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Show ;::.::cn to Ascertain Ef-y Ef-y f::U cf Ccntrcl cf Many ;Xincs by Same Hen. CSICAGO, - Not. , 21. James J. Hill ini the gnt railwiys h dominates ar t6 be inveatijted by the Inter-at Inter-at ste ; Commerce commission, says' the '.Time. today."- ,!,What are the 'relations between the Greit ' Northern, the Northern Pacific and the Burlington systems! An effort, ef-fort, is to be made to find out. 1 1 The commission ' will seek to ascertain ascer-tain what effect the control of all these -Hb8 by one man baa had and-ia hav-in hav-in t . upon rates in the Northwest, and ectquentlr npon the agricultural and industrial development' of that section. ; The reault will be to .brine out the facts -regarding what has taken place hp. -the Northwestern railroad world since-the decision of the United States 8iipreme court in the. Northern. 8ecuri. fies'case in 1904,. and to show what ef-fefils ef-fefils thjs decision has produced and to what extent its intent has been nullified.. nulli-fied.. . The- Northern Securities proceeding wis jnreceded by an investigation by the Ihterestate Commerce commission, i lid t is understood that the evidence secured at the investigation of the Hill tad Harriman lines, like that secured bef6re.the Northern Securities proceeding, pro-ceeding, will be turned over to the Federal Department of Justice - to be eked in - actions under the anti-trust law; if snch actions shall be considered to be justified by .the conditions. |