There the farmers, in the early seventies, having got control in state legislatures, particularly in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois, enacted drastic laws prescribing the maximum charges which companies could make for carrying freight and passengers.

70 年代初期， 那里的农民控制了州立法机构，特别是在爱荷华州、威斯康星州和伊利诺伊州，他们颁布了严厉的法律， 规定了公司可以为运送货物和乘客收取的最高费用。