Interstate Commerce Commission
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- Aug 7, 1889The Argument for a Railroad CommissionAdvocating for constitutional oversight of rail monopolies to curb corporate influence in Washington politics.Olympia, WA
- Jul 15, 1893The Canadian Pacific 'Ticket Scalping' ConspiracyFederal agents entrap a transcontinental railroad for selling cut-rate tickets, leading to high-stakes indictments in Tacoma.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 8, 1894Spokane Merchants Take the Railroad Monopoly Back to CourtThirty-five Spokane merchants ask a federal judge to force the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific to obey an 1891 Interstate Commerce Commission order that found the roads were gouging the inland city.Spokane, WA
- Jan 13, 1904The Fight Against Railroad ExtortionBusiness owners in Walla Walla face broken promises from rail monopolies, but the editor argues that federal and state regulation—not empty lobbying—is the only way to break the gridlock.Walla Walla, WA
- Apr 9, 1914The Day the River Stopped Running: Kennewick’s Fight to Keep the Columbia OpenWhen the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway threatened to cut its vital boat service on the Columbia River, local merchants and farmers united in a rare show of civic solidarity to save their lifeline.Kennewick, WA
- Jun 25, 1914The Price of Living in the DesertA scathing editorial calls out the discriminatory rail rates that forced Columbia Basin farmers to subsidize Puget Sound middlemen.Kennewick, WA
- Jul 28, 1916The High Stakes of the 1916 Rail StrikeRailroad managers take their wage dispute with union employees directly to the public in an aggressive advertisement.Coulee City, WA
- May 18, 1917Shippers Face New Freight TaxNorthwestern fruit growers are bracing for a 15 percent hike in shipping rates that could devastate their margins.White Bluffs, WA
- Mar 30, 1923A Railroad the Valley Needed—and Another Year of WaitingFederal regulators ordered a fresh hearing on the Wenatchee Southern, infuriating Central Washington growers who said poor transport was costing them millions.Wenatchee, WA
- Jul 20, 1923Growers Bet on New Railroad to Stem LossesWenatchee fruit growers commit to a unique tax on their own harvest to fund a new rail line after losing millions to transit delays.Wenatchee, WA
- Aug 8, 1924Railroad Wins Five-Year FightThe Interstate Commerce Commission finally authorizes the Wenatchee Southern railroad, promising a massive shift in Columbia River logistics.Wenatchee, WA