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Show BILLTOBAR I COMBINES Vessels Belonging to Trust Cannot Pass Through Canal Washington. Jan 18- The rijrst re-1 sull of ihe investigation of the so-, so-, ,i ed shipping trusl by the house merchant marine committee appeared appear-ed Today as s bill by Representative Humnhrey of Washington to bar from ' a ma canal all American or foreign vessels in "combines and cou- '' Vv'l.'n esses old the committee . ...fftcallv a I vessels on the 'ili, coasl will see trade Vl" ,; , iareemenl and thai the l""r es n the trade between kw'ork and South America, Afrl- ( a. ustralia, Japan, China, the Philippines Phil-ippines and India have race and sailing sail-ing date agreements and rebate and pooling agreements Lines Guilty of Charges. "The evidence already produced at these hearings, declared Representative Represent-ative Humphrey todav. as he presented present-ed the bill to the house, "has fully demonstrated that the foreign steamships steam-ships which carrj our commerce are guilty of every charge made against them The I'ntted States is a mere way station lor these foreign-ownea lines and the freight and passenger rates charged from this countrs to other parts of the world are fixed In Europe The evidence also has developed de-veloped the fact that these foreign combines intend to monopolize and control the trade through the Panama canal |