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irnS ( tEGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY - EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1803.
TALKS 0f3 RAILROAD COnLlISSIOtl
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BEFORE
ill
ASSO lAIIOIl
X" N. TsaJ " Give Exhaustive
Argument in Support of the
Proposed New Law.
TREATS QUESTION FROM
ITS EVERY STANDPOINT
DUcuaaea Need of Commlaaion, Rem-
dies for Existing Railroad Evils
and Outlines Plan for Bill to Be
Presented to Legislature.
J. N. TeaL who hu been the ludw
Ha draftlna- the propoaed railroad com
Imlaalon but to be presented at the nest
leaialature, was on of the principal
Upeakere at '-the annual moating of the
iBtat Bar association hald In tha olty
today. Ha took as hie aabjeot- "A. SUta
Railroad Commission" end-discussed tb
fundamental laws underlying all legls
latlon on transportation subjects snd
railroad control. Jn bealnnlns: hls'rs-
merteUrrTear eatd:
I "I approach my subjeot from a stand
lpolnt that might perhaps be mora ap
propriate to a aeneral audience than
Jone composed of man learned in law.'
jHo waver, I see no practical good to ba
hooompllsbad by onterlng Into a lont
Utsssrtetlon t tha law In ganeral re-
Hating to common carriers, or to at
tsmpt tha hopeleee -task of reducing to
n orderly classification tha decisions
lof courts or tha dicta of Judges. Aa
brooeed.l. willrXr tfterln funda
(mental principles about which I hope
I there can b no question. '
ot rrlvate Basin esa '
To appreciate tha questions In
krolvad, to understand tha principles on
(which proposed legislation la baaed, one
bnuat always keep clearly in mind cer
tain elementary trutha. About tha first
land moat important la that tha buaineas
kit carriage used in the aenae I rarer
ko It, la not a private business; it is
heaentlally a public business, and ai
Isuch Is not only a fit subject for con
krol and regulation, but In tha very
Lieture of -things It la necessary that It
Lhould be controlled and regulated. A
railroad la a public highway. It la the
kvolutlon and development of the toll
toad applied to modern condltione
through modern Inventions.
I "Tha building and maintaining of
highways for oommerclal. military and
bther purposes baa from ttma immemo
rial been a runotlon of the stata, ana
trlthout certain emblements . of cover
Llgnty a eorporatlon oould not build or
iparwte a road, and a eorporatlon as
lumlng or engaging la this work ia but
ictlng aa an agent for tha state, and
hose Investing In this character of en
arprlea do so .knowing the conditions
nd limitations .attaching to auch In
eetmenta. As a corollary to the fore
going proposition a carrler'a - charges
nust be reasonable and equal and It
nust deal alia with all parsons it
ervea Reduced to Ita laat analysis
he charge le a tan. and tha taxes thus
miected are far In axoesa.of ell ether
aiea collected la thta country. Aa haa
can well said, an attempt by the. ov
mment to collect one ' tax from one
ittlse'' and w e . -less 1 greater
mount from another ' for --the Sana
srvloe wpuJd lead to, a. revolution. ,On
rtnciple. discrimination between per-
one -and pleoea by vaxioua methods,
he favoiitlem ebown in many ways, Is
in essence treason to me sis is. or
hough aa agent of the atete. this agent
laorlmlnetee between eltlsens or that
tate,
A Direct Process
sow
tV WTT.TiT S afS
OVU SnVaaTDM.
rant TzitLM
the rule when even these etxcueee, If
esooeee they can be called, were not
factors. "
Vajaae Discrimination. -
Vnat-dlacrtitilnatlo-fllawd -aa a
natural and Inevitable tendencyof un
restricted control. All this, too, in ths
face of the moat friendly feeling ae evi
denced by granta of vast acres of tha
publlo domain, by the Issuance of bonds
to aid . in construction guaranteeing
interest, and many other valuable grants
and gifts. -These, abuses created a feel--Ing
of resentment, which with time haa
only grown the etronger. In this coun
try, first the states, than the nation
acted, which brings : ue to the point
where the leglalaturee wsre called upon
for 'relief, and the oourta eppealed to,
to define the legislative power. Not un
naturally the corporatlone resented as
impertinent thle meddlesome lnterfer.
enee by legislstlon with a business they
assumed leglsJstors oould not possibly
u nil era t and, and which from the railway
standpoint wss a private business and
no more a&bjeot to regulation than a
store or y.our office." .
