There is no doubt in my mind that it is national. as national as any of the great activities of the Department of Agriculture. the Department of Commerce and Labor. or the Department of the Interior. It bears a more general and intimate relation to the welfare of the people of the entire Nation than any of the bureaus now operated under national authority. It is more national than the Forest Service. more national than the irrigation of arid lands. more national than the work of the Bureau of Animal Industry. the Bureau of Plant Industry. the Bureau of Mines. the Bureau of Immigration. the Bureau of Manufactures. and the Bureau of Corporations. It is as national in its character as the improvement of the rivers and harbors or the functions of the Interstate Commerce Commission. It deals with the most primal aspect of the great subject of transportation. which. in such a vast country as ours. is the greatest national subject of internal administration.
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