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Show I BINDER TWINE AT LOWER RATE I 1 J t cbncngo, Jan. 20. Railroad com- H j mlsslouors of nlno western mates and H ' shippers fighting tho proposed sched- H y nlo of lncroascd. freight rates, duo to H f 1ako effect February 15, succeeded to- M , day in gottlng b'inder twine romoved H I from tho now list. Tho rate will re- H I main unchanged. The partial victory mM, t I camo during a hearing before Chief mWR I i Examiner George N. Brown of the bus- Wh pension committee of tho Interstate mWt )- Commerco commission. Seven of the B commissioners withdrew from the H k hearing yesterday and doclarcd Brown mWj. had projodlcod the case by refusing H ' to grant an extension of 120 days for H invoBtlgatlon of the new schedule. H lator they returned and said they H would take their case direct to tho B commission. H Robert Fife, chairman of tho west- V ern clasfllflcatlon committee, made mWl the announcement regarding binder mWt ) twine today. Chiof Examiner Brown H had recommended tho withdrawal of H tho new rate. H Binder twino has beon a subject of H much agitation. The effect of tho H concession will bo a saving of 100 per H cent In tho rates. Tho shippers also H will bo allowed to ship binder twine H I in cars with, agricultural Implements. H r A ruling In tho new classification was s that binder twine could not be ship- V ped In less than carload lots. H Tho rallroadB' submission to the pro- H tost of tho railroad commissioners and H flhippers in rogard to this particular H item of tho tariff will not keep tho H stato commissioners from filing their H protest with the commission In Wash- H ington. A statement will bo sent tq H tho members of tho commission by H tho stato commlEsIoners, asking that H thoy be permitted to arguo tho advlsa- H j billty of tho suspension of tho entlro H Chief Exaiulnor Brown will make I his recommendations to the commls- H Hon not later than Fobruary 10, when H that body will sit In the cose. Tho H state commissioners declaro thoy H should havo tho right to present their H L case In "Washington. in |