. Review of reviews and world's work. the feasibility of Govern-ment ownership of railways. The futurefindings of this commission are regarded asthe basis on which President ^Vilson willrecommend changes in such laws coveringFederal regulation as seem to be antiquatedor inadequate. While the field of researchbefore the committee is so large that no im-portant results can be hoped for in the com-ing short session of Congress, the investiga-tion is regarded as highly important asaftecting the attitude of the President towardnew railroad legislation during his secondterm of four years. Senator Ne
. Review of reviews and world's work. the feasibility of Govern-ment ownership of railways. The futurefindings of this commission are regarded asthe basis on which President ^Vilson willrecommend changes in such laws coveringFederal regulation as seem to be antiquatedor inadequate. While the field of researchbefore the committee is so large that no im-portant results can be hoped for in the com-ing short session of Congress, the investiga-tion is regarded as highly important asaftecting the attitude of the President towardnew railroad legislation during his secondterm of four years. Senator Newlands hasdivided the inquiry into two main heads:Government regulation, and speculation as toGovernment ownership. The Senator is onrecord as believing in regulation as opposedto ownership. L nder the first head the com-mission will try to find whether the Inter-stale Commerce Commission is overloadedwith work, and \v hether its activities shouldnot be corifined to questions of discrimina-tions, rebates and rates. The matter of in-.
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