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British expert on railroads warns crisis in US freight rates
London born railway authority W. M. Acworth told the Newlands committee in Washington that US freight rates must rise to cover growing operating costs and to fund necessary railroad extensions. He urged replacing scattered regulation with a central agency and cautioned that government ownership in democracies risks political meddling, citing Prussia as a more efficient model.
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