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Show ASK LOWERING OF LIVESTOCK RATES Washington, D. C Aug. 17. The American National Livestock and National Na-tional Woolgrowers' associations today to-day filed with the interstate commerce com-merce commission a brief requesting that tho Oregon Short Line and tho San Pedro. Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroads be required to grant reasonable joint through rates on shipments of hogs and Bheep in car lots from all Utah and Idaho points to Los Angeles, and permit stock to be shipped ln double-decked cars Shipments have grown from 400 w h?f rnand 250 cars of sneeP lSUu to 1050 cars ot hogs and 400 cars of sheep in 1914. The business would increase to a still greater ex-iw' ex-iw' fl cmnIalnts aver, if reasonable reason-able through joint rates were estab-shed estab-shed in place of the local rates now reasonCabler,Ch W to be |