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Show NEW LEGISLATION . FOR THE RAILROADS CHICAGO, Not. 12. Preaident Roosevelt wlU ask, in his next message to Congress, for two amendments to the Interstate Commerce Com-merce Jaw. according to a "tip" conveyed to thr Chicago Commercial association by members said to. have talked wirti tha chief xeentive Just before bis departure for Fan- "Tha irst amendment is proposed, it is understood. un-derstood. t legalise tha variona railroad Uaf-00 Uaf-00 association, whose standing before the law ia now very dubious and at the rsma time to deprive them af most of their power by requiring thst all rates they may flx be subject to confirmation by the interstate Ctrmmerre commission. , Tha second amendment contemplates' an increase ia tha number of commissioners frem seven to ten, tha enormous accumulation ef work en tha board'a handa having convinced con-vinced tha President that it is numerically weak.-'- - |