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In the report of the interstate commerce commission, just made public, the charge is advanced and arguments are set forth to show that under the ruling of the commerce court in the so-called "inter-Rocky mountain cases" the intent of Congress in extending the powers of the commission has been thrown to the ground, and it is intimated in no uncertain terms that efficient regulation of railroad rates and the power to prevent discriminations is at stake.
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Good roads for New Hampshire were discussed at the first state good roads convention held at Concord under the auspices of the state highway department.
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The fifteenth annual report of the secretary of agriculture begins with a series of trenchant statements of national importance.
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Complete publicity of the affairs of great corporations, coupled with rigid laws defining the character of legitimate corporation business, will solve the trust problem in the United States, according to Elbert H.
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Charges that a coffee combine exists which is "the most monstrous imposition in the history of human commerce," were made before the National Coffee Roasters Association at Chicago last week and they were urged to initiate a movement to overthrow Brazilian domination of the coffee market.
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The Elizabeth tunnel, the most important factor in the construction of the Los Angeles aqueduct, which has recently been completed a year in advance of the time required for the work, is 26,870 feet long, and is the second longest water tunnel in the United States, the Gunnison tunnel, which has a length of thirty thousand feet, ranking first.
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Franklin K.
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"Give Alaska home rule and it will solve the great problems of the country," says Gifford Pinchot, who has returned from his trip to Alaska.
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A petition asking for the dissolution of the United States Steel Corporation and some of its subsidiaries has been filed in the United States court in Trenton, N.
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Judge Killits of the United States district court has rendered a decree in favor of the government in the case brought by the United States attorney-general in Cleveland against the General Electric Company and about forty subsidiary companies controlled by the General Electric Company.
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Frank Lyon, attorney for the interstate commerce commission, who has just returned from Oklahoma, where he has been hearing the pipe line case, says that this case promises to be one of the most important undertaken by the commission.
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The National Municipal League has established an annual prize of one hundred dollars, called the "William H.