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Calvin Coolidge: “Consolidation appears to be the only feasible method for the maintenance of an adequate system of transportation with an…”

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Consolidation appears to be the only feasible method for the maintenance of an adequate system of transportation with an opportunity so to adjust freight rates as to meet such temporary conditions as now prevail in some agricultural sections.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge argues that consolidation is essential for maintaining an effective transportation system and adjusting freight rates.

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