1·Fed up with increasing rates, customers, notably chemical, coal, and agribusiness companies, are complaining that these are evidence that the railroads are abusing their market power.
客户们，特别是化工，煤炭和农业公司，已经受够了价格的上涨，他们抱怨道：这就是铁路部门正在滥用其市场权力的证据。
2·A law regulating the railroads was enacted in 1887 (Interstate Commerce act) and another, preventing large firms from controlling a single industry, in 1890 (Sherman Antitrust act).
1887年通过了对铁路部门实行调控的法案(州际商务法)，1890年通过了另一项防止大公司垄断某行业的法案(谢尔曼反托拉斯法)。