United States. 45th Congress, 2d session. House report no. 379. Cheap transportation between East and West. Report from the Committee on railways and canals to provide for cheap transportation of freight between tide-water on or near the Atlantic ocean, and the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Mar. 13, 1878. 20 pp. 8°. 47th Congress, 1st session.

House. Committee on commerce.

Arguments and statements before the Committee on commerce in relation to certain bills referred to that committee proposing Congressional regulation of interstate commerce. Feb. 23, 1882.

Washington: Government printing office, 1882.

8°.

(47th Congress, 1st session. House miscellaneous document no. 55.)

Contains arguments of Wayne MacVeagh, Albert Fink, and others. House report no. 1399. A bureau of inter-state commerce. Report from the Committee on commerce. 13, 1882. 3 pp. 8°.

Majority report presented by Amos Townsend.

House report no. 1399, pt. 2.

June

Same. Views of the

minority. June 12, 1882. 7 pp. 8°.

Minority report by John H. Reagan.

48th Congress, 2d session. Senate report no. 1571. Prelim-
inary report from the Committee on transportation routes
to the seaboard. Mar. 3, 1885. 43 pp. Folded map. 8°.
49th Congress, 1st session. Senate report no. 46, pts. 1 and
2. Report of the Senate select committee on interstate
commerce. (With appendix.)

Washington: Government printing office, 1886. 2 vols. 89.
Presented by Mr. Cullom.

CONTENTS.-Part 1: The railroad system of the United States-Its
evolution and extent; The internal commerce of the United States;
The power of Congress to regulate commerce-A review of the
declarations of the United States Supreme court on the subject;
The relations of the railroad to the community and to the gov-
ernmental authority; The various methods of railroad regula-
tion; The course of railroad legislation in England; Railroad
legislation in the United States; Summary of the provisions of
the state statutes-The work of the State commissions; The
comparative volume of state and interstate traffic-Returns from
leading railroads; Competition between waterways and rail-
roads-Water routes the most effective regulators of railway
charges; The necessity of national regulation on interstate com-
merce; The causes of complaint against the railroad system; Rail-
road rates-The principles upon which they should be established,
and the limitations within which discrimination may be justifi-
able; Publicity the best remedy for unjust discrimination; A
national commission-Its establishment recommended for the
enforcement of the legislation proposed; The committee's bill.
Part 2: Testimony.

H

52d Congress, 2d session. coal combination. Report foreign commerce. Jan. 1 Testimony taken in regard to delphia and Reading railr canal companies and produ

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53d Congress, 3d session. commerce. Hearings befor commerce, U. S. Senate, i to amend an act entitled " approved February 4, 1887 Washington: Government pr (53d Congress, 3d session. no. 126.)

54th Congress, 2d session. Se from the Interstate comm the oral testimony taken by mission in the investigati river points. February 8,

Fi

Senate document no. gress relating to trusts. Congress, First session, in of the Attorney-General. Washington: Government pr 4°.

Edited by James A. Finch, li

Senate document no. man of the Interstate comm report showing rates filed w carriers subject to the act t and domestic traffic of like entry in the United States material differences, if any, of imported articles, etc.; a during the first six months traffic as distinguished from etc. March 2, 1903. 34 pl

United States. 57th Congress, 2d session. House report no. 3375. Bill requiring returns from corporations, prohibiting rebates, etc. Report from the Committee on the judiciary, January 26, 1903. 36 pp. 8°.

House report no. 3375, pt. 2.

the minority. January 29, 1903.

8 pp. 8°.

House report no. 3375, pt. 3.
R. Wayne Parker. January 31, 1903.

Same.
8°.

Views of

House report no. 3375, pt. 4.
R. M. Nevin. January 31, 1903. 2 pp.

House of Representatives. Hearing before the subcommittee on trust legislation. Dec. 13-16, 1902. 67 pp. 8°. Caption-title.

S. 6659. A bill for the regulation of trusts and corporations engaged in international or interstate commerce. 10 pp. 4°.

Introduced by Mr. Hoar, Dec. 17, 1902; read twice and referred to the Committee on the judiciary.

merce.

Congress. House. Committee on interstate and foreign com-
Hearings before the Committee · [April 8-
June 17, and February 4, 1902] on the bills to amend the
interstate commerce law (H. R. 146, 273, 2040, 5775, 8337,
and 10930).

Washington: Government printing office, 1902. 573 pp. 8°.
Running title: Interstate-commerce law.

Department of commerce and labor. Bureau of statistics.
Trunk line traffic and differential rates. Including tables
of traffic receipts and shipments, and freight rates on grain,
flour, provisions and live stock from interior cities to sea-
board.

(In Monthly summary of commerce and finance, no. 10, series 19031904, April, 1904, pp. 3959-4006. Washington, 1904. 4°.)

Department of state. Report on the relations of the governments of the nations of Western Europe to the railways, prepared by Simon Sterne. Feb. 17, 1887. 45 pp. 8°. (49th Congress, 2d session. Senate miscellaneous document no. 66.)

Industrial commission. Reports.

19 vols.

Washington: Government printing office, 1900-1902.
Maps. Facsimiles. Tables. Diagrams. 8°.
Vols. 4 and 9 are devoted to transportation and include evidence on
the government ownership of railroads. In the final report of
the Commission, vol. 19, pp. 481-484, recommendations on the
subject of transportation are made. Vols. 12 and 17 are partly
concerned with the subject.