...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...

...commerce, as amended, which prescribes a new statutory rule of ratemaking. The statute reads as follows: In the exercise of its power to prescribe Just and...adjust such rates so that carriers as a whole (or at a whoh in each of ruch rate groups or territaria as the Commission may from time to time designate)...

...charge 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...

...and few hard rules, in determining what a just and reasonable rate might be. The 1935 Act provided that, in the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates for the transportation of property by common carriers by motor vehicle, the Commission was to accord...

...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...

...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...

...interstate commerce act as part of section 15a thereof, paragraphs 2 and 3 reading as follows: (2) In the exercise of Its power to prescribe just and...such rates so that carriers as a whole (or as a whole iu each of such rate Ri'oups or territories as the Commission may from time to time designate) will,...

...already done so. In section 422 of the transportation act you provide, subsection 2, as follows: (2) In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and...adjust such rates so that carriers as a whole (or us a whole in each of such rate groups or territories as the commission may from time to time designate)...