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Teddy Roosevelt: I speak of the policy of extending the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission, of giving them the power to fix…

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I speak of the policy of extending the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission, of giving them the power to fix rates and to have the rates that they fix go into effect practically at once.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt discusses the need to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission with rate-setting authority.

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