EFFECTS OF THE LAW OF 1906; JUDICIAL
INTERPRETATION, 1905-'10
Large number of complaints filed, 522.--Settlement of many
claims, 524.--Fewer new tariffs, 525.--Nature of complaints
analyzed, 526.--Misrouting of freight, 527.--Car supply
and classification rules, 527.--Exclusion from through
shipments, 529.--Opening new routes, 530.--Petty grievances
considered, 530.--Decisions evenly balanced, 532.--The
banana and lumber loading cases, 532.--Freight rate
advances, 534.--General investigations, 536.
Supreme Court definition of Commission's authority, 538.--The
Illinois Central car supply case, 538.--Economic v.
legal aspects considered, 540.--The Baltimore and Ohio
decision, 541.--The Burnham, Hanna, Munger case, 542.--The
Pacific Coast lumber cases, 543.--Decisions revealing
legislative defects, 546.--The Orange Routing
case, 546.--The Portland Gateway order, 547.--The
Commission's power to require testimony affirmed, 549.--The
Baird case, 549.--The "Immunity Bath" decision and the
Harriman case, 550.--Interpretation of the "commodity
clause," 552.--Means of evasion described, 553.