Show U Ii P SEEKING RATE CHANGES Ask Equal Prices for Roads With Pacific Coat st Terminals WASHINGTON March An H-An K Interstate commerce hearing will viii be beard heard April n 27 tn In Seattle to consider applications or of northwestern railroads to reduce through passenger rates from rom Chi Chicago cago St Louis and other ether midwest midwest- midwest midwest-ern errs ern term terminals InnIs to the Pacific coast toast The railroads desire to let the rates for the shorter distances Ye- Ye remain r miln main unaffected In making snaking the rl- rl re reduction duct On on through passenger trot trat-Ilc trat f Ic Under the program which the commission Is II asked to approve the roads having Pacific coast cot ter terminals would be placed snore moro nearly near near- nearly nearly ly on an equality of ot rates regard regard- regardless regardless less of the distances Involved Thu Thus the Union Pacific whose route to northern Pacific coast points via the tho Chicago gs North North- Northwestern Northwestern western the tho Oregon Washington and other connections Is consid considerably longer than the routes of oC otho the tho Chicago Milwaukee Li St StPaul Paul the Northern Pacific p and the Great Northern would be enabled to make snake rates rat j to sweet meet those thos of the northern roads to competitive points such luch as al Spokane Pendleton Seattle and Tacoma The northern roads likewise would have permission to sweet meet nr t lbs Union Pacific s I com competition at points further south to Which the th Union lAC lines line are ar shorter horter The Thu must whether hether disregard of ot the loot an short haul law is warranted by the tho public Interest Neither the th Union Pacific avs- avs tern nor the north n lines line propose to ater any alter any passenger schedules at- at affecting feeling non competitive points |