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Show CANAL REGULATING RATES. Not long-ago 'the railroads east and west e ere granted higher rates on freight by i the Interstate Commerce ' commission, Vand those higher tariffs are being pi In effect, but in the I meantime thej Panama canal is serl-l serl-l ousl cutting f Into the traffic which j has been monopolized by trans-continental roads. Many lines of goods can now be shipped from the est to l:tah by way of the canal, including the back haul from the Pacific coast at less than the all rail charges. Much 'wheat, which in the past has gone east over the railroads, la now finding an outlet through Portland and San Francisco from where it is shipped by water through the canal Heavy non-perishable goods are seeking the canal route, which, after all may prove to be a better equalizer of freight rate than the Interstate Commerce commission. oo |