Essays Tagged: "freight rates"
Between 1890 and 1920, Progressives attempted to improve working conditions,
as subject to Federal Regulation. In 1906, The Hepburn Act allowed the ICC the right to set maximum freight rates and extend their reach beyond railroads. (Tindall et al., page401) In 1906, the Meat I ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
How did government policty, technology, and economic conditions affect agriculture.
w technological advancements in farming were sold to the farmers at high prices and shipped at high freight rates. Also, the prices of cash crops dropped during this period, causing many farmers to li ... ore markets. However, greedy men like Cornelius Vanderbilt controlled the railroads. Extremely high freight rates made the farmers lose more than they expected. Likewise, the cost of shipping, taxes, ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Robber Barons
ut off the supplies of the rebel dealer, the secret aid of the railroads and the espionage of their freight agents would be invoked. The process of "Turning the Screw" is described by an example of a ... found out that all his shipments were reported secretly to the enemy, and then by a coincidence his freight rates on shipments of all kinds were raised even doubled.Where the company couldn't carry on ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Farmers' Grievances
farmers had no choice but to use these roads. The railroads naturally exacted high rates. The local freight rates were particularly higher than the long distance rates. Railroads, fortified by monopol ... ance rates. Railroads, fortified by monopoly and supported by politics, were accused of controlling freight and fares at their own pleasure to the oppression of the farmer according to the principle, ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
The Farmers' Movement, 1870-1900 DBQ
gave farmers incentive to band together in order to combat outrages rates politically (Document D). Freight rates especially hurt farmers, who were far from both buying and selling markets, a clever e ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History