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Show IGHER RAILROAD HATES ALLOWED Decision on Advances in Passenger Pas-senger and Freight Charges Is Due in Few Days. 1 WASHINGTON. July 31 Decision lis expected to be handed down enH nest week by the Interstate commerce laornmlasion n the applications of the i ihuads fur an increase In freight rates of approximately "hlrty-sex u j.er cent and twenty per cnt in pas-1 sengei furcs. 1 he decision Is umle. stootl to haWS ilen sent to th prlnieia today, but It i- not thought tOai It SHl le n-iidy for distribution before Monday, i Increasi-s. II Is believed by railroad and shipping experts, approximate pr: rent on rreijcht rates and about, one-tuslf cent ft mile on pasaenger ; fares. I The original requests, filed soon af-tr af-tr enactment of the transport.tlon ct. whicd prv !.! tliot th tallronds shall receive n six per cent ecturn on t leir properties, weie for lnceus s in f eight rates, a -raging 28 per tent. Later, hocr, to meet added sx-I sx-I pauses '-reatcd by the railroad labor ; board's nwird adding 00.00u.OQO a year to their payrolls, the roads nskrd ti t " further LneresMs of mof per cent ! in freight rates, a twenty per cent tniso In paSSi eaji 'arlff. a svncharge of ." ic- cent on Pullman car transportation, transporta-tion, a 2 0 per cent ad vane on excess I i.Krufp charges and .1 new i.iii . n mull -lii-imentK. equal to the freight |