Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1914 — EASTERN RAILROADS WIN RATE INCREASE [ARTICLE]

EASTERN RAILROADS WIN RATE INCREASE

Five Per Cent Advance Will Net About s3o,ooo,ooo—War Responsible for Increase. An increase of freight rates amounting .to 5 per cent on all railroads north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi has been granted. It >iis estimated the advance in rates will net the railroads $30,000,000. The interstate commerce commission made its - ruling on the showing of the railroads that in addition to the conditions -that had 'previously called for the belief there was now the emergency caused' by the European war.