The heart of the railroad problem / The history of railway discrimination in the United States, the chief efforts at control and the remedies proposed, with hints from other countries

by Frank Parsons

[35]. A higher rate on oil in barrels than in tanks held unjust, vol. 2, p. 365. Report, 1888, p. 128.

[36]. Report, 1888, p. 112.

[37]. Ibid., p. 114 et seq.

[38]. Ibid.

[39]. Ibid.

[40]. Ibid.

[41]. The Commission’s reports, 1889 to 1891, dealt with numerous discriminations between localities and persons through free transportation, commissions on the sale of tickets, combination rates, rebates, free cartage, payment of yardage charges, excessive car mileage on private cars, discounts for quantity, unfair classification, distribution of cars, special tariffs, advantage or disadvantage to particular commodities or methods of shipment, low rates on goods for export, etc., etc.

[42]. Report, 1889, p. 10.

[43]. 5 I. C. C. Decis. 69, 1891.

[44]. Ibid.; see also 5 I. C. C. Decis. 153, 1892. Case against the Louisville and Nashville for granting passes to members of the city council of New Orleans.