Of the Bar of the District of Columbia. Author of "Railway Economics," "The Postal Reprinted from "The Railway Age" of July 6, PRESS OF GEORGE E. HOWARD WASHINGTON, D. C. 1906 0260156. S. Railways Still Free to Adjust Rates to Commercial Needs.... 9 Distinguishable Parts of Charges Must be Reasonable. Obligation to Supply Services. Effect of Bill of Lading Clause.. Carriers Engaging in Production and Trade... Commission Control of Accounts.. Free Transportation of Passengers. Imprisonment Penalty and Forfeitures... Effect of Orders of the Commission.. How Judicial Review May Be Obtained.. Orders must be in Strict Compliance with the Grant of Power.33 The New Interstate Commerce Law By H. T. NEWCOMB I. NEW REQUIREMENTS. Years of agitation and controversy, involving principles of fundamental importance to any free people, have now terminated in the enactment of a new Interstate Commerce law which has so nearly the unanimous endorsement of the Congress that in both houses but ten votes were registered against its passage. The period of controversy just terminated with such apparent harmony was fruitful of instruction and enlightenment. At its close the advocates of drastic legislation had tacitly withdrawn part of their original demands, while those once opposed to the legislative suggestions so persistently advanced had made at least equally extensive concessions. Thus, in conciliatory mood, each side finds itself better acquainted with the real principles and purposes of the other and more ready to recognize in them the pervasive spirit of patriotism by which both believe themselves to be animated. A law so sanctioned 5 |