THE MANN-ELKINS ACT OF 1910
Prompt acquiescence by carriers, 557.--Opposition begins
in 1908, 557.--Political developments, 558. President
Taft's bill, 559.--Three main features of the new
law, 560.--Suspension of rate changes, 561.--Former
defective injunction procedure remedied, 562.--The
new long and short haul clause, 564.--Provision
for water competition, 566.--The new Commerce
Court, 566.--Congressional debates, 567.--Jurisdiction
of the new Court, 568.--Its defects, 569.--Prosecution
transferred to the Department of Justice, 570.--Liability
for rate quotations, 571.--Wider scope of Federal
authority, 572.--The Railroad Securities Commission,
573--Its report analyzed, 574.--The statute summarized, 578.