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Show BANKER SHOWS FARMERS LOSS Boise Man Testifying at Rate Hearing Says High Schedule Suicidal WASHINGTON. Feb 1. C. H. Coffin, chairman of tho board of directors di-rectors of tho BolRe City National bank, testifying yesterday before tho Interstate commerco commission, said In substance that farmers, stockmen and fruit growers of Idaho and Utah, at present heavily In debt regard b bj of unprecedented crops last year, are destined to become more heavily Involved In-volved unless there Is a reduction n freight rates that will permit them to market their products at a la- 1 Honable profit. He waa the first wltne called by H W. Prlckott. who Is representing , tho governors of seven lnteruvountaln states. Mr. Prlckott announced that he will cull an array of witnesses to testify regnrdlng the economic condition con-dition and the agricultural situation I respecting livestock, fruits, wool, w he.it and other agricultural Industries Indus-tries now adversely affected by the railroad rates that are in effect. Mr. "offln paid particular attention to what had been done by the banks to aid the farmers, fruitgrowers and livesto' k men Of the lutermountaiii I states and he said that but for the high freight rates they could have j llquldatod their indebtedness. Bank , failures, he said, had been numerous and In communities that produced abundant crops of hay, grain, potatoes, pota-toes, seed and sugar beets ho said I that bank deposits had steadily de- j Olined, Ho alno present' d figures to j show that 62 8 per cent of the farms in Idaho are mortgaged at present ( double the percontago of 1010. |