However, with railroads, transportation was much more convenient and faster.

但是有了铁路，运输要方便快捷的多。

The purpose was to keep the cost of railroad transportation reasonable.

其目的是使铁路运输成本保持在合理的范围之内。

Grover Cleveland approved a bill giving the government control over the cost of railroad transportation. The bill was called the Interstate Commerce Act.

格罗夫·克利夫兰批准了一项法案，让政府控制铁路运输成本，这项法案被称为《州际商业法》。

The Supreme Court rejected this argument. In a decision in eighteen seventy-six, the Supreme Court said states had a legal right to control costs of railroad transportation.

最高法院驳回了这一论点。最高法院在1876年的一项裁决中表示，各州拥有控制铁路运输成本的合法权利。