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I la by the same Companyroad company o road In ! n Intmtate interstate c . 1 1Over traffi traf64 p pOver Over the operatlolij operations of f fl poratlons porations flporations canons , , . itie the commlmonarch comnn comml $ . ) , , ; monarch , backed ofo of o r laws corailaws which \ whichcongrES9 whichcongas cwpw congrES9 congas : tE tEcongress congress pwrenfagencies Bagencies has given pim p.j pj . ' ; en 4 . B agencies of ot the Mbroad n11t4broad fdbroad Company comr compB n11t4 ; fd broad and at sometime sometlll\e sometlll e sometise \ CT tf a nlsHgdoorsteps Jhdoorsteps lzbadoorsteps ter KSter ater criticism has hilS beea been b lzba Jh htheir bttheIr dtheir doorsteps and scandal ndal bt h d their records . . . The co a ii ! agone n gone on since 1SS7Ull ISS7 1SS7 1187 vm&fi vmfi Ull ad . a < : rc & ' . CEliws In the dusty pages paga of o ( Gtid U CE ! " liws 1ws laws ridtl1'lt ithat 1\ 1 ' \ ws . , th there ere Is a pt ptra p ra . rid itd i tint tl1'lt tl1lt that ' the commission ! shall SUU shay rv rcirail ; , alrttlMRsject ral1road railroad road rates and nnd aU'tntfll aUtntfll all alha ' . ' ! + rr ject jest rrjest to Its ItsjurlsMctioatotfpi jurlslretlon jurisldrtloa ! to t.e te . hr'p hrp ' ! ' I + < ' eason 'n"on non " ibic 1ble tole ' To that lhat OD oae at k 1 1enactment enactment eDllctment , therefore , , , you rou yin ar n1 arJ n1A cicute ; J- J A - Jute ute ate the bisis b'lsls blsls basis ' of all charge ctarrss charesiy ? ; ! rJ rJl + l- l F - lI Fi I < ' irrlers 'lrrlers lrrlers arrlers make mahe whether ! IB In s bution , . , ' Uon clan fNot of oC freisbt freight ( rel ht or pt : pasa pass : " > . , a as asl f .rr.ot l\ l - . Not r-.ot r.ot r .ot ot lof \ of so many years i 2 aa ; h hlJ1actl h tpractice c cf .r r f . lJ1actl practice ( e among amongsome 'ome ome some ' ome ral1m ral rairoriit + ! roihl roihlrebates k krellates ; rebates rellates to shippers hlppers ami nnd and tip "r r bp " ' ' : pisses p1sses to prh prhate ate d6uasa dlJU'M dlJUM citizcaapofficials ' II IIofficIals officIals where such IDjjf faiir'u faiiru faiir'uv WAulbe ' ' u : ube v be of help to the nrtltt arrialpncticcs rrt ! . " rpiactrcesdevelopedrgltt I r Ipl'lctlces pl'lctlces pllctlces piactrcesdevelopedrgltt ' developed de.eloped deeloped . real rcaltT e > 14 lcdiscrimination .JIccrlmwntlOn JIccrlmwntlOn discrimmationamongchli . ; among 41 .hJ hJ . yiki 'I I a ' common result mid IUId and w DD oattpi if'influence ifinfluence tL tLmttuence . ' - mttuence influence resulted ( frcm rem tf tffrom tl1 llit t : fcition tlOn from of pTsses P1CCes faeces : ; So the COT.3 COT3 ro cos ! . s.ibout sibout . 1bout about ' putting puttmg an end to rF tl ! toteand . , nnd and , based ba bn < : ed lipon upon rommir cociffll comrnl cociffllaiecongress -aiecongress aiecongress - r ' con congress e s ended the COM roadEo coinlftaBly O'Ji OJi ' ! al Iy ly by law lawIn In those days doss al o 0 tt1n riii crtSCrailroads j jrailroads > " railroads re reported recnrfed < : orted to ofta ottu oltu t1 ht t1oht'1ln tfohtiln oht'1ln oht1ln ohtaln ' bu business loess and throttletors fbrolUttors throttle fbrolUt Ptors tors . . . The commi commi-sion commi sion comtnl'sioa comtnlsioa ' ' - lon 15 t'r tr b1 ! ' ! t- t z - tthese t'these tthese ' these things through throuh : ; thel thele1'Drecommended theiasa thele1'D thele1D . Yn ' ' recommended legl legislation legisiation ! atlon I i 1 to curb curh curl them So thr'tot thrtot the ' "iottrID iottrID "iottrIDt "iottrIDmet " "intea2'meice intea2meice " ' t merce met ce lans laws In " s ' hategionc ha\ ha hae ha \ e egroiniccfli-liys egroiniccfli liys grO\ grO grOD D \ DciI ! l - 1.1cI'1ys Imporstela ImM Impose < , .t t . e 1.1 11 I'tholders Itholders . ' ' cI'1ys cI1ys Clays ? ' It Is e\en e en een esen e\ e \ en enY Y " ho1c1ers holders of one railroad rallrrod torector to fca1rector I Ibr I1f th thitlon official far tor rector or an loth Initials rdatlfs ate 0&eommibslon 0eommibslon & = lal ' ) itlon atlon tlon unle unless s the lomml commission slon consent concpot conceolc ; , ' ! . It 11 cal I . : > that the comml cODJIDI comroi < : slon lon b hay lii liiunless : J : 1unless unless the proposed sel selrtaa selKWindividuil l lhtdivtdual 1 Indlvldu11 htdivtdual holden holding ; olbeel ofaff ofote b " v \ nUmd r'lllro'ld rlllrold railroad ' ' Then Theo Then1h1lbi It Ills Isrlt3 is sitsl4a Tital 11 'I I 'Ir'lllro'ld " ' considerEdtharl- considerEdtharl 1h1lbi 1 " - l considered hecm-'e hecm 'e e because hee'1l1 hee1l1 ' - ' e It Is . I ) hsorrk hsorrkicy so an1-.cyandl-kelytoloadt an1.cyandlkelytoloadt an1 .cyandl cyandl kelytoloadt t.1 t1 . - " ' > ing tag ( ng of dlft'Ctora dlftCtora directorates ' t es ; , ICY . and hh.elv hhelv likely - . to lead t toZtt df . ' r ro roMinority 3 3 3aIJ 51 51one the ill \11 11 Ihl of one or11 or ' \ dxro dxroJ1k Minority 'llnority llnority tillnorlty J1ktillnorlty ' . stockholders .stocb.holders stocb.holders stocbholders . 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