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Show whpieb mm: OF RAIEnHraED WASHINGTON. Nov. Hi The attempt at-tempt of about fourteen railroads, operating between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, to riia1:- advances iu rat-s already condemned from Washington, Wash-ington, was thwarted tod.iy by a suspension sus-pension order announced by the interstate inter-state Commerce commission. The suspens,in Involves a Icn struggle of jobbing interest in Missouri Miss-ouri rher cities and affects an im niense trafile from the east. The tiltimate decision will be vlt.il importance impor-tance on not only the immediate business busi-ness Involved but as a precedent to rtitc-niaklng. Th commission ordered lower class rates fioiu the Mississippi to the Missouri, applicable 011 shipments moving from points in tiie east. These lower r.itf-s were to remain effective for two carK. The railroads appealed to the courts and. when the supremo couit of the I'nited Stales sustained the commission, commis-sion, the railroad put Into effect the j decreased rates The litigation ex-' ex-' tended over almost two years and I then, with the near expiration of the period fixed by the commission, the roads gave notice of the contemplat- cd restoration of the rates wh.ch had i been condemned. 1 . |