11. Freight rates were the same for broad and narrow-gauge railways, despite higher direct costs.12. Higher international freight rates would compensate for the lack of price flexibility at home. 13. Their protests have damaged the economy, causing increased insurance and freight rates , he said. 14. Each stage corresponds with different freight rates and changing levels of demand and supply. 15. Farmers complained of the high freight rates , but the available evidence contradicts the rationale. 16. Shippers concede that freight rates have gone down over all. 17. Hill strongly supported rural electrification and federally subsidized freight rates . 18. Farmers, who deemed railroad freight rates too high, supported this, while railroad companies opposed it. 19. Pacific freight rates fell about 20 percent last year. 20. Another source said the proposed freight rate increase will be within the Iata tariffs structure.
