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Show at tion to the commission to be relieved of the rales prescribed by the commission com-mission in Its order, because the route to Spokane from Chicago by those lines was approximately 460 miles further than by the Northern Pacifl and Great Northern. This application was granted "temporarily." Subsequently, Subse-quently, the Northern lines requested a hearing by the commission. Representatives Repre-sentatives of the Pacific Coast terminals ter-minals San Francisco, Seattle, Ta-coma, Ta-coma, and Los Angeles protested against the proposed rates, because their application would affect materially mater-ially their business. It was asserted that these rates would put out of the business the San Francisco jobbing and manufacturing interests. The commission postponed the effectiveness effective-ness of tho order until July , and fixed today's hearing, at which all the-Paclflo the-Paclflo coast cities and tho railroads interosted wore present. Neither side was prepared to proceed. pro-ceed. It was added that the railroads should file tariffs to Spokane covering the class rates according to the order of tho commission, but that the whole matter of the commodity rates should go over until next fall. In effect, Ihlo means that all of tho defendant railways, rail-ways, including the Harriman linos, will make the commission's class rate to Spokane effective by July 1. Next fall, it is proposed, if possible, to reach a conclusion as to tho In-fiuesce In-fiuesce of Pacific coast terminal rates on all intermediate rates, including those not only to Spokane, but to Reno, Phoenix, Ariz, Salt Lake City, Sacramento and other points in the intermountain states. POS FOMENT OF . THE SPOKANE RATECASE PHASES OF QUESTION IN CON-TROVERSY CON-TROVERSY TO BE DECIDED. Defendant Railways Will Make the Commission's Class Rate to Spokane Spo-kane Effective July 1. Washington, Juno 9. An agreement was reached today between the Inter- state Commerce commission and the parties Interested in the Spolonne rate I case, including the shipping interests and the railroads, that the phases of 1 the nidation yet in controversy should j be postponed until next fall, when I the whole matter will be threshed out J on its merits. It was agreed that the defendant railroads should file with the commission commis-sion class rates in accordance with i the decision of the commission announced an-nounced a few weeks ago, but that the commodity rates should remain as they now arc until the entire question ques-tion could be gone over by the commission. com-mission. I The order of the commission In the Spokano case one of the most important and far-reaching that has been tried by the body in years originally or-iginally was to have become effective on June 1. That order made material reductions In the rates from eastern points to Spokane, but It proved to I be unsatisfactory to practically everybody every-body Interested. 1 The Harriman lines made oppllca- 1 |