If we removed other legal assurances and permitted the cruel law of competition to enter into the operation of our railroads. or repealed section 15A. or took away from the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to levy rates sufficient to give a fair net return on the operating railroad properties of the country. the farmers might receive a lower rate for the transportation of their commodities. but. Mr. President. I see no wisdom in that form of legislation. Today the tariff law and the immigration law are two great obstacles to the free operation of the law of supply and demand. Every industry save agriculture has received from the Congress some artificial stimuli. Congress has legislated in a field that has helped every agency of human activity but that of agriculture.
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