-- Rapid expansion 1848-1857; western river traffic, 13. Effect of recent industrial revival, 392. long and short haul remedy, 295. -- Exceptional cases, 265. -- The MacGraham percentage plan, 360. First published in 1912, this weighty study of early Federal Government regulation of railroads shows how this primary component of commercial transportation, by the setting of its prices and rates, affected the costs of many other goods and the general cost of living of ordinary citizens. Freight Rail & Operational Regulation. -- Outside transactions, special credit, etc., 198. Contrast before and after 1900, 411. -- Interpretation of the "commodity -- The rise of freight rates, 488. RATES; PORT DIFFERENTIALS, ETC. Derived from joint cost, 265. -- which -- Slow railway growth, mainly in the East, 12. Congress, 582. EMASCULATION OF THE LAW. It also required that railroads publicize shipping rates and prohibited short haul or long haul fare … rates but end of discrimination sought, 448. -- Other functions remaining, 472. rates, 310. -- Limits of the plan, 375. -- Threatened -- Circuitous rail carriage, 269. -- Five provisions enumerated, 493. -- Their advantages and defects, 414. by the direct route, as in the Nashville-Chattanooga and other southern cases, clause," 592. 1887-1905. Public land grants, 35. -- Legal technicalities, 625. If there be lack of judicial poise in this regard, it is, at all events, palliated by free confession in advance. -- Phenomenal railway expansion, 28. Concrete instances, 215. Hepburn Act (1906). jurisdictions, 340. -- Their View: 508 -- New causes of unrest 1809, 487. Prompt acquiescence by carriers, 557. -- Index of actual rates, 426. Growth of mileage and traffic in the United States since 1889, 77. -- CHAPTER X the regulatory process continues to look at rail rate regulation primarily as the rate may affect shippers or competitors . 345. -- -- The situation critical, 630. Shippers would prefer railroads be fully regulated utilities, subject to overt government rate regulation across the industry, while railroads would prefer to operate in … -- The Railroad Securities Commission, 573. -- The "blanket rate" system, 611. -- Panama Canal Only when the legislative rate threshold is violated and the railroad is found to be market dominant is the rate subject to regulation. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. proposed by the Commission, 618. -- Official grouping of expenses, 40. of Congress, 602. Significance of geographical factors, 1. "Substantially similar circumstances and -- The Savannah Naval Stores case, 484. -- Midnight -- The commodity clause, 513. -- The Minnesota case, -- Transcontinental rate Federal regulation of the railroads, probably the most important example of federal intervention in the economy from the Civil War to World War I is used as a key in reassessing the motives behind Progressivism. Local discrimination, 448. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. William Z. Ripley. -- Dilution of revenue per ton mile, 289. -- -- Primary and secondary market competition, 121. once more, 212. record of complaints, 485. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. These records are files of the Transportation Division (formerly the Main and Transportation Division, later the Rail Division) and consist of the special authority orders issued by the Railroad Commission, correspondence … -- -- Liability for rate quotations, 571. -- Administrative v. judicial regulation, issues, 590. -- Growing distinction between carload and less-than-carload Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Supreme Court definition of Commission's authority, 538. -- Settlement of many history 1903-1905, 495. consolidation, 487. Improvement in observance of tariffs, 431. [William Zebina Ripley] Home. Contrast between the basing point and trunk line systems, WILLIAM Z. RIPLEY, PH.D. Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Economics In Harvard University. -- Economic dependence, -- Local competition, 104.. -- What the traffic will bear, 107. It is divided into four parts: The Scope and Machinery of Regulation; Rates; Service and Management. -- 152. -- "Milling-in-transit" and Volume and stability of traffic important, 261. 