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Show EXPORT RAIL RATES TO PACIFIC SOUGHT WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.7r-Requcst for action to requite railroads to establish es-tablish export and" Import freight rates .through Taclflc coast ports from ; points east of Chlcigo, will probably ! bo made this w eek to the Interstate , commerce commission by the shipping : board. j Investigation by the joint commit -: tec representing tho commission and the board, it was learned today, has resulted "In the conclusion that steps should be taken immediately to make the d in-d rates effective. I Development Of hc American mer-, mer-, !ii nl m a 11 to I'n the u tat coast, boa rd I officials are understood to believe, depends de-pends upon the application of such rates to Pacific ports to meet the competition com-petition of Canadian ports whoso railroads rail-roads grant export and Import ratel j on commodities originating in the I United States. Considerable opposition to lh ap-plication ap-plication of export and import ratd I to Pacific coast ports hag developed I among the eastern railroads, It was said. |