Show monopolists lUf efreb F aeh other chicago chronicle A few days ago john W gates president of the illinois steel company appeared before the ways and means committee of the house and made an argument in favor of repealing the laws for the protection of shipping in the coastwise ocean trade under present laws all shipments from I 1 one united states port to another must bl be in american vessels of course their charges for freight treigh tare are bigl they have ha a monopoly of the coastwise traffic NS v ei A e sate oz o Z a s 74 |