The Elkins Act 1903
President Theodore Roosevelt spurred Congeess to pass some more effective railroad legislation, starting with this act.
It said that heavy fines could be imposed on railroads that gave rebates and on the shippers that accepted them.
The Hepburn Act 1906
This act severly restricted free passes to use the railroad.
The Interstate Commerce Commission was also expanded to include express companies, sleeping-car companies, and pipelines, as well as it was authorized to nullify existing rates and stipulate maximum rates.
There's that Hepburn Act
and there's....
That Hepburn!
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