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Elkins Act of 1903  

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  • The Elkins Act of 1903 expanded the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 by addressing the issue of how to regulate the practice of rebates used by the railroads in the United States. The legislation signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt ended the practice of special rates and rebates that hindered commerce and also placed the railroad industry under further regulatory surveillance by the Interstate Commerce Commission. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Elkins Act of 1903]

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