Taft Defends Commerce Court and Trust Busting Debate
Washington dispatches outline Taft prepared to shield the commerce court from ICC attempts to grant Spokane fair freight rates and his likely veto of a bill to abolish the court. The piece accuses Taft of protecting predatory wealth, especially railroads, while criticizing his message to Congress for dodging key issues and praising trust busting rhetoric amid widespread monopoly concerns. The column also notes a tobacco trust reorganization, labor views, the 1912 convention setup, and a jokey domestic exchange about end-of-life finances.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Commerce Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Spokane
Inland Empire
Congress
Stevens County Faces Rail Rate Discrimination Debate
The article argues that Northern Pacific and Great Northern freight rates from Spokane to Colville and nearby towns show a 66 to 70 cent gap per 100 pounds, stoking a protest by Stevens County residents. It links rates to regional development, notes a December 19 meeting of the Stevens County Federation of Commercial Clubs in Marcus, and cites a spike in Spokane crime over a twelve hour period as context.
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Great Northern
Stevens County
Hergin
Palouse
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Everett
Colville
Jim Hill
State Railroad Commission
Spokane
Seellee
Oes
Washington
Stevens County Federation of Commercial Clubs
Marcus
Marcus Messenger
Messrs
D. R. Snyder
A. C. Wetterer
Saul Zwang
Marcus Grand Theater
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Grey Horse
Keller
Teacher
Truly
L. W. Wilson
W. H. Brownlow
Chewelah
A. T. Brownlow
Chicago
Hill
Maine
America
Republican Party
Belittle W. & H. Co
Heart Trade
B. G. Rich, Jeweler
Stevens County Power & Light Co
Columbia
W. D. Myers
Examiner Office
Frank Kostka
Ivan Faugsteed
Rickey
Colville Abstract Co
Cegts
Valley
Davenport
Northport
Kendrick, Ida
Colfax
Pullman
Vogue
Kuppenheimer
Michael Stern & Co
Hanna Bros
J. C. Hanna
G. & C. Merriam Co
Springfield
Mass
W. T. Harris
United States Commissioner of Education
Elgin, Waltham and Hamilton
Strauss the Watchmaker
Goetter’s Drug Store
Hotel
Will Dingle
D. H. Kimple
Colville Washington
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