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For example, there will ultimately be need of enlarging the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission along several different lines, so as to give it a larger and more efficient control over the railroads.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt discusses the future need for expanding the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission for better control of railroads.

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