VII. THE HEPBURN ACT

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. I. IN QUEST OF STABILITY 1877-1883 7
6. II. AGITATION FOR A FEDERAL RAILROAD LAW 1884–1886 30
7. III. FORMATIVE YEARS OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 1887–1890 45
8. IV. COMPETITION AND CRISIS: THE FAILURE OF REGULATION 1891–1897 64
9. V. THE MOVEMENT FOR REFORM 1898 THROUGH THE ELKINS ACT 84
10. VI. PRESSURES FOR RAILROAD LEGISLATION 1903–1905 102
11. VII. THE HEPBURN ACT 127
12. VIII. THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND REGULATION, 1906–1908 155
13. IX. FREIGHT RATES, POLITICS, AND THE PRESIDENT 1909–1912 177
14. X. WOODROW WILSON AND THE TRIUMPH OF FEDERAL CONTROL 1913–1916 208
15. CONCLUSION 231
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 241
17. INDEX 265