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Show FREIGHT RATES NOT INCREASED Washington, Juno 30. Tho interstate inter-state commerce commission today postponed until September 20 the hearing on the proposed increases in freight rates in western territory The hearings were to have been begun be-gun on July 14 In Chicago. Washington, June 30. Proposed increased in-creased rates on stone In carloads from Minneapolis, St. Paul and Minnesota Min-nesota transfer, Minn., to Des Moines la., were suspended today until October Oc-tober 29 by the Interstate commerce commission. Tho commission also suspended schedules of the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads proposing Increased rates on imported ferro-manganeBe ferro-manganeBe in carloads from eastern seaboard ports to Portsmouth, Ohio, and other points in the middle west. Little Rock, Ark., June 30. Judge Jacob Trieber In the federal court late today declared unreasonable the St. Louis &. San Francisco railroad's tariff which was made effective in Arkansas April 29, and which members mem-bers of the Arkansas railroad commission commis-sion declared was from 30 to 35 per cent higher than tho commission's tariff. Judge Trieber ordered into effect a court tariff similar to that in effect on the Cotton Belt, Rock Island and Iron Mountain roads during the two-cent two-cent rate litigation. Exceptions were made which deal with the relations of tho interstate rates and intrastate rates. Members of the railroad commission commis-sion tonight declared themselves as greatly pleased with Judge Trieber's decision. |