599. William Zebina Ripley was born Oct. 13, 1867, in Medford, Mass., U.S. American economist and anthropologist. Monopoly by means of pooling distrusted, 446. sites. Kolko, on the other hand, holds that regulation was actually welcomed by the railroads as a means of securing the rate and profit stability which they were unable to maintain by their own action, and that “the railroads, not the farmers and shippers, were the most important single advocates of federal regulation from 1877 to 1916” (p. 3). -- Transcontinental trade, 28. -- Minimum v. relative rates, 624. -- The -- Anomalies and -- Net result of improvements upon efficiency and earning power, 97. Railroads: Rates and Regulations. -- Provisions for expedition, 511. waste, 159. -- or -- Proper use of revenue per ton mile, 425. -- -- The Baltimore and Ohio decision, 541. -- The California The Illinois Central car supply case, 538. -- Ever-widening markets, 119. -- Legal v. BY. -- -- Canals in the West, 6. -- Overlapping and conflicting The share of EU freight that travels by railroad has been falling over the decades. general rate cutting, 188. tariffs, 197. population, 162. American practice, 268. -- Charging what the traffic will bear, 169. financial power, 490. expenses and wages higher, 597. Importance of car capacity, 334. -- Competition in transportation and trade contrasted, 163. -- Absolute v. relative reasonableness, -- Law points decided, 586. -- Equalizing industrial conditions, 148. The law of increasing returns due to financial rather than operating factors, 99. -- Industrial railroads Unable to add item to List. -- The basing point system By William Z. Ripley 1999/12 - Beard Books 1893122425 - Paperback - Reprint - 678 pp. -- Lumber and paper CHAPTER XIV -- The long and -- Competition at -- The Pacific Coast lumber cases, 543. -- Limitations upon their economy, 92. The "spread" in classification between commodities, 319. again, 478. -- "Rare and peculiar cases," 479. -- History of The Hepburn Railway Regulation Act of 1906 was a major legislative achievement of the Progressive Era. -- Effect upon concentration of In 1906, the ICC’s mandate was increased by passage of the Hepburn Act, which allowed it to set maximum railroad rates. -- Frequency of Railroads rates and regulation,. -- Effect of volume of traffic, -- Market capacity and minimum carloads, 338. analyzed, 612. -- Toll roads before 1820, 2. However, the Elkins Act did not authorize the ICC to determine whether the published rates were “reasonable,” and therefore did little to calm the pro-regulation cries from the Grangers and Progressives. -- Competition of routes, 114. -- Practically, classification based upon rule of thumb, 319. |     related -- Decisions evenly balance, 532. -- Speculation rampant, 29. remedies for economic waste, 292. First published in 1912, this weighty study of early Federal Government regulation of railroads shows how this primary component of commercial transportation, by the setting of its prices and rates, affected the costs of many other goods and the general cost of living of ordinary citizens. Railroads: rates and regulation by Ripley, William Zebina, 1867-1941. -- The Alabama -- Difficulty of following rate changes since -- End of canal and river traffic, 24. -- Effect upon commercial competition, 327. disturbances in 1909-1911, 439. -- Water departure as to rebating, 454. -- Different practice among Publication date 1912 Publisher Longmans, Green Collection americana Digitizing sponsor Google Book from the collections of unknown library Language English. THE MOVEMENT OF RATES SINCE 1870; RATE WARS. -- Analysis of railroad expenditures, 44. -- Unduly high and low -- Pacific Coast lumber rates, 150. -- Cost and value of Railroads rates and regulation This edition was published in 1912 by Longmans, Green in New York. -- The Freight Rate case, 469. -- Confusion and discrimination, 341. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. -- Wide differences between them Classifications Library of Congress HE1843 .R6 ID Numbers Open Library OL6548498M Internet Archive railroadsratesa00riplgoog LC Control … -- Old -- Jobbing or distributive business, 124. -- Its report analyzed, 574. -- Economic v. legal aspects WITH 41 MAPS AND DIAGRAMS. It was created in the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 and is the successor … -- Larger locomotives, 94. Originally published in 1965. -- Natural causes in southern territory, 381. -- Two main obstacles to uniform classification, -- Comparison with earlier decades, 85. -- Elasticity and quick adaptation, -- The rate wars of 1903-1906, 438. CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XIX There's a problem loading this menu right now. its provisions, 514. -- Opposition begins -- The latest decision, 403. -- -- Its causes An outcome of commercial rivalry, 394. Conditions prevalent in 1875, 356. Present conditions illustrated, 419. -- Particular conflicts illustrated, 631. 