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Show FOREIGN SHIPPING COMBINE MAY BE (INVESTIGATED WASHINGTON, Dec IS. Urging before the house rules committee today to-day the adoption of hie resolution creating cre-ating a Joint committee to Investigate the foreign shipping combine, Representative Repre-sentative Humphrov of Washington doclared 90 per cent of tho $3,500,--000.000 commerco of the United States was carried in forolgn ships belonging belong-ing to pools, combines and conferences confer-ences , There was no competition betweon these vessels, he said, and passenger and freight rotes wero fixed In advance ad-vance In Germany. Ratoa botween the United States and South America. I ho said, woro fixed by agreement in Now York. oo |