Note 275 — Chapter XXVI · PRIVATE-CAR ABUSES.
Reading edition
Evidence, pp. 101, 133, 134, 146, etc. For example the manager of the “Missouri River Despatch” operating 250 refrigerator cars testified that the Erie paid 12½ percent commissions on the freight rates in addition to the mileage. And the manager of the Santa Fe car-line said the B. & O. paid them 12½ percent commissions on dairy products in addition to the ¾ cent mileage, etc. etc.