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quirements. He did 'notVfail, however,

to point out what (he,, considered the de

fects of the Hepbura-Dolliver, bill,' and

he made the declaration, mo re than once

that it would fall sto remedy the evils

complained of. rifri^ V

Foruker conceded that.some evidenced

evils existed .in 'connection ;with\the rail

roads, but urged -thaiti all of 'them- could

be more'"effectiyely'ni«t:by.'amendins the

Elkins 'law^than'.by^passlrig .the pending

bill. He .announced*; hla? regret 'at differ,-!

ing from the rPresiderit^ but. said he could

not see his iway ;Clear.Ttd' pursue any-other

course. -."He- gave a^gMeral review of the

history of the railrcSl development of

the country/ arid' p'asa<il to the evils of

the system, ''which, jlfj* said, were neces-.

sarily. incident to- the:-:upbullding of so

vast an interest.'.;. His attitude toward the'

pending railroad, rate* bill; was .correctly

outlined .in '.his' first paragraph, In .which

he said of the bill: .'iftis so' contrary to

the spirit "of- our insti t%ions and ;'of such

drastic and. revolutionary character,; that,

if not in its immediat^effect, at least as

a precedent.«.the chart^j».are likely, to be

most unusual arid.jfarteaching."

THRKE' RAILIIpAIV:KVII.S.

Foraker discussed thg' rkHroad evils as

of. three classes— excessive rates,' rebates

and discriminations.- |}fe found little to

complain of under theVflrst- heading, but

said there were some instances of charges

that were too high and he thought a

prompt and elf ective remedy should be

provided. \u25a0;/.

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The San Francisco call. (1906). San Francisco [Calif.], 1906-03-01. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85066387/1906-03-01/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The San Francisco call, 1906-03-01.