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mittee of the house of representatives to investigate the freight rate situa- 

 tion and ascertain if possible whether or not the railroads were unfavorable 

 to the establishment of manufactures in Colorado. This committee 

 occupied several weeks in examining witnesses, both shippers and rail- 

 road agents and officers, in an honest endeavor to ascertain the facts of 

 the existing situation and also the attitude of the railroads toward the 

 establishment of manufacturing industries in Colorado. Much impor- 

 tant testimony was taken and great light was thereby thrown upon many 

 phases of the question. From this testimony important data bearing 

 on the relation of the freight rate to manufactures has been summarized 

 below. 



