It would not allow them specials rates for shipping
It would not allow them specials rates for shipping
It would not allow them specials rates for shipping
It would not allow them specials rates for shipping
The Interstate Commerce Act
Railroads and communications. It strengthened the (very weak and ineffective) Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and the Elkins Act of 1903 and the Hepburn Act of 1906 which also regulated railroads.
Wilson
Man-Elkins Act
It strengthened the Interstate Commerce Act.
Edge Act corporations are chartered by the Fed, while agreement corporations secure their charters from the states.
Railroads
The power to legislate corporations is held by the Commonwealth (and corporations as it applies to Industrial relations per the High Courts ruling) and hence the act covers corporations in their role as employers, which is defined in the act.