Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1917 — Higher Rates to Be Asked By the Railroads. [ARTICLE]

Higher Rates to Be Asked By the Railroads.

Congress at the coming session-will be asked to pass a law granting increased freight and passenger rates totfce rai 1 roads to reimburse them for rhe increased wages they will be compelled to pass under the Adamson; eighf-hour law, according to an announcement made by prominent railroad heads and members of the interstate commerce commission. “Since the supreme cinirt has decided that congress has the power to fix wages for the trainmen, then ap« plying the same rule, it has the right to legislate railroad rates,” a prominent government official said.