Ooea Into History. '
Mr." Teal then went Into the history
of corporations end of law ae applied
to them. Ha showed that more than
100 years ago Lord Chief Juatloe Hale
-BfflaaV4ia4.keld- that-whera-a. .priai
veto property wae affected with a pub
llo Interest It ceased to be merely - a
private property only.. Under thle rule
and decision It " had been the custom
from time Immemorial to regulate pub
lic service end common ' carriers. , Tha
atatea first took up the effort to control
the carriers In thla country, congress
following InJISST with ths "Act to reg
ulate commerce." ,
In 187 the eight eeeee known as the
teeememt neat One Vko Wae Cored
of a Veetloalarly SNUmfal Torn
- of Thle Disease. - - -
Of the many forma which rheumatism
takes, that which la popularly known as
aclatlo rheumatism probably tortures Its
victim more thsn any other. That Or.
Wllllama' PrnkFlUs have cured Thla
atubborn aa well aa painful trouble le a
fact proven by the following statement,
and no sufferer who reeds this osa af-
i .ford., to let prejudice etand In the way
of trying these blood-meklng pilla.
- Rheumatism ia not' generally recog
nised as a dlaeaaa of the blood. Dr.
Williams' Fink Pills make aotually
make -pure blood. Whan the blood ia
pure there oan ba no rheumatism. Mr a.
Thomae Bresnehan of 14 Mill street,
Watertown. N. Y.. Bays': .
"My trouble began with a severe oold
which I took about a waek before
Christmaa In 1904. I began te have
rheumatic peine In my back and limbs
and aftsr a, time I couldn't etreighton
up. . I Buffered the most awful pain for
months and much of the time wee un
able to leave the' houss and I bad to
take hold of a chair in order to welk
end sometimee I oould not stand op at
all. My husband' had to help me up and
down etalre. The 'pain waa greatest
down my left limb, . along' the solatia
nsrvs. 'r
"The 'disease wee pronounced aclatlo
rheumatism and, although I had a good
pbyBlclan..and-tookJilsmedlclne faith
fully, I did not gat any better. After
some six weeks of this terrible pain and
euf faring 'I tried Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills and that lathe medicine thatoured
me. After a few boxea tha pain waa
leaa Intense and I could see decided Ira
provement. I continued to take the pllle
until I wae entirely cured end I have
never had any return of tha trouble."
16.000 REWARD The Dr.. Wtlllame
Mediolne Co. has authorised tha cashier
of the Union National Bank of Bcheneo-
Qranaer cases wers decided bv tha an.
preme court of -the United Statea. lnTUn'T N- r- Pay-tha urn-tjf-t.00(H
the case of Smith va Ames, 1(1 V. 8
144. Justice Harlan held that a railroad
waa a public highway and none the leas
so because constructed and maintained
through the agency of a corporation
owing , us existence ana powsrs irom
the state. In the oeae of Budd va. New
York, 14 J U. 8. . B4t, Justice Brewer
hsld that railways were highweye and
that the state could regulate them In
the changes made by them for service
performed. Continuing, . Mr. Teal out
lined the law aa It now stsnds in regard
to rallroada. He said:
. -j Lev As STow Settled.
"Without citing further eases, the law
ae eettled at thle time le about aa fol
lowe: t -.-(.,' i
"First Congress has exclusive power
over the regulation of Interstate t raffle
."Second -The -. etate - haa axclualve
power over Interstate traflla
"Third All retea, whether
atonal or state, era subject to judicial
review. .'
Fourth Whether a given rate
cherged la so unreasonable as ' to
amount to ooiiflacatlun, la aryidlclal
question.
"Fifth Fixing the 'rate, for tha
future la a legislative function.
"Sixth The etete can act directly
through Its legislature or through a
commission. -
"On ths trend of the publlo thought
of today there cen be no queatlon but
that it is in the direction of more thor
ough end vigorous control end tbst this
sentiment will find expression in ths
courts there can be no doubt
UV. '-' V ,V. FiupoeeS &aar. ... . V .
