Show IntcrStatc WASHINGTON April 28A numberof firms of agriculturalists and horticulturalists in the San Joaquin Valley of California telegraph tele-graph to the InterState Commission that the manufacturers and dealers in agricultural agricul-tural implements have made an advance in their wares alleging that this is forced upon them by the InterState Commerce act Believing Be-lieving the act is being so interpreted as to decrease the value of all they have to sell and increase the price of what they buy the petitioners ask such relief as it maybe may-be within Tthe Commissions power to grant Latters of inquiry from representatives of leading commercial and industrial interests in all sections indicate that when the public pub-lic shall have been fully instructed with regard re-gard to the necessary forms of procedure the Commission will have its dockets full to overflowing of cases involving delicate questions ques-tions of great importance to the community other than those relating to the long and sbort haul feature THE COMSHSSIONEBS ATLANTA Ga April 28The InterState Commerce Commission began its first meeting meet-ing here at 10 oclock yesterday morning in the City Council Chamber Judge Cooley called the meeting to order and stated that a large number of petitions had been received re-ceived from railroads in this part of the country asking for exceptional orders under the InterState Commerce act These orders could be made only upon the evidence taken before the Commission |