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“... proportional rates by rail to and
from the ports to which the traffic is brought, or from which it
is taken by the water carrier, and to determine to what traffic
and in connection with what vessels and upon what terms and
conditions such rates shall apply. By proportional rates are meant
those which differ from the corresponding local rates to and from
the port and which apply only to traffic which has been brought
to the port or is carried from the port by a common carrier by water.
“(d) If any rail carrier subject to the Act to regulate com-
merce enters into arrangements with any water carrier operating
from a port in the United States to a foreign country, through
the Panama Canal or otherwise, for the handling of through
business between interior points of the United States and such
foreign country, the Interstate Commerce Commission may require
such railway to enter into similar arrangements with any or all
other lines of steamships operating from said port to the same...”
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