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Show FAMOUS SPOKANE RATE CASE NOW WITH PRINTER Chicago, March 2. "The famous Spokane rate case, which has been in the hands of tho commission for more than two years, Is now with the printer," print-er," say6 the Record-Herald today, ""it Is understood that the decision will be given within a week and that it is favorable to Spokane. It Is rumored in railroad circles that the commission commis-sion Insists that the trans-continental freight rates to Spokane shall be reduced re-duced between fifty and twenty-six cents per 100 pounds. The first figure fig-ure is Bald to be reduction ordered on first-class articles and the last figure Is the reduction on fifth-class. Reductions Re-ductions on the other classes rango between these figures. "Spokane complained against having hav-ing to pay, in. the majority. of cases, the rate to the Pacific coast plus tho local rate from there back to Spo-. Spo-. kane, which, the railroads said, wa3 necessary because of the water competition. com-petition. If the decision Is as rumored, rum-ored, it will, railroad officials asseri, make Spok9ne the greatest Jobbing I center of the northwest." |