[541] Chapters of Erie reprinted in part in our Railway Problems.
[542] Cf. Haney, Congressional History of Railways, vol. II, p. 256. The Credit Mobilier is also described by reprint in our Railway Problems.
[543] 118 U. S. 557.
[544] Cf. Cullom Committee, 1, pp. 28-40; and the summary of Congressional debates by Haney, op. cit., vol. II, p. 231 et seq.
[545] 21 I.C.C. Rep., 340.
[546] Chapter XX.
CHAPTER XIV
1887-1905. EMASCULATION OF THE LAW
Favorable reception, [456].—First resistance from unwilling witnesses concerning rebates, [457].—Counselman and Brown cases, [458].—The Brimson case, [459].—Relation to Federal Courts unsatisfactory, [460].—Interminable delay, [461].—Original evidence rejected, [461].—The Commission's court record examined, [462].—Rate orders at first obeyed, [467].—The Social Circle case, [468].—Final breakdown in Maximum (Cincinnati) Freight Rate case, [469].—Other functions remaining, [472].—The long and short haul clause interpreted, [474].—The Louisville and Nashville case, [474].—The "independent line" decision, [476].—The Social Circle case again, [478].—"Rare and peculiar cases," [479].—The Alabama Midland (Troy) decision, [481].—Attempted rejuvenation of the long and short haul clause, [483].—The Savannah Naval Stores case, [484].—The dwindling record of complaints, [485].