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Show HIGHER RATE SUSPENDED The Interstate Commerce Board Holds Up Railroad Rail-road Advance Washington. Aug. 31. Increased freight ratoa proposed by trans-continental railroads for transportation of commodities from eastern points to Pacific coast treminals were sus- I ponded today by the Intorstate Commerce Com-merce commission from September 2 until Dccembor 31, pending an investigation. inves-tigation. The tariffs suspended propose general gen-eral increases on practically all commodity freight from Atlantic seaboard sea-board and middlo western points of origin to destinations on tho Pacific coast ranging from 5 to 50 per cent. In most instances they were effected by the cancellation of existing com modltv rates. thus automatically tranoferring the commodities to the higher classification scale of charges While in some instances charges would be' reduced, a. checking by the commission appears to indicate that thoreduuctlons would applv to little more tbfxn 10 per cent of the westbound west-bound traffic. The lowenns of rates to such destinations as Spokane. Va3T1 Reno, Nev . Tucson. Ariz . and similarly situated cities, was In substantial accord with the recent agreement made by shippers of those places with the railroads and sanctioned sanc-tioned by the commission as a modification modi-fication of the commission's findings In what popularly are known as the "Pacific coast cases " These examples oC proposed increases in-creases on commodities are cited bj the commission" 30 cents a hundred pounds on automobiles, 15 cents on furniture; 75 gents on plate glass: 10 cents on petroleum products: 40 cents on plumbing materials; 20 cents on stoves, and 46 cents on v&hicles Generally from points of origin middle western states the charges are somewhat lower, although to many articles a "blanket rate" is applicable, ap-plicable, alike to all of the east and middle west. |