Note 157 — Chapter XVI · TEN YEARS OF FEDERAL REGULATION.
Reading edition
“The exaction of the published rate is the exception.... Men who in every other respect are reputable citizens are guilty of acts which, if the statute law of the land were enforced, would subject them to fine or imprisonment.” See Rep. 1898, pp. 5, 6, 18, 19; Rep. 1899, p. 8.