CHAPTER XVIII

THE COMMERCE COURT: THE FREIGHT RATE ADVANCES OF 1910

The Commerce Court docket, 581.--The Commerce Court in Congress, 582.--Supreme Court opinions concerning it, 583.--Legal _v._ economic decisions, 586.--Law points decided, 586.--The Maximum (Cincinnati) Freight Rate case revived, 588.--Real conflict over economic issues, 590.--The Louisville & Nashville case, 590.--The California Lemon case, 592.--Broad _v._ narrow court review once more, 593.

The freight rate advances of 1910, 594.--Their causes examined, 595.--Weakness of the railroad presentation, 596.--Operating expenses and wages higher, 597.--The argument in rebuttal, 598.--"Scientific management," 598.--The Commission decides adversely, 599.