...may be termed a rule of rate making, indicating certain factors which, among others, the Commission, in the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates, must take into consideration. The bill provides (sec. 206) for the return to carriers of amounts which...

...basis or that those near a market may enjoy the advantage of their location. That act does provide that in the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall establish them so that carriers as a whole or in rate groups will earn a fair return upon the value...

...commerce, as amended, which prescribes a new statutory rule of ratemaking. The statute reads as follows: In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and...whole (or as a whole in each of such rate groups or territariet as the Commission may from lime to time designate) will, under honest, efficient, and economical...

...commerce, as amended, which prescribes a new statutory rule of ratemaking. The statute reads as follows: In the exercise of its power to prescribe Just and...adjust such rates so that carriers as a whole (or at a whoh in each of ruch rate groups or territaria as the Commission may from time to time designate)...

...would not meet the test of reasonableness found in section 15a of the act. That section provides that, in the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates, the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the...

...such fair return, the commission shall endeavor to adjust the general level of rates so that operating carriers as a whole (or as a whole in each of such rate groups or tei tories as the commission may from time to time designate) will under normal conditions and under...

...21, and will be a violation of section 15a, which charges the commission with the duty of adjusting rates so that carriers as a whole or as a whole in each group, designated by the commission, will earn a fair return. However, it appears that the protesting...

...imposes a duty upon the commission rather than upon the carriers, and that duty is to be performed "In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates." That power is specifically conferred by section 15 (1), which authorizes and empowers us — • to...

...things considered," not merely the finding of diversion. Finally, the applicable statute provides: "In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the...

...carriers under its jurisdiction in the following manner: Either treating the carriers of the United States as a whole, or as a whole in each of such rate groups...as the Commission may from time to time designate, to fix the value, using certain prescribed methods, of the property devoted to the service of the public...