FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.

JANUARY 17, 1902.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1902.

Hon. MARTIN A. KNAPP, of New York, Chairman.
Hon. JUDSON C. CLEMENTS, of Georgia.
Hon. JAMES D. YEOMANS, of Iowa.
Hon. CHARLES A. PROUTY, of Vermont.
Hon. JOSEPH W. FIFER, of Illinois.

EDWARD A. MOSELEY, Secretary. 2

CONTENTS.

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ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION

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RATES ON PACKING-HOUSE PRODUCTS

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Rates east of Chicago

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Rates west of Chicago.

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Effect of these rebates

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RELATIVE RATES ON EXPORT WHEAT AND FLOUR.

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Secret rates from Chicago to the seaboard.

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Water competition as affecting wheat and flour rates.

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Rates from Kansas City to the seaboard....

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Conclusions from foregoing facts..

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TRAFFIC ASSOCIATIONS

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COMPLAINTS

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FORMAL PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION

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HEARINGS AND INVESTIGATIONS...

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CASES SETTLED AND DISCONTINUED

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DECISIONS OF THE COMMISSION.

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Denver case...

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San Bernardino case.

Dallas case.

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Wilmington case

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Discriminating rates on lumber.

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Unreasonable lumber rates..

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Unreasonable rates on coal.

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Brooklyn hay case..

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Discrimination in rates for hauling private cars..

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Unjust classification of furs.

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COURT DECISIONS

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Long and short haul cases.

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Approval of schedules by Interstate Commerce Commission

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Tariff rates and bill of lading rates....

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Refusal to apply carload rates to carload shipments by collecting or for-

warding agents.....

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Furnishing cars to competing shippers ..

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Relative rates from competing markets

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Is transportation, passing through different States but beginning and

ending in the same State, subject to regulation by State or national

authority?

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Ticket brokerage ..

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Federal common law-application of the common law to unjust rate dis-

criminations

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The Harter Act

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CIVIL CASES PENDING IN THE COURTS.

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