United States Senate Committee on Railroads ended in 1921.
Railroads
Railroads
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.
United States Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads ended in 1921.
Sherman Antitrust Act
Interstate Commererce Act
because
"The basic principle of the Staggers Rail Act was simple: Railroads should be permitted to act much as other businesses in managing their assets and pricing their services" (Association of American Railroads, 2003).
act that ended strike activity
to charge the same taxes
Because of a long legal process and resistance from the railroads, until 1897, when Supreme Court ruled that it could not set maximum railroad rates.