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Show I oo FREIGHT RATES ! ARE REDUCED. I No division of the country Is more entitled to rejoice than the lntermoun I lain west over tho order of the inter- I state commerce commission, requiring I ihe railroads to reduce their freight charges 10 per cent or more, begin n mg July 1. The reduction, as applied to what is j known as tho intermountaln group of states, will be 12 per cent, j This readjustment of freight rates I will help to restore prosperity. The movement had its origin in President Harding and he should be given credit I for the good which will follow the : ecaling down of the burdensome tax of H transportation. |