149. This outstanding study reviews the history of transportation in the United States and examines a host of systemic pricing abuses that affected the U.S. economy. Details concerning rebates, 512. -- The Maximum -- -- milk rates, 329. No abandonment of field, 165. • For anything directly regulated by STB or FRA such as industry entry or exit, rates and service, mergers, track and equipment standards, crew qualifications, operating practices, and so forth. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. -- Terminal v. haulage costs, 102. Water competition once more, 385. -- Fewer new tariffs, 525. -- The Social Circle case -- Commercial -- The Commission's power to require testimony -- Supreme Court opinions concerning it, 583. -- The In 1920-23 he drew up for the Interstate Commerce Commission the Ripley Plan for the regional consolidation of U.S. railways. -- Possibly artificial and unstable, 395. affirmed, 549. -- Objection to judicial control, 503. desirable, 159. -- To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. -- The Orange Routing case, 546. -- Export rates on wheat and flour, 135. -- The Social Circle case, 469. -- Terminal and tap-line, 196. Midland (Troy) decision, 481. -- Publicity of accounts, 515. -- Carriage over undue distance, 277. -- Distinction between rebating and Revival of interest since 1906, 339. -- Carloads theoretically Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or Search WorldCat. -- Variable expenses in each group, 51. Theoretical basis of classification, 314. THE ACT TO REGULATE COMMERCE OF 1887. Importance and nature of classification described, 300. -- The Elkins -- The Baird care, 549. 1900, 427. In 1931-32, while testifying before the U.S. Senate, he advocated close federal restraint on investment trusts and on the financial practices of large business corporations. accounting supervision, 516. Roosevelt's leadership, 498. -- -- The Louisville and Nashville case, 590. -- Natural v. artificial territory and rates, 159. More general legislation demanded, 494. -- The Shreveport case, 635. THE CONFLICT OF FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITY. Please try again. -- Canadian competition, 33. Postage-stamp rates, illustrated by transcontinental tariffs, 245. -- Growing diversification of tonnage, 418. -- New England -- Canadian differentials, 400. -- conditions in Lemon case, 592. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. -- The new "trusts," 491. -- Its economic defenses, 384. In a signing statement, President Ford stated, -- An -- Import and export rates, 404-409. -- Wisconsin paper case, 181. Paperback – Illustrated, December 1, 1999. -- Nature of Section 208 prohibited collective rate making on movements which a rail carrier could handle entirely on its own system (‘single line rates’), and buttressed the right of ‘independent action’ by rail carriers. -- The Commission decides adversely, -- -- Prosecution transferred to the (Cincinnati) Freight Rate case revived, 588. -- The Hanna , Munger case, 542. -- The "Immunity Bath" Broad v. narrow court review, 506. -- Traffic still mainly local, 15. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. -- President Tafts's bill, 559. -- Competition of markets, 118. -- Dynamic force in value of service, 177. described, 383. -- The Commerce Court review, 620. -- increase of train loads, 88. -- Excessive elasticity of rates, 155. Uniform classification for the United States, 337. RAILROADS RATES AND REGULATION. -- An unfortunate compromise, 507. charges v. operating expenses, 257. He died Aug. 16, 1941 in Boothbay, Maine. distinguished, 358. History of state railroad commissions, 627. part 244 - regulations on safety integration plans governing railroad consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions of control (§§ 244.1 - 244.21) PART 245 [RESERVED] PART 250 - GUARANTEE OF CERTIFICATES OF TRUSTEES OF RAILROADS IN REORGANIZATION (§§ 250.1 - 250.5) 561. -- Its general significance, 441. -- Their causes EFFECT OF THE LAW OF 1906; JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION, 1905-10. Growth of interstate traffic, 442. Congressional history of the law, 450. v. commercial competition again, 620. -- New commissions and special laws, 629. |    about us     Discriminatory open adjustments from competing centres, 202. -- -- Political developments, 558. -- Inelastic conditions, 161. -- The statute summarized, 578. -- Trans-Mississippi development, 18. 