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Opium monopoly praise and postal graft debate
A July 16 1908 column argues for an American opium monopoly in the Philippines to fund administration goals while blasting Judge Lacombes ruling against railroads and lampooning post office corruption. It links Hearst backed suits to federal oversight and calls for reform and accountability.
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War Department
Philippines
Downing Street
China
Celestial
Taft
Philippine Islands
Commission
Lacombe
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coal Trust
William Randolph Hearst
Post Office Department
Roosevelt
Postal Service
Bristow
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Payne
France
Post Office
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