CHAPTER XIV

1887-1905. EMASCULATION OF THE LAW

Favorable reception, 456.--First resistance from unwilling witnesses concerning rebates, 457.--Counselman and Brown cases, 458.--The Brimson case, 459.--Relation to Federal Courts unsatisfactory, 460.--Interminable delay, 461.--Original evidence rejected, 461.--The Commission's court record examined, 462.--Rate orders at first obeyed, 467.--The Social Circle case, 468.--Final breakdown in Maximum (Cincinnati) Freight Rate case, 469.--Other functions remaining, 472.--The long and short haul clause interpreted, 474.--The Louisville and Nashville case, 474.--The "independent line" decision, 476.--The Social Circle case again, 478.--"Rare and peculiar cases," 479.--The Alabama Midland (Troy) decision, 481.--Attempted rejuvenation of the long and short haul clause, 483.--The Savannah Naval Stores case, 484.--The dwindling record of complaints, 485.