INCREASE IN FREIGHTS TO CANADA.
DEPUTATION TO CANADIAN
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United Press Association —Copyright. ■(Received January 16, 5 p.m.) OTTAWA, Jan. 15. A deputation to Sir Wilfrid Laurier protested against the increase in westbound Atlantic freights of 66 per cent, since 1907. 'Sir Wilfrid Laurier promised an investigation as to whether this meant an illegal combination in restraint of trade. If so, ho said, it would come under the forthcoming Bill ’"to control trusts and combines. If the increase was the result of economic requirements, the Government would lie unable t-o interfere.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2712, 17 January 1910, Page 5
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91INCREASE IN FREIGHTS TO CANADA. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2712, 17 January 1910, Page 5
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