"Furthermore, tha experience of
rtry imM " times ahnwa thet
nreetrelned power la certain to lead to
buses of the gravest kind. Transpor-
btloa le a necessity. By reason of the
haraoter of tha Investment, tha large
mount of capital Involved, tha nature
f the servioe rendered, competition
ven if dealrable le rare, and it ia
ardly open to dlacuaalon now that un-
etrlcted competition le vndestrsbla
f'lth the service rendered a necessity,
Ith competition preotloeUy Impoeatbla,
ubjeot to.no control, what follower
incrimination of eevry - eoncelveble
lnd. Reaulte that under almllar condl
lona, ee long as human nature -le aa.lt
i. will alwaya follow. There wee Brat
he open rebate, followed by the vicious
nd criminal secret rebate, -dlsoMmlna
on betwsen persons snd plaoee, In the
haracter of service. In furnishing car a,
h ratea, in demurrage charges, in expe-
Ition of carriage, through "midnight
chedulea warehouse prtvllegee, -peases,
h rough every method the Ingenuity of
lever men could devise. Extortionate
hargee followed sxtravsgant end even
Irlminal recklessness in the coat . of
eliding roede and euch charges were
I. !
"We are now ready to consider brief
ly the proposed railroad commission law
which has been prepared for considera
tion -in advance of the meeting ef the
legislature In January next. The bill
submitted follows closely the most re-
rent and Intelligent forme of leglelatloa,
particularly the 'Interstate commerce
commission act aa amended at the Laat
session of congress, and the recently en
acted Wisconsin commission bill with
ita amendments No atlampt ha
made to be original; rether bee the at
tempt been throughout to Adapt the beat
considered, most efficient, teeted and ap
proved legislation In other etetea, la
order- that ' the bill aubmltted may be
auch aa practical experience and the Jo
llclal decisions of other common weal tha
fiave comma nddt-, ,
Featuree of the SOI.
' '.The following la a brief statement of
the salient fsaturea of the bill: ;
"All railroads, of whatever form of
motive power, union depot and terminal
companies, expreae, alaeplng car, freight
and freight' line, oar, oil and tank line
companies, ere made subject to its pro
visions; however, the transportation ef
passengers by street and electric rail
roads la-not. affected, nor are logging
and other, etriotly private railroads in
eluded. '.'" '
- "'Reasonably adequate - service and
equipment le required, and all chargee
for the transportation of persona and
property, or In connection therewith,
must be reasonable and Just, and un
just and unreasonable charges ere de
7ThereIs Only One
Purely Oregon
Life Insurance Company
THAT IS
IT TP
HFM1 tfC
upon proof of fraud on the part-of the
company In the publication of the fore
going testimonial, or any othere ueed In
meking known the merlte of Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills.
All druggists eell Dr. Williams' Pink
Pilla, or the remedy will be mailed poet
paid, on receipt of price, 10 cents per
box, elx boxes for (l.to, by the Dr. Wil
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. T.
dared unlawful end thle appllee to Joint
ratea. Discrimination, giving end ac
cepting' rebates are prohibited under
heavy penalties and ths taking of com-
Sensation other , than specif lsd la the
iwful schedules. Antl-peee provision fe
Incorporated.
"For the effective admiiilstratloa of
these broad, fundamental provlalona.
Man road commission is created com
posed of three members, appointed by
the governor by and with the consent
of th senate, for a term of four yeara.
The commissioners are subject to
move! by tho governor, upon hearing,
for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or
malfooaaneo In of fleet Absence of -pe
cuniary interest in any railroad Is a
required qualification for appolntm
to or oontlnuancs In office.. The com
mission may sue or be sued: its eee
slons may be held where demanded by
convenience, and all hearing shall be
public. It .haa full power to call for
witnesses snd testimony, or the pro
duction of books end papers and to ax
amine the carrler'a records. -
Kate-Making Powers.
I ' "The rate-making power of -thr-oonr;
mission are In the first Instenoe
vtsory, and do not require It to formu
late an entirely new echedule. Changes
in rates or In classification shall be
made only on notice to the commie-
elon and the public almllar to that re
quired by the interstate commerce act.
