The Big Four set shipping rates in the 1870s
A) as mandated by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) .
B) according to the highest charges the traffic could bear.
C) in collusion with the Santa Fe Railroad.
D) as dictated by Adolph Sutro and his allies.
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