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Show FREIGHT RATES NEED REDUCTION New York Jnu. 28. -Railroad , freight rates between this cltj and j poiuts in Missouri, Colorado and Utah are so high that a cheaper method of j shipping merchandise la via water to N'ortoik or Bavannah and thence to the three slates mentioned, according to testimony offered to the interstate' commerce commission here toda 1. mils and Chicago merchants' enjoy throuch rates'' to common points in Missouri, Colorado and Utah whereas those of New York find it necessary to ship to the Mississippi river and pre there confronted with a new rate that In effect is B dlscrlm inatlon against New York shippers according to complaints which rhe commission is investigating. The Merchants association of New York made the formal complaint and taking! of testimony began today. O K c'olson. tra (Tie manager for one of the larg. st New York shippers of fancy groceries, called us a witness considered the freight rates to Colo rado excessive and testified as to cheaper methods possible by waj of southern ports John H Tillman of another wholesale whole-sale lirm believed freight rates to the west could be reduced materially and1 that a larger western business for New York companies would result. J. C Lincoln, manager of the traffic bn reSU of the Merchants association, offered of-fered charts that he thought showed rates to be excessive, and proposed a series of more equitable rates Sceral railroad officials testified |