"Concentration, commodity, transit
and other special - eontraot ratea, are
permitted if open to the publlo gener
ally. The classification of freight on
all rallroada shall be uniform. Full
power le given for Investigation and
istermlnetlon -. ol future reaennahla
ratea and classifications, and prescrib
ing reasonable regulations and prac
tices, aa alao equipment. ' Joint rate
routee may be created, end the ehargee
apportioned' between , the -carrtara. If
need be (section 10).
Malawi Meelew.
"Judicial - review-"of the proceedings
THE rOUOY-HOLDEM' 0OMTAHT.
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; ( Guarantors live Jn Oregon,
All q T ) Officers live in Oregon. ,'. j
- j, ) SuPP1Ie manufactured In' Oregon. "
. V. Investments are made in Oregon securities.
Conducted with strict economy.' on lines recommended bv the
Armstrong Legislative Investigating Committee, by men -skilled
i life insurance business, aided by Oregon financiers, of high repute.
-CoUeW adequate -rates -to mike the contract W & lor the in-
urer's entire lifetime. , .
The policy contracts are liberal to the insurer, and safe for the
ompany. :. a . - . '
Send day of your birth, and an illustration suited to vour ace
ill be forwarded. 'Addre.M L. Samuel. General Manatrer. Com
monwealth Building, Sixth and Ankeny Streets, Portland, Or.
of ths commission Is hsd by direct ac
tlon commenced In the circuit court on
complaint of the aggrieved party, with
a a peed y trial insured and right of ap
peal preeerved.
"Rether than to attempt to regulate
by specific, unyielding and drastic .leg
islation such subjects as demurrage and
reciprocal demurrage,, the commleslon
has generally been vested With Juris
diction to make proper and reasonable
rules,- aa hss been done In Virginia,
where a ' almllar provlalon wae sus
tained by. the courts. . . Provision ' hae
been made for enforcing interchange of
traffic, securing adequate and suitable
depots . and tracks and the connection
ef Intersecting lines, the protection of
grade crossings and the reporting and
Investigation of accidents and claims
against the roads. .
"I doubt very much tf the proposed
law will suit th 'railroads. - I never
heard of one that " did. "They fight
every effort looking to control or reg
ulation, both in the legislature and
before the courts. In doing this, they
are meking. In my Judgment, a serious
mistake. For one ' thing, having , am
ple protection In the courts, they oer-
tainiy give the impression that tneir
real objections must be because they
know their rates are too. high, or that
discrimination Is being practiced, or the
service Is inadequate, or torn like reav
eon. ',.
. Important Fee tore of Saw.
'To ray mind the meet Important
feature of the lew Is that of requiring
the commleslon to ascertain the value
of the railroad property and equipment
In ' the state of Oregon. ' - This, under
the decision of the supreme court of
the"Unrted-State.ls -essenttahlf the
law la to prove effective. The whole
fabric of rate making and control of
rates rests largely en the amount In-
fveeted. - This state aeuld spend money
to no better purpose, or on which It
would realise auch returns, aa to ascer
tain with certainty the value of the
rallroada within ita borders.
"Respecting the question of reciprocal
demurrage, it wss concluded beat ' to
leava this In the hands of the commle
slon with power to make rules snd pro
vide penalties, rather then present a
hard end fast law, which the courts
might hold unreasonable end, therefore,
unconstitutional. ,
Veosssity for the taw.
"We now come to ths necessity for
the law. About the time that legisla
tion Is proposed nr haa been enacted
there are loud protestations of reform
and Indignant denials of any reason for
control; but the most cogent answers
to all of thla are the almost dally re
ports In the publlo press of the-rom-plalnts
of shippers end findings of both
grand and' trial Juries. ,.
"It la all wall enough to" , Bay the
mutuality of Interests which should
prevail between the carrier and the
public will In Itself furnish a sufficient
incentive to reach amicable and soils
factory understandings without the ne
cessity of having to resort te any tri
bunal, but it doesn't work In practice.
