The rates are governed by the nature and extent of the traffic, the pressure of competition, either by water, by a rival route, or by other land carriage ; but, above all, the companies have regard to the commercial value of the commodity, and the rate... The Working and Management of an English Railway - Side 196av George Findlay - 1889 - 332 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| James Hole - 1893 - 414 sider
...the pressure of competition either by water, by a rival railway route, or by other land carriage," "the commercial value of the commodity, and the rate...a competing market with a fair margin of profit," but it will simply have to consider what would reimburse the cost of conveyance, with no object but... | |
| Clement Edwards - 1898 - 350 sider
...Companies really did what Sir George Findlay declares they do, that is, fix the rate of a commodity " so as to admit of its being produced and sold in a competing market with a fair margin of profit" it may then be asked by what manner of possible right have they to say what shall or shall not be a... | |
| Winthrop More Daniels - 1899 - 410 sider
...strong d priori presumption in favor of governmental control or ownership. A railroad after all was railway route, or by other land carriage; but above...competing market with a fair margin of profit." — The Working and Management o/ an English Railway, p. 264, by George Findlay. only a new variety of public... | |
| Edwin A. Pratt - 1912 - 552 sider
...governed by the nature and extent of the traffic, the pressure of competition, either by water, by a rival route, or by other land carriage ; but, above all,...nevertheless greatly to the advantage of the community." The application of the principle is worked out by the division into various classes of all minerals and... | |
| Edwin A. Pratt - 1912 - 552 sider
...the companies have regard to the commercial value of the commodity, and the rate it will bear, so rjs to admit of its being produced and sold in a competing...nevertheless greatly to the advantage of the community." The application of the principle is worked out by the division into various classes of all minerals and... | |
| William Ramage Lawson - 1914 - 368 sider
...commodity and the rate it will bear so as to admit of its being produced and sold in a competing market at a fair margin of profit. The companies each do their...nevertheless greatly to the advantage of the community." 1 Sir George Findlay's definition of scientific rate-making was published while he was General Manager... | |
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