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Show TRUNK LINES ARE REFUSED INCREASE Jefferson City, Mo., Oct 5 The Missouri public service commission today refused to grant the petition of the Trunk Line railroads for permit-ion to Increase their intrastate passenger rates to three cents a mllo and their freight rates from fifty to 21'5 per cent. The commission ruled that rates could bo Increased only by legislative enactment or by a special order of the commission. Such an order would be issued only after a complete investigation investi-gation of the value and earnings of the railroads. rwrt- |