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Show Livestock Rates Increase Halted Washington An increase In rales on livestock from New Mexico to principal prin-cipal marketing centers was halted by the interstate commerce commission. The Rock Island railroad proposed to put the increase into effect, but the commission ordered present schedules 1 maintained until March 30. Meanwhile, Mean-while, an investigation to determine the justice of the increases will be made. Illustrating the effect of the schedules, the commission said that the present rate one livestock from j Dawson. N. M., to Omaha is 51 cents per hundred poun'Js. wh'le the proposed pro-posed schedule would make it 5S cents. |