...may be termed a rule of rate making, indicating certain factors which, among others, the Commission, in the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates, must take into consideration. The bill provides (sec. 206) for the return to carriers of amounts which...

...basis or that those near a market may enjoy the advantage of their location. That act does provide that in the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall establish them so that carriers as a whole or in rate groups will earn a fair return upon the value...

...would not meet the test of reasonableness found in section 15a of the act. That section provides that, in the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates, the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the...

...imposes a duty upon the commission rather than upon the carriers, and that duty is to be performed "In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates." That power is specifically conferred by section 15 (1), which authorizes and empowers us — • to...

...things considered," not merely the finding of diversion. Finally, the applicable statute provides: "In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the...

...administrative matters are disposed of hy the commissioner in immediate charge of the particnlar harean. GENERAL INCREASES IN RATES. Section 15a of the interstate...provides as follows: In the exercise of its power to prescrihe jnst and reasonahle rates the Commission shall initiate, modify, estahlish, or adjnst snch...

...section 422 Transportation Act 1920. § 405B. Commission's Power to Initiate Rates — Fair Return. — In the exercise of its power to. prescribe just and...Commission shall initiate, modify, establish or adjust rates so that carriers as a whole (or as a whole in each of such rate groups or territories as the...

...from such loans to be prescribed by the Commission. Interstate Commerce Commission to Initiate Rates. In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates, the Interstate Commerce Commission can initiate as well as modify and establish rates. Rate-Making Rule....

...expression of public policy; it is free from technical complexities or confusing legislative verbiage. "In the exercise. of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates," the declaration specifies, "the Commission shall initiate, modify, establish or adjust such rates so that...

...by 'which the Interstate Commerce Commission is to be governed, as distinctly stated in paragraph 2, "In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates." That power, as stated in § 15 of the Interstate Commerce Act, is the power to prescribe just and reasonable...