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Show RATES ARE TO BE ADVANCED BY RAILROADS Washington. May 18 News reached tho Interstate Commerce Commission that the transcontinental rallroruin, next Aogusf, will advance the freight rates on all forest products and perhaps per-haps on other commodities from the North Pacific states t" Kastern destinations. destin-ations. On forest products the advance ad-vance will probably he about ten cent a hundred pounds. The Increases will Like effect on the execution of the commission's orders in the North Pacific Pa-cific lumber cases. |