In this, the government is trying to help facilitate competition in order to guarantee better prices for consumers and more of a chance for other firms to enter the industries. A group of organized farmers, called the Grangers, got together and pushed for government intervention in regulating the railroad industry. At the time, the railroad was charging ridiculous rates and the farmers could not afford to keep up with the prices in order to transport their products. The Interstate Commerce Act (1887) was the first attempt from the government to help regulate businesses. It was "devised to apply technical expertise and a semijudicial and less partisan approach to the regulation of complex affairs." It required the all railroads that passed through more than one state charge fair rates and handle their business in a just manner. It also made pools, discriminatory rates, drawbacks, and rebates illegal. From this act, the Interstate Commerce Commission was also introduced; one of their first orders of business was to ensure that companies were charging appropriate rates and to help prevent…