Talk:Interstate Commerce Commission
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I am not sure how this wiki software works so I will ask that someone else do this. Someone vandelised the article (reference to Soop Dogg). Can someone fix this? Thank You
Is this the united states or what?
This article needs more details, more history, etc. A transportation economist would be helpful.
"Is this the united states or what?" - yes. I also agree that the article needs more detail. What really irks me, is that there is no page for the act that created it. I dont really care too much about the commission itself, but the act and the events that precluded its creation, IE the big "Trusts" of the guilded age and public pressure to regulate them, and how that affected congress members. uberblue 03:26, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Can links to the important acts that involved the ICC be included in this article -- for example, the Hepburn Act? I believe they were important in giving the ICC its powers. (There may be some mentioned already. I just did not see Hepburn, so I apologize if I am overlooking). Otherwise, a great article! Cheers. Jakswa 00:49, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Absolutely more information is needed about the background. As Gabriel Kolko has documented in Railroads and Regulation, 1877-1916, the railroads had been lobbying for such an act for years before it was finally passed, and then continued to lobby to get changes made in their favor. The result was that the ICC had the authority to set both minimum as well as maximum rates. I agree that acts such as Hepburn ought to be included in the overall project, with perhaps a synopsis on this page and a separate page of their own. Ehusman 02:00, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
