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Show Xnt l)Peiulent on the TiirlfT. There are signs of another ocean rate war, the understanding between the big Atlantic liners having suffered 11 rupture through some action of tho Cunard company. The competition Is so great on the Atlantl. that it is dim-cult dim-cult to sectiro anything like nn enduring endur-ing combination, but most of the time thy principal companies reach something some-thing like an agreement which pro-vents pro-vents nito cutting. It Is noteworthy I In this connection that the ability to effect a combination Is lu nowise do- 1 pendent on a protective tariff.-San I Francisco Chronicle. |