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Show IDftHQ FARMERS ! FKENG LOSS Efforts Made to Obtain Freight Rate Adjustment for Crop Movement POCATELJX). Idaho. Dec. 6 Soe)- Sue adiuMmenta in freight rates, the: traffic bureau of the chamber of com-1 mer. e and Kraln dealers of Pocatello have sent letters Latin their position to Governor 1 . W. Davis, the public utilities rommlwlnn of Idaho and tne Interstato commerce commission at Waahlmrloit. The purpose of the letter Is to clearly clear-ly Illustrate that unle new arransc-i mrnts In froipht rates are made, i Idaho, together with other aprlcul-i tural nutes of the west, will race al loss of millions of dollars worth ot, ! crop which, under present conditions. cannot he marketed al a profit except -' Inff at local markets, where the aup-j ply Is greatly In excess of the demand. de-mand. The letter claims that increases in freight rates from Idaho to polnta east of the Mississippi have mounted from approximately 63 cents, the prewar pre-war rale, to 98 M cents, the present rate Including war tux. Potato and wheat growers In Idaho are facing a lor.s of over five millions of dollars, it is repotted, because of the present freight rates. |