Coal: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representaties, Sixty-ninth Congress, First Session, on Coal Legislation, Volumes 1-3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 - Coal |
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... fields . " ( And , by the way , most of my remarks , Mr. Chairman , will be addressed to the anthracite situation rather than to the bituminous situation . ) My answer to that inquiry , " Why worry when we have a five - year agreement ...
... fields . " ( And , by the way , most of my remarks , Mr. Chairman , will be addressed to the anthracite situation rather than to the bituminous situation . ) My answer to that inquiry , " Why worry when we have a five - year agreement ...
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... fields , scat- tered over 24 States principally . So the hard - coal industry is geo- graphically concentrated in a very small area . The ownership of that area is concentrated to the extent that nine companies now produce fully three ...
... fields , scat- tered over 24 States principally . So the hard - coal industry is geo- graphically concentrated in a very small area . The ownership of that area is concentrated to the extent that nine companies now produce fully three ...
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... fields charge less for their coal than the nonmonopolistic part of the industry , the independents who own the less fertile mines , the high - cost mines . The latter charge more for their coal than the big fellows do who own 75 per ...
... fields charge less for their coal than the nonmonopolistic part of the industry , the independents who own the less fertile mines , the high - cost mines . The latter charge more for their coal than the big fellows do who own 75 per ...
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... fields . One mining company owns so much unmined coal - the Pennsyl- vania & Reading - that it is a burden upon present cost . That is , they have so much idle capital , so to speak , tied up in the mines that , while it is ...
... fields . One mining company owns so much unmined coal - the Pennsyl- vania & Reading - that it is a burden upon present cost . That is , they have so much idle capital , so to speak , tied up in the mines that , while it is ...
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... field there is , to all intents and purposes , this close community of interest between the railroads and the mines ... fields is about $ 440,000,000 . The book value is $ 620,000,000 .. The engineers committee employed by and working ...
... field there is , to all intents and purposes , this close community of interest between the railroads and the mines ... fields is about $ 440,000,000 . The book value is $ 620,000,000 .. The engineers committee employed by and working ...
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Page 262 - That the labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. Nothing contained in the antitrust laws shall be construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations, instituted for the purposes of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or to forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof,...
Page 287 - Coronado case the court ruled that while the mere reduction in the supply of an article to be shipped in interstate commerce by the illegal or tortious prevention of its manufacture or production is ordinarily an indirect and remote obstruction to that commerce...
Page 268 - Commission; (b) to make such just and reasonable directions with respect to car service without regard to the ownership as between carriers of locomotives, cars, and other vehicles, during such emergency as in its opinion will best promote the service in the interest of the public and the commerce of the people...
Page 268 - ... to suspend the operation of any or all rules, regulations or practices then established with respect to car service for such time as may be determined by the commission...
Page 280 - No distinction is more popular to the common mind, or more clearly expressed in economic and political literature, than that between manufacture and commerce. Manufacture is transformation — the fashioning of raw materials into a change of form for use.
Page 273 - It has been repeatedly decided that these amendments should receive a liberal construction, so as to prevent stealthy encroachment upon or "gradual depreciation" of the rights secured by th'em, by imperceptible practice of courts or by well-intentioned but mistakenly over-zealous executive officers.
Page 272 - It may be that it is the obnoxious thing in its mildest and least repulsive form ; but illegitimate and unconstitutional practices get their first footing in that way, namely, by silent approaches and slight deviations from legal modes of procedure. This can only be obviated by adhering to the rule that constitutional provisions for the security of person and property should be liberally construed.
Page 282 - She was employed as an instrument of that commerce; for whenever a commodity has begun to move as an article of trade from one state to another, commerce in that commodity between the states has commenced.
Page 262 - Provided, however. That no part of this money shall be spent in the prosecution of any organization or individual for entering into any combination or agreement having in view the increasing of wages, shortening of hours or bettering the condition of labor, or for any act done in furtherance thereof not in itself unlawful...
Page 285 - Such are the railroads, other common carriers, and public utilities. 2. Certain occupations, regarded as exceptional, the public interest attaching to which, recognized from earliest times, has survived the period of arbitrary laws by Parliament or Colonial legislatures for regulating all trades and callings. Such are those of the keepers of inns, cabs, and grist mills.