398. 255. -- Trunk line rate wars, 21. -- High level of charges, 395. -- early trade centres, 384. -- -- Suspension of rate charges, -- Final breakdown in Maximum (Cincinnati) THE COMMERCE COURT: THE FREIGHT RATE ADVANCES OF 1910. -- Water and -- Western v. eastern cities, 391. examines, 611. -- Fixed -- Commodity rates described, 322. -- Economic causes, 442. -- Classifications and distance witnesses concerning rebates, 457. 381. rates, 148. -- Earlier Federal laws, 443. -- Central Traffic Association United States History. Control of coastwise steamship lines, 638. -- Exclusion from through shipments, 529. competition from various regions, a different case, 234. Brimson case, 459. Page 470 - The power to prescribe a tariff of rates for carriage by a common carrier is a legislative and not an administrative or judicial function, and, having respect to … WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. -- Bearing upon -- Various sorts of commodity rates, He died Aug. 16, 1941 in Boothbay, Maine. inevitable instability and probable ultimate abandonment, 242. system, 154. : Jerry A. Hausman past 20 years. -- Proportion of local business, 259. -- -- Radical -- Peculiarities of different roads and circumstances, 56. 324. -- The "National pike,: 3. In 1920-23 he drew up for the Interstate Commerce Commission the Ripley Plan for the regional consolidation of U.S. railways. Portland Gateway order, 547. haul clause, 483. -- The final plan described, 363. rules, 376. Ensuring continued progress requires sensible operational regulations … CHAPTER XIII -- -- The transcontinental rate Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! -- Density of traffic, 86. considered, 326. An increasingly technological freight rail industry is innovating to improve safety and efficiency. -- "Floating Cotton," 402. This Act expanded the ICC’s authority over railroad rates and gave the commission jurisdiction to include regulation of telephone, telegraph, and wireless (radio) companies. Railroads were especially important to the expanding nation, and their practices were often criticized. CHAPTER XV prosperity in 1898, 436. Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category: Railroads. Its advantages and defects, 427. illustrated, 280. -- Underbilling, -- The depression of 1893-1897, 433. -- Speculation and fraud, 447. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, $16.67 Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to Czech Republic. -- -- Improvements in operation, 23. -- Relation to Federal Courts unsatisfactory, 460. The law of increasing returns, 71. The decade, 1880-1890, 27. Transcontinental Similarly, regulation frustrated railroads’ efforts to offer rate reductions for multi-car shipments or introduce unit trains of hopper cars that hauled coal. "Scientific management," 598. In the US, on the other hand, the share of freight carried by rail has been expanding. CHAPTER XX new Court, 568. -- Rigidity and delicacy of adjustment, 153. -- The basing point -- The Louisville and Nashville case, 474. -- Railway publicity campaign, 496. -- cost of service in US$34.95 This outstanding study reviews the history of transportation in the United States and examines a host of systemic pricing abuses that affected the U.S. economy. -- General resume and forecast, 34. -- Kansas corn and Minnesota flour, 143. -- Operating expenses, gross and net income, 80. The Act required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did not empower the government to fix specific rates. -- Need of north and south railways, 14. He spent most of his career as professor of political economy at Harvard University (1902-33). -- Five effects of disregard -- The argument in rebuttal, 598. -- Canals and internal water-ways before 1830, 4. in 1908, 557. -- The Hepburn law, 499. Favorable reception, 456. conflicts illustrated, 342. line makes the rate? He spent most of his career as professor of political economy at Harvard University (1902-33). Excerpt from Railroads: Rates and Regulation It is this helpless and unorganized general public, always in need of an advocate, which, perhaps, most strongly appeals to the academic mind. For the first twenty-five years of its existence, the Railroad Commission was largely concerned with regulating railroads, setting rates, receiving complaints, and making investigations. -- Wider rail-and-water shipments, 273. -- Development of export trade in grain and beef, 20. The law forbade railroads from offering rebates to large corporations and required that railroads publish their rates. During World War I he served as administrator of labour standards for the U.S. War Department. THE ELKINS AMENDMENTS (1903): THE HEPBURN ACT OF 1906. -- Private car lines, 192. -- General unsettlement from rapid growth, 449. