Note 401 — Chapter XXXIII · FIXING RATES BY PUBLIC AUTHORITY.

Out of 37 passenger cases (20 rate cases and 17 miscellaneous) the decision was favorable to the complainant in 9; and in 316 freight cases the decision was for the complainant in 185 cases. In 70 of the freight cases the complaint was of excessive charges (half of them charging discrimination also, or relative excess as well as absolute excess); 119 related to charges relatively unreasonable; 52 concerned long and short haul abuses; 20 unreasonable classification, 8 unfair distribution of cars, 41 miscellaneous. Ninety-six of the 316 freight cases were dismissed, 13 settled while pending, 4 left without a general statement and no order, and 17 held for further action. Nearly 90 percent of all the cases, passenger and freight, related directly to some form of discrimination, and indirectly discrimination of some sort was an element in practically every case.