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The power of the Commission should be made thoroughgoing, so that it could exercise complete supervision and control over the issue of securities as well as over the raising and lowering of rates.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “The power of the Commission should be made thoroughgoing, so that it could exercise complete supervision and control…”
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Roosevelt calls for comprehensive oversight powers for the Commission over railway securities and rates.
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