The private car owners and the owners of industrial railroads are entitled to a fair and reasonable compensation on their investment, but neither private cars nor industrial railroads nor spur tracks should be utilized as devices for securing preferential rates.
Roosevelt acknowledges the rights of private car owners to fair compensation but warns against preferential rate schemes.
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