Rail Rates Down (Cont'd)
Ever since the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a radical cut in U. S. rail rates (TIME, March 9), all the Eastern lines except the Baltimore & Ohio have yammered that the new rates (2¢ per mi. in coaches; 3¢ in Pullmans) were unfair, would do the roads more harm than good. When the ICC turned a deaf ear to all protests and ordered the new rates into effect June 2 as scheduled, the Eastern group decided on a court fight. Fortnight ago the B. & O. declared it would lower...
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