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Show FACE LOSS IN j POTATO SALES 'Rates Granted Idaho To Arizona React Against Utah Growers I Ptah potato growers are Taeing n ! perlous loss due to their Inability to 'meet the competition on freight shipments ship-ments charged for potatoes from Idaho Ida-ho to Arizona points over the Pnlon' Pacific svstem according to O A. McMahan, district manager of th IJovIe Commission company which hasi under contract the marketing of po-1 itatoes grown ln Weber and adjacent con ntics. Mr MeMahan pointed out this morning morn-ing that the Interstate commerco com-! com-! mission has ordered a reduction ot : 2ti cents per hundred weight on potatoes po-tatoes shipped to arlsoha points but had mfide. no such reduction on potatoes pota-toes shipped from Utah points. He said thnt I here are 1 ',00 carlo.. car-lo.. Is of potatoes raised In this sec-jtlon. sec-jtlon. that f00 oar loads have already been shipped on i-onslgnment and i 'there remained 1000 carloads to be j sh Ipped. It Is understood that this question Is I I to he taken up by the ehambet s I commerce and telegrams sent to the Interstate commerce commission and to the bends of the Pnlon Pacific .ys- ! tem al Omaha j.inting out the ir i ' -! eament in which this tesritbrj has been placed Telegrams were sent this morning bj Mr M. -Mnhan to J. A Reeves, gen er.il freight ;igent of th' t nlon Paclfil svstem ut Salt J,ike explaining the nt. uatlon and also to H M. Adams, vice ; president of the Pnlon Pacific svstem with headquarters at Omaha, Nebr oo |