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Show OGDEH-SALT LAKE SHIPPERS MEET SALT. LA KB. Sept. ?. Forty well known shippers of Salt Lako and Og.len met with representatives of the locnl railroads in the Commercial club looms Tuesday afternoon In response to a call issued by thej-allroada for the purpose of considering a proposed compromise schedule of freight rates, to be presented to the Interstate commerce com-merce commission as a substitute for the schedule proposed by the commission. com-mission. Alter considering the request re-quest and listening to the argument of the railroad men, tho shippers declined de-clined to Interfere In the matter. The shippers were asked to express themselves as a Tody to the effect that the rates proposed by the Interstate Inter-state 'commerce commission. In tho decision of June 29, are. too low, so that the expression might be laid before be-fore Commissioner Prouty while ho Is in the city. .1. V. Abbott, vice president of the Gcorgo A. Lowe company of Ogden, acted as chairman of the meeting, the railroads being represented by J. A. Reeves, general freight agent cf the Oregon Short Line; Frank II Phrfsled, assistant general freight jigent; T. M. Schumacher, assistant director of trafllc of the Harrlmau lines; J. A. Munroe, freight traffic manager of the Union Pacific, and j ethers. The session lasted until .i:30 In the afternoon, the subject being discussed from nil sides. The request of tho railroads, however, was refused, the shippers declining tn take any part in the matter. "The railroads wished us to make a statement' to Commissioner Prouty." Prou-ty." said Chairman Abbott after the mectlug, "to tho effect that we were In favor of higher rates, but we were unable to do so. Besides we do not care to interfere in the case as presented pre-sented by the Commercial club trafllc traf-llc bureau, especially at this late date." |