Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1887 — INTERSTATE COMMERCE. [ARTICLE]

INTERSTATE COMMERCE.

Some of the Ways in Which the Law Affects Travel. All persons except ministers of the gospel must pay full fare. The press must pay full fare. No rebates allowed. Passes can be granted to officers or employes of railroad and transportation companies only. One company may exchange these passes with another. Railroad men must pay full fares for their families. Tariffs must be printed and posted in all stations. Rates may be increased by giving ten days’ notice. Rates may be reduced by giving one day’s notice, posting tariffs in the stations. A lower rate cannot be given for a longer journey. That is, if a, war of rates should occur, and the fare between New York and San Francisco be reduced to $lO, the companies giving such rates could not charge more than that for conveyance to any intermediate station. No theatrical rates or passes to agents. In regard to passes, the law applies to travel between States only; passes may be given from one town to another in the same State. Excursion, mileage, thousand-mile, or commutation tickets are not affected by Hie law. The extreme penalty of the law is a fine of $5,000 for each and every offense (giving a pass or cutting the rates), with a liability for damages to the man who fails to get the pass or the cut rate. -.1...