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Show oo nULHUDS NEED ADVANCED U1Q Roads Can Live, But Cannot Properly Handle Business, Without Increasing Rates. WASHINGTON, May 24. C. H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central railroad, under cross-examination before tho interstate commerce commission today on the 15 per cent freight rate Increases, said that without with-out the advance his road and possibly others could live, but he Insisted that they would be unablo to properly uauuit) liio uuuus ui uic snippers. He added he believed it cheaper for shippers to pay an Increased freight rate than to be handicapped by a lack of shipping facilities. A. R. Smith, vice president of the Louisville and Nashville, was asked whether he thought his ro.Nd was justified jus-tified in asking for a 15 per cent increase. in-crease. Mr. Smith said that 15 perl cent was merely theoretical, and that I tho actual advance would not be more I than 10 per cent and that the system l did feel it was justified because of rising costs. oo |