For many yeara the merchants of this
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MID -SEASON SPECIAL
SUIT SALE
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A great sale of men's suits, right in
the very midst of the season, which
for phenomenal values surpasses any
previous offering we have ever made
to the people of Portland. '
Men's fine Cheviot Suits splendid
$15, $18 and $20 values at $11. These
are good . winter weights in hand
some cloth patterns, just the thing
forlbusihess wear, as they will not
wear; glossy-'or wrinkie.V-:Thc .assort'
ment consists of several lines each of
which are somewhat brokenin sizes.
Samples of this record-breaking value
sale now displayed in our Fourth
street window. ' "
$15 SALE PRICED
$18SALEPRIGE
$20 SALE PRICE T
Every Garment Bears Our Label
Every Garment fully Guaranteed
city havs been trying to get lower (Us.
trlbutlvarateaeut -of -Portland, nd
have thus far tailed In their efforta.
rector In Uaf mates.
"Conalder the one queatlon of capi
talisation whloh is a factor In fixing
ratea. , How. la It to be ascertained and
treated T le It proper that an enorraoue
surplus should be oreated and periodi
cally transformed into capital on which
dividends are to be paid, more eurpfbe
created and the process repeated Indefi
nitely, or should ths retea be reduced
to a point where a fair return le made
on the aotual Inveetmentt Then, again.
what le a fair roluftif
"Take the question ef changee la
claaalflcatlon which -relsee .- or lowere
rates by a change from one class to an
other. . Who la to determine the pro
prietyof - the - change Thin of the
numberless dlsputse over ratea, care, de
murrage and terminal charges, cross
ings, sidings and the hundreds of
causes for dispute tto--matters -ever
which the eourte have practically no
Jurladlotlon, and which - today In thla
stata are fruitful cauaea of discontent
end trouble, and under present eondl-
tlona-What redress has a ehlpperf - It
haa been truly said thet - 'In no other
domain of oommerclal or Industrial life
Is there euch a denial of equal rights
before .ue law.
Oompetltlom Bltminaeed.
Competition has been eliminated to
all Intents and purposes by the , rail
road managers. t There la no such
thing aa open competition in rates, it
la well known that they are fixed by
mutual arrangement. This, however, le
not an evil If all Interests, the public
aa well as the carrier, were represented
and protected In the fixing of rates.
Stability of reasonable rates Is far bet
ter for every one than shifting uncer
tain - tariff a, Moreover, in any- publlo
business' which by Its nsturs Is monop
oltstlc, competition is economically un-
sound. Such a business should be reg
ulated by law both as to eervlce and
price. Double capitalisation requlree
double payments for fixed ehargee of
every kind as well as dividends, with
out any resulting good, for nothing Is
more certain ae a buaineas proposition
than whan combination la possible com
petition will oeaae.
Boeds right the ynbUe.
Tn the second method, that of regu
Istlon, the railroads again fight ths
efforts of the publlo with all the power
at their commend. They won't com
pete; and they will not. If they can
help it, be regulated or controlled. The
people of thle country will no- longer let
the corporations, oontrol -U The Issne1)
confronts us, snd there will be but oft
result It may be long in coming or
short, ea events devslop, but if the rail
roads contlnuallyflght every effort jf or
regulating the enuses incident to unre
strained power. If they delay, embarT
raas, and hamper the execution of Just
lews.-If thnungh the eourte they tem
porarily defeat the peoples will. I will
venture to predict that the day will
Pome when these abuses will be ended,
and with one stroke the Oordlan knot
will be cut, and the flnel measure of re
lief, that of publlc ownership.' adopted.
When that day cornea, those who de
plore It most will have but themselves
tn thank for It No individual ie strong
enough to cope on equal terms with
these great interests. It Is to the na
tion and state we must look for relief.
'. Question ef Sesnlte.
r "Will any beneflrlsl results follow the
creation of a commission with proper
powers? There is always a tendency to
minimise beneflta and exaggarats de
fects or fallurea. The alleged failure of
a former commission to accomplish any
good Is tho trump card that ia alwaya
played and the unanswerable argument
egalnet further effort. We ell know
that there was a systematic and con
tinuous rrusnde Inaugurated against It
It waa belittled In every way, end but
little encouragement given to Its work,
klsny Influences combined both to
paralyss Ita influence and lis work. But
today there are different conditions j
')' . " V '..'
last -10 " yesjTrand-people-'wnderstand
these . problems better . than they did
then. The roads In this state are now
under one control; the local element,
then In the directors tea and amongst
the stockholders naturally sympathised
with- local conditions, now they have all
bean eliminated and the greatest factor
In our commercial development Is con
trolled by strangers whose interests In
other directions far outweigh thoee
locally. Furthermore. . the , last four
yeara baa seen a wonderful change In
the conception of one'e duty aa cltlsen.
