Interstate Commerce: Debate in Forty-Eighth Congress, Second Session [-Fiftieth Congress], on the Bill (H.R. 5461) to Establish a Board of Commissioners of Interstate Commerce and to Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c |
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Side 14
... cost of transportation of a year's food from the agricultural west to the seaboard has been reduced to the price of a day's labor , so that the mechanic of the manufacturing centers may by the sacrifice of a single holiday be said to ...
... cost of transportation of a year's food from the agricultural west to the seaboard has been reduced to the price of a day's labor , so that the mechanic of the manufacturing centers may by the sacrifice of a single holiday be said to ...
Side 26
... cost . The accomplishment of the purpose aimed at is a " consummation most de- voutly to be wished , " and the necessity of remedying the discriminations com- plained of is apparent . The real question to be considered is , therefore ...
... cost . The accomplishment of the purpose aimed at is a " consummation most de- voutly to be wished , " and the necessity of remedying the discriminations com- plained of is apparent . The real question to be considered is , therefore ...
Side 31
... cost than they pay for transporting the same class of freight to the same market a less distance . Albert Fink , trunk - line commissioner , and perhaps the highest au- thority on railroad traffic in this country , says in his evidence ...
... cost than they pay for transporting the same class of freight to the same market a less distance . Albert Fink , trunk - line commissioner , and perhaps the highest au- thority on railroad traffic in this country , says in his evidence ...
Side 33
... cost is at the average rate of 1 cent per ton per mile for all the freight hauled over the whole line of road , and it is equally well known that long hauls can be made at some- what less cost in proportion than short hauls . It is ...
... cost is at the average rate of 1 cent per ton per mile for all the freight hauled over the whole line of road , and it is equally well known that long hauls can be made at some- what less cost in proportion than short hauls . It is ...
Side 51
... cost of the lines , and thus that commerce is burdened to - day by an attempt at least to pay a fair rate of interest upon a capi- tal twice that actually invested in the business . But this great injury has been done , and it may be ...
... cost of the lines , and thus that commerce is burdened to - day by an attempt at least to pay a fair rate of interest upon a capi- tal twice that actually invested in the business . But this great injury has been done , and it may be ...
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Interstate Commerce: Debate in Forty-Eighth Congress, Second Session ... United States. Congress Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1884 |
Interstate Commerce: Debate in Forty-Eighth Congress, Second Session ... United States. Congress Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1884 |
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Side 223 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Side 139 - ... than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service In the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which Is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Side 87 - Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Side 218 - Court of equity, and without the formal pleadings and proceedings applicable to ordinary suits in equity, but in such manner as to do justice in the premises; and to this end such Court shall have power, if it think fit, to direct and prosecute, in" such mode and by such persons as it may appoint, all such inquiries as the Court may think needful to enable it to form a just judgment in the matter of such petition...
Side 561 - That nothing in this Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...
Side 69 - ... the carriage of freights from being and being treated as one continuous carriage from the place of shipment to the place of destination, unless such break, stoppage, or interruption was made in good faith for some necessary purpose, and without any intent to avoid or unnecessarily interrupt such continuous carriage or to evade any of the provisions of this act.
Side 408 - The costs and expenses of such prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States.
Side 561 - ... nothing in this Act contained shall in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this Act are in addition to such remedies...
Side 218 - ... shall happen, alleging such violation or disobedience as the case may be; and the said Court shall have power to hear and determine the matter, on such short notice to the common carrier complained of as the Court shall deem reasonable; and such notice may be served on such common carrier, his or its officers, agents, or servants...
Side 556 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...