based on carload car-load lots of 25;000 pounds of sacked wool and 32,000 pounds of compressed or baled wool to the car. From Denver, Den-ver, Cho'yenne and Trinidad to St. Louis the rate Is redticed to SO cents per 100 pounds and the through rato from these points to Boston Is reduced re-duced to $1 32 per 100 pounds. Beginning Be-ginning aj Cheyenne an 1 going west on the Union Pacific, the rate will increase in-crease " conts for each twenty-five miles, which will make tho Ogden, Salt Lake City and-slmllarly situated points a through rate to Boston of $1.72 per 100 pounds, being a reduction reduc-tion of 41 cents from present rates. Beginning at Trinidad, Colo . and going go-ing west on the Santa Fe, the samo Increase will be applied., Rates on the Rio Grande. Upon the Denver & Rio Grande a rate of $1.42 will be applied at tho first station west of Pueblo, beyond which the rato will Increase 2 cents for each twenty-five miles. Rates upon the narrow gauge lines of tho Denver & Rio Grande and tho Western Pacific may be somewhat higher than the rates indicated with local conditions being dealt with to dotermlne the In ciease. Rales upon baled wool wl'l be 15 Pr cent less than tho maximum rates on sacked wool. Wool will not bo classed as baled unless a density equaling nineteen pounds to the cubic foot lp secured. The decision recites that carriers, will be given until May 1 in which to check in rates In substantial accord with tho opinion of tho commission. If that has not been done on the dato named, the commission will proceed to make a definite order establishing tho rates. |