There Is a higher plans of oltlseuelilp.
lesuss which have bean lying dormant
have been, .'creed, to the front ,
. Oreateet Obataole.
"The greatest obstacle tn the past has
been Judlolal obstruction of the law. I
do not mean by thla to east any reflec
tion on the bench, but to those who are
familiar with - the -temporary tnjnno-
prevailing. The world haa moved In the Uon,' the dUtlnguishlng' of cases, the
4-enangw flKinmnwrow
determination of tne reaaonaoieness ot
rates." the "application ef established
principles to particular cases, there is
little wonder that commissions get dis
couraged. There are not wanting signs
that tha ludlclarr also see thst the
preeent problems are quits different
from thoee of a few yeara ago and that
the law will have to meet the new eon
dltiona Then, too, there are not want
ing those who for many reeaone may
oppose tho enactment of thle class of
legislation, and this opposition is gen
erally f QundamQngetheayy shlppersjor.
Interests closely affiliated In one way or
another with the railroads;- there are
othere also. Bo taking It ' altogether, a
commission haa anything but a smooth I
road before it. but It Is one that, oan be
traveled. What ie needed le noneet.
strong, determined men, becked by a
publlo sentiment that .only, demande
justice. If the experience of other
etatee le of any lmportanoe tn helping -we
to form a conclusion, we flild thet
the commission idea le eteadtly growing .
and never more rapidly than to the last ,
four years, until, today Oregon Is one of
a little group of flva of the leaa fern
portant etatee and territories trlthout
eny regulative legislation of thla char
acter to speak of. Thirty-one atatea
have commissions with more or leee
powers, and ail the rest ezoepttng four .
or five have legislated In vartoue ways
on the subject Moreover, tha tendency
Is distinctly toward etrerurthsnlng the
powers of ths commissions.
:x.sDeag seriously., witn po iii-wui cr
prejudice. To my mind there can be but..
one outcome to the question. A nation.'
that eacrincea men wiinowi numoee ana -
untold mllllonaof money to demonstrate
that. lt could not would not live hail
elave, half free will never anbmlt to a
commercial bondage whloh tn the end
would eap the very foundations of oar '
national Ufa" - - -
I Which
Will
Little Girl
Win the Gas Range?
's Cookies
ef
Foot Burners, Top Oven and Broiler and Warming Oven
Tht, the question uppermost just now in the mind of every little lass In Port
land. Some one of you little girls and every one has an equal chance will be
pretty happy on Christmas morning, when she finds Santa Claus has left her a "real
truly gas rangeand one of 'the very finest ones there ever was, too; and another
little lass will be happy when she "finds a magnificent gas reading lamp value $19
all complete with shade, Welsbach burner and tubing; and fifty more little maids
. will find handy toasters. . ,
' The Contest Is Open to Every little Girl
Under the Age oi 15, Absolutely FREE!
Bate a little batch of cookies all yourself any kind any shape, and write u -
a little composition on "Cooking With Gas. On December 21, or 22, bring the
cookies,' wrapped In paper, to which your composition is pinnedTand on which "you"
have plainly written your name, address and .age, to our office. A cpmmittee of
well known Portland ladies wiQ decide which little girls have baked the best cookies
and written the neatest and best essays, and to these we will award the prises.
Then we'll send all the cookies to'some of the charitable organiiatlons for their
Christmas feast for the poor. - . ' '
Now, little maids of Portland, don't you think this is a "happy thought"? W
know you will all want to try for the prizes, and will all -want to contribute to
this Christmas dinner for those who are less fortunate than you. So we know its
going to be a grand success.
. Prizes Are on Exhibition in Our Windows
AT YOUR
SERVICE
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