Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-05-30 | Page 15 | Western Rates Case is Closed

WESTERN RA RATES YES CASE IS CLOSED WASHINGTON r May 29 Dy 29 ByThe The Associated The Press Press The In- In Interstate Interstate In Interstate Commerce commission In- In investigation In Investigation of or the western freight rate structure which Is one phase ot of its general rate Inquiry as dl- dl dl rented by congress was concluded today tOllay with presentation of ot rebut rebut- rebuttal rebuttal rebuttal tal arguments by the railroads for fora ora II a five per cent increase In all but a few of ot the rates In Inthe the western district During the ten days of ot oral ar- ar arguments ar arguments the commission heard ap- ap approximately approximately ap approximately proximately 70 representatives or of orthe the carriers railroad security hold hold- holders frs ers shippers organizations and state utilities commissions Ten members of ot the state commissions sat with the commerce commission during the Inquiry which embraced not only the petition for tor increased rates but complaints in livestock and grain cases and applications ns for tor creation of ot separate rate groups In the tho southwest and southern mountain Pacific territory