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Show their earnings would be under the proposed rates, and to make their j arguments against their insufficiency. Jobbers and manufacturers in Mississippi and Missouri river territories ter-ritories have protested against the new rates on the ground that they would work to the detriment of jobbing and manufacturing industries indus-tries in these territories, and the Denver jobbers and manufacturers are protesting on the same ground. Protests of the railroads against the decision were heard in Salt Lake City last week, and will be resumed at a later date in Washington. Washing-ton. The protest of the Manufacturers' association will be filed with the commission prior to the hearing. PROTEST SALT LAKE RATE. The Colorado Manufacturers' association is now making prepara-! tions for filing with the interstate commerce commission a formal protest against the establishment of tho rates awarded Salt Lake City from eastern points in the so-called Salt Lake City case, recently do-cided do-cided by the commission. The rates named by the commission in this case were not ordered Into effect, but the railroads were given until October 1 to show that i |