Excerpt from The Advance in Freight Rates From June 30, 1899 to June 30, 1903: Being a Review of Senate Document No. 257
If an enemy to the legitimate exercise of all the powers conferred on the Interstate Commerce Commission under the Act to' Regulate Commerce.' approved February '4, 1887, had conspired to discredit the present Commission it would have exhausted the ingenuity of his hostility to invent any weapon better calculated to accomplish that end than Senate Docu ment No. 257.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the effectiveness of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in regulating the transportation industry. The author, an expert in the field, analyzes the ICC's history, structure, and practices, highlighting its efforts to balance the interests of companies and the public in the fast-changing landscape of American enterprise. The book delves into the ICC's role in shaping railway rates, its successes and failures in promoting competition, and its impact on the overall development of the transportation sector over a century. By examining the ICC's challenges and limitations, this book provides valuable insights into the complexities of regulating a vital industry and its implications for the broader economy. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781334613562_0
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