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Woodrow Wilson: “The regulation of the railways of the country by federal commission has had admirable results and has fully justified…”

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The regulation of the railways of the country by federal commission has had admirable results and has fully justified the hopes and expectations of those by whom the policy of regulation was originally proposed.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson praises the successful regulation of railways by federal commission as a positive outcome of government policy.

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