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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State regulation of railways. (search)
ntrolled and sometimes unjustly treated. The inter-State traffic being under the control of Congress is regulated by various acts of Congress, and a commission was appointed for their enforcement. Pooling being prohibited, unrestrained competition brought about fresh evils. The railroads during the past few years have been striving to bring about an equitable division of the traffic, without violating the statutes, through consolidation and the forming of traffic associations. Mr. Harry Perry Robinson, editor of The Railway age, contributes the following discussion on the subject: If the founders of the republic could have foreseen the extraordinary development of our railway system, they would undoubtedly never have permitted the present anomalous conditions to arise— conditions wherein there is constant conflict between the national government and the several States in matters pertaining to the regulation of rates. It would be an incalculable blessing, both to the people