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Show I EXPRESS RATES ARE INCREASED Another Raise Because of Wage Boosts Is Forecasted by Officials WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 4. Authority Authori-ty to increase express rates 12'-.. per em was granted the American Railway Rail-way Express company yesterday by he Interstate commerce jommisslon. The increase by unofficial eeti mates v.ill add J3&..SOO.0O0 to the annual Income In-come of the company. The commission'! commis-sion'! decision does not t.-ik Into consideration con-sideration the recent award 'f the railroad rail-road labor board of Increased wages approximating $43,000,000 '.o express company employes, ami It is expected the company soon will apply for an pi'dltlonol advance to meet the new Wage scales. Kates on milk and cronn arc further fur-ther Increased to correspond with the advance of 20 per cent lor transportation transporta-tion of such commodities authorlxi d the railroads, except where there ere no competing roads between th tccted points, in which c.ian an nl-vance nl-vance of 12,i per cent Is author, m d In touching on the fact thai thl express company had been sllov . .1 anly about half of the increase as.;- eO, which was 26.16 per Cent, the commission heM that the full amount awarded should be retained by the express ex-press company Itself and thai none of it should be allowed to the railroad carriers. The commission Suggested that the present express company contracts con-tracts with the railroads under which "0.25 per cent of its gross earnings ;o to the roads for the carriage serv Ice. shold be modified to ucconipllah ' his purpose Permission was granted the com-l;n com-l;n to make new rates effective upon one day's notici by filing blanket schedules with the commission, hut the company Is required to re-issue Its (tariffs within ninety days 01 the et-j I fectlve dutes in the regular manner. .Nothing in the decision, the coin-I coin-I mission suld. Is to be taken as forecast-( forecast-( lug the determination of the applications applica-tions of the Adams, American Southern South-ern and Wells Fargo companies' for la continuance of their consolidation to (the American Railway Express com-I com-I ' . or on the proposed new contract between the consolidated company and the roads which has been submitted to the commission l'or approval. 00 |