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Show EQUALIZED PASSENGER FARES ASKED BY SHIPPER i WASHINGTON. Juno 25. Equali-1 ! nation of railroad passenger fares with : freight ratea in order that the burden may bo distributed among all classes of the public was urged before the In-j terstate commerce commission by A.i C Dixon, of Eugene, Oregon, repre- , aunung me wo3t uoast Lumbermen's I association. I Wcstorn 'lumbermen. Mr. Dixon asserted, as-serted, objected to the increase of 24 1 per cent in rates asked by the roads .of that territory and oppose any advances ad-vances on a percentage basis, Valuation Valua-tion of the roads on the basis of their property Investment accounts Is Inadvisable, Inad-visable, he said. Further rate Increases on lumber would have the opposite effect Yrom what is desired by the carriers, Mr.' Dixon told tho commission because many mills would be forced out of business and there would be less traffic traf-fic resulting in loss revenues rather than In the larger returns sought by the roads. i |