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Show RATES IN WEST TOO HIGH. Such I 8tatmnt of Chairman Knapp of Commirct CoTtmission. Washington. Ilnllrond rates east of the Mississippi rlvi-r re generally fair and suilsfiii-tory to Hie shipper, while west or the river they ate generally gen-erally high and the cause ol enmp Hint on tho part ol the shipper, according to a ainiemctit mude on Friday by Chnlriuiin Knnpti ot thn Interstate commerce cotnnilss'on "In Ho Iniermoitninln stntea and In lienily nil or the slates on the 1'acln.c coasl." said Chairman Knapp. "there Is great dlssallsfacilon with Hie nit. s now Initios. mI by common carrion. In iitlty discloses Hint only In Isolated cases has the new rate law brought p . i lie Inter noun' un region ami slu es ol Ibe I'millc coast, In fuel, tie whole northwest, have wilncrsid great development during the past li w years. Industries have grown up with great rapidity and isipulatlon has In creased by leaps and bounds. "Naturally It would be assumed thai itch condition of nffalts would alsn result In a decline In the cost of trans IKiriailiui. Hitch has not I n the case, ibe rules have p nialncd slo-llonarv. slo-llonarv. for till prai tlcnl pirtins. s, and Ihe storm center In the agitation lor reduced rules Is West of the MIxslS'lp pi river. In order thai the ronitnl" moii may secure evidence at first bund In this tmiiier It will muse a ttlp through the Iniermonnialti coutitry and the I'millc const s'ntes the com Ing full. Hearings will I,.- held nl Sail.aiie, stent He. uud In all prohnh I Uy in Silt Lake "When ihe commission rolurna Ic Washing!, n In November ihe evid.-nc oll.Kted Will lie illeested 1111,1 rn'OU'- maile thtil In all prohilillliv will nTord great r. Ilef lo tl chlppin- pubic In - the two sections under roti-M.eatton." |