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Show uu ! Would Place Water Carriers Under Control WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. Opposing tnose features of proposed legislation i for railroad legislation which would , place water carriers under the control I 'of tho Interstate commerce commission, commis-sion, W. B. Claik of Seattle, Wash. ! representing the Pacific steamship I company, today told the house interstate inter-state commerce committee uuch legislation legis-lation ' micht result in repulat in-American in-American shipping into tho boneyard. ' Legislation to benefit water linos, Mr. Clark urged, should permit a free ' hand in competitive foroign eomnien , , including Alaska ".nd provision for ez-i port and import rates on American rail 1 c lines applying only to water freight t moved by American ships. OO (i |