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Show ASKS PREFERENCE FOR PEACH CROP WASHINGTON'. Sept 1ft. Senator! Qoodlnsj of Idaho was advised by the Interstate commerce commission that there was no material change ln the car shortage situation In the west. Both Idaho and ("tah ore getting but "3 per cent of Ihe refrigerator cars their fruit and potato shippers have asked for and California is getting only 2J per cent of its nepds. The g -n -ral situation is reported OS had Senator King had a numl.er of telegrams tele-grams from the Chicago car directors of the interstate commerce commission commis-sion saving every possible effort is being made to get refrigerator cars to move the western fruit crops. He also was told by the commission that Instructions had gone out to glvp preferential treatment to the peach crop of Brlgham ( Ity and N'orth ig- den, :md other fruit centers ol Utah. The Pacific 1'ruit Express also Is to- operating to this end |