Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1917 — LOWER OCEAN FREIGHT RATE [ARTICLE]

LOWER OCEAN FREIGHT RATE

Early Reduction in Tariff Expected to Follow Conferences. Washington. June 22.—An early reduction in ocean freight rates probably win eome from conferences now going on. between the American and allied governments. Authority to commandeer shipping, recently granted by congress, makes possible an international arrangement that will force tariffs toward a normal level.