President urges railroad valuation and banklike supervision
Memorial Day address in Indianapolis calls for valuing U S railroads and regulating corporations like national banks. Rothchilds attack reforms while praising the goose that laid the golden eggs. Auditors confirm rule compliance as monopoly pricing rose 10 cents monthly to 50 cents per ton. Sioux City Tribune notes possible justice for the system.
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Indianapolis
United States
Justice
Sioux City Tribune
Railroads Mulls Extensions With New Aberdeen to Butte Link
President Earling of the Milwaukee outlines a plan to connect Aberdeen with Butte Montana by January 1 in a bold new proposition. Railroads across the state offer excursion rates to attract public interest amid ongoing extensions and proposals.
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Earling
Milwaukee
Aberdeen
Butte
Mont
Railroads rule out mass layoffs over hostile legislation
The writer argues railroads will adjust staffing to match demand, dismissing rumors that 100000 workers will be laid off. He claims railroads hire or cut as needed to keep lines running, warning government ownership only if managers fail to operate at full capacity.
Harriman and the railroad trusts in American industry
A critical portrait of E H Harriman and the railroad magnates as powerful monopolists. It describes how Harriman built a vast, secretive control over 66,000 miles of railroad, dominated unions, manipulated bonds and stock, and influenced output and prices, with the Interstate Commerce Commission and Roosevelt looming as counterweights.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Morgan
Baer
Harriman
Alton
United States
Harriman Steamship Lines
Peter
Paul
James R. Keene
Keene
Union Pacific
New York Central
Atchinson
van Amburgvelt
Tbek
Union League
Knickerbocker
Union
Schwab
Ryan
Theodore Roosevelt
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Maud Freeland
Fidelity Land Company
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