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January 3, 1918 issue

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The article presents several developments from various field published in January 1918 issue. Woodrow Wilson, the U.S. President, assumed the national control of all the railways in the country, aggregating 257000 miles in order to facilitate the coordination essential to the government needs. The congestion of freight has been one of the greatest problems, and with the federal control all competition between the various roads will be eliminated, while their resources will be made available to the utmost by pooling and strategic routing.

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WILSON, Woodrow, 1856-1924; PRESIDENTS -- United States; GOVERNMENT policy; RAILROADS; MATERIALS handling; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED States
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