In 1903 it enacted the Elkins law, forbidding railways to charge rates other than those published, and laid penalties upon the officers and agents of companies, who granted secret favors to shippers, and upon shippers who accepted them.

1903 年，它颁布了埃尔金斯法，禁止铁路收取公布以外的费率，并对向托运人提供秘密恩惠的公司官员和代理人以及接受他们的托运人进行处罚。