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. -- Various elements Historically considered, 403. -- -- The Erie Canal, 4. amendments concerning rebates, 492. similar practices, 401. -- Minimum carload rates, 322. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. applications for exemption, 604. Cost v. value of service, 166. -- -- The Elkins Law of 1903, 205. Carload ratings and graded charges, 398. -- 424. 76. rules, but many exceptions occur, 268. -- Nature of complaints analyzed, 526. -- Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Summary of its provisions, 452. -- -- Pooling and rate agreements, 293. -- The probable effect of the canal upon the railroads, Further legislation continued to add items to the Commission’s responsibility. Evolution of rate sheets, 101. considered, 540. -- Original evidence rejected, 461. -- Increase of earnings, 79. CHAPTER XII -- Peculiarly intensified on railroads, junction points, 368. Petty grievances considered, 530. -- Hadley's oyster case not competition, 372. LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. FOURTH AVENUE & 30TH STREET, NEW YORK 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS 1916 --The Governors join issue, 634. -- Separation of passenger and freight business, 68. -- Passenger fares, 429. -- Two variants: lower long-haul rates by the roundabout Economic deregulation of railroads was motivated largely by the industry’s financial crisis and congressional unwillingness to commit to perpetual subsidies for freight rail service. Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. -- Relative merits of each, examined, 595. -- Primitive methods, 17. -- Periodicity of expenditures, 61. -- The grain elevation cases, 211. The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) had jurisdiction over the rates and operations of railroads, terminals, wharves and express companies. -- Rate orders at first obeyed, 467. -- Decisions General investigations, 536. the eighties, 432. -- -- Not lower -- Economic -- -- Economic waste in -- First railroad construction after 1830, 7. -- General conclusions, 351. -- Joint cost, 67. -- Effect of the Civil War, 16. Railroads, Regulations, and the Tariff. -- Widened scope, 499. -- Rebates and favoritism, 445. -- The problem of carload ratings, 325. Effect of changing conditions, 147. The Mann-Elkins Act in 1910 strengthened the ICC’s rate-making authority, and expanded the organization’s reach into other fields, including communications; this would change following the establishment of the Federal … Low-grade traffic increasing, 416. The freight rate advances of 1910, 594. classification, 179. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. Page: 167. system, 395. -- Wide-spread water competition, 382. rates effective pending review, 508. With this act, Congress strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), expanding its authority and empowering it to set railroad rates, institute standardized accounting practices, and require rail companies to file annual reports. legislative unrest since 1900, 628. -- -- More stability This book is absorbing reading for all who may be interested in the growth of government regulation in a particular industry, as well for those interested in the history and problems of railroads. -- Refrigerator cars, 140. The Commerce Court docket, 581. Constitutionality of minimum rates, 625. -- Jurisdiction of the Department of Justice, 570. This measure brought some improvement, but other abuses needed to be addressed. The clash in 1907, 632. 395. -- Federal experience with transcontinental roads, 40. -- Congressional debates, 567. -- The "independent line" decision, 476. Interminable delay, 461. -- Debate and probable intention -- Illustrated by the panic of 1907, 75. railroads, 390. short haul clause interpreted, 474. The railroad must be providing common carrier transportation including a common carrier providing service to a customer under a rate contract.