Because the Hepburn Act strengthened existing government control of railroads.
The hepburn act gave united states federal law the right to <span>set maximum railroad rates and extend its jurisdiction. This means that the taxation expense that had to be paid by the railroad companies would be significantly higher compared to the period before hepburn Act</span>
Explanation: The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in 1882, and again in 1892.] The Exclusion Acts then passed were limited to ten years’ duration. In May next the latest act will expire by limitation, and Congress will be asked to renew it, because, until now, Chinese exclusion has been regarded in diplomatic circles and elsewhere as the settled policy of the country. Has there been any change in the nature of the evil, or in the sentiments of the people? Certainly not on the Pacific Coast, where the lapse of time has made still more evident the non-assimilative character of the Chinese and their undesirability as citizens.
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Containment; it was all about stopping the spread of communism.
