TELEPHONE OATES HAVE BEEN RAISED MOSCOW TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY WINS ITS FIGHT FOR INCREASE Telephone rates in Moscow are to be advanced. The new rate dates from February 1. This information has been brought to Moscow in a telegram from the Public Utilities Commission, with headquarters at Boise and patrons paying for telephones in February will be charged the new rate. The increase is not all that was asked for by the company, but it is compromise between the old rates and the rates requested by the corporation. The compromise is simply a "fifty" cut between the old rates and the rates demanded in many instances. This is particularly true of the rates for farmers lines which is advanced from 25 to 50 cents a month instead of 75 cents a month, the rate asked for and the rate paid in other places. In fact 75 cents a month is the lowest rate for rural service in any part of the Palouse country, it is stated, that being the rate at Pullman, which was recently increased from 50 to 75 cents a month. The New Rates to Be Paid. Following are the new and the old rates. For a single business telephone the rate is $3.75, an increase of 50 percent over the old rate of $2.50. The company had asked for a rate of $4. For 2 and 4-party business telephones, the rate is $3.25, increase from the old rate of $1.60. Single residence telephones are to be charged $2.50 instead of the old rate of $2. Two-party  residence telephones are charged $2.26 instead of the old rate of $1.75. 