[481] 11 Int. Com. Rep., 13.
[482] Page [31] with diagram, supra.
[483] 24 I.C.C. Rep., p. 55.
[484] The leading references are as follows: 4 I.C.C. Rep., p. 450; 10 Idem, p. 55; 13 Idem, p. 87; Rep. to the Senate by I.C.C., Feb. 28, 1903; Senate (Elkins) Committee, 1905, Digest, App. V. The leading export rate case, 8 I.C.C. Rep., p. 214, is reprinted in our Railway Problems. Johnson and Huebner, Railroad Traffic and Rates, vol. I, pp. 492-518. In this instance I have reproduced a portion of my report prepared for the U. S. Industrial Commission in 1900.
[485] Cf. Ann. Rep., I.C.C., 1899, p. 22.
[486] 8 Int. Com. Rep., p. 214; reprinted in our Railway Problems, chap. XVIII.
CHAPTER XII
THE MOVEMENT OF RATES SINCE 1870; RATE WARS
Contrast before and after 1900, [411].—Revenue per ton mile data, [412].—Their advantages and defects, [414].—Nature of the traffic, [416].—Low-grade traffic increasing, [416].—Growing diversification of tonnage, [418].—Present conditions illustrated, [419].—- Length of the haul, [421].—The proportion of local and through business, [422].—Effect of volume of traffic, [424].—Proper use of revenue per ton mile, [425].—- Index of actual rates, [426].—Its advantages and defects, [427].—Difficulty of following rate changes since 1900, [427].—Passenger fares, [429].—Freight rates and price movements, [430].