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Show I J5 uo I STABILIZATION OF l WATER RATES URGED WASHINGTON. March 2 -Stabilization of water rates as a means of tepopularlzing the common use of American waterways wh-- advocated today by Major General Lansing H K. Beach, in .-n address before the closing of the annual convention of: . the national rivers and harbors con j gress I General T3each. speaking on "What's ' Wrong Willi Our Waterways," said utllzlalion of water transportation! could be made to have a material ef-feci ef-feci on th cost oi living I As an Instance or makeshift methods meth-ods of fixing Height rates General' Beach said he personally know of a ' case where a steamboat company Charged double tho cost of a shipment ! for a second shipment of precisely the ' same nature. The object of the railroad he con tinued, seems to be "first to put competitors com-petitors out of business before the I consumer Is consider d " oo |