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Show tiii: iti:tniMi ton. iumiiim'. AniUTalimoullii ago iMiihlerable exiltemtnt via occasioned by what was known as the Reading ltnllrcnd Coal Combine, Thla u an association associa-tion funned of roads Inttretted lu the aulhiactti covl Induslry. It might tnoru profurly he ilenomlnateJ a trust, but the Icgalalvlscr or the comUua-Hoiitartlully comUua-Hoiitartlully avoided using any term of thai chararter. It was almjly re (erred to auu agrtement to cheapen ojiiratlon, aid louteijutntly to give tbeiutllo Ulter tinni. Hut shortly after the cimjlethnof the ttust coal lent up, and It ha been ctiejing lu the aame direction ever since. Thla combination control tho anthracite output of the whule c-mI luliilig rtglon, aud tho acojie In tho way ot distribution extend (torn llufr!o and New Vurknud from I.aku Champlaln totheVlrglnU. QAbout leu dxy ag- thu House of Hejiresautxti eiat Wishlngtou jiansed a resolution authorizing lis Interstate Commerco Committee to luwstlgfcte whether "the alleged combination of the Phllaleljihla & Heading Itellroad C'ouijitli) the I.thlgn Valley ltalltoad Comany, the Central of IS ear Jer.ey, and the Port UstJIng Ittllroail Company, Com-pany, or any combination bctwten any canals or rolucers of co il, fur any Illegal or lmjirojur purio,e, exist, und, If s), hat Is tho elli'ct ou tlceannd ujun oommtrcubetweeu thu Htatts." Tho cumuilttte Is authorlied lo fit during Ihe rectus or Cougross at such j tacts as inty tult Ha uoneult lire Ul, It Is also authorised to aubpuMia wit-uvs.ee wit-uvs.ee all! OJinpel their attelidinrt, Inaldlttou toa lull sejant of the fails, the louiriillteo la Instructed to n aku i suggestions aud fecummvnJntious, jitovldedlt Is shown that the trustor, combine Is an Injury tu th jieoj Ir. |