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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... There are men who would be glad to have their wheat and their cattle and their coal carried for nothing . There are shippers who would rejoice to get secret rates , or pass - rates , if I may use the word , for their freight , and they 44.
... There are men who would be glad to have their wheat and their cattle and their coal carried for nothing . There are shippers who would rejoice to get secret rates , or pass - rates , if I may use the word , for their freight , and they 44.
Page 53
... wheat in Da- kota and in India ; petroleum in the United States and in Russia ; coal in Pennsylvania ; iron in Spain , all these things , and a thousand others , form an anti - monopoly league stronger than individuals or boards of ...
... wheat in Da- kota and in India ; petroleum in the United States and in Russia ; coal in Pennsylvania ; iron in Spain , all these things , and a thousand others , form an anti - monopoly league stronger than individuals or boards of ...
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... wheat con- veyed on cars from Buffalo to New York city would be an important matter to the people of Minnesota . If Congress , in fixing or limiting or controlling or regulating the rates of freight from Saint Paul to New York city ...
... wheat con- veyed on cars from Buffalo to New York city would be an important matter to the people of Minnesota . If Congress , in fixing or limiting or controlling or regulating the rates of freight from Saint Paul to New York city ...
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... wheat and every pound of beef produced in Minnesota , by compelling the railroads to adopt a freight tariff on through shipments eastward , which , if not prohibitory , would leave to our farmers no reward for their labor and invested ...
... wheat and every pound of beef produced in Minnesota , by compelling the railroads to adopt a freight tariff on through shipments eastward , which , if not prohibitory , would leave to our farmers no reward for their labor and invested ...
Page 85
... wheat , live stock , and dressed beef transportation from State to State are all at the mercy of like combinations and pools if Congress fails to prohibit them , because the Supreme Court has decided , as I have already shown , that the ...
... wheat , live stock , and dressed beef transportation from State to State are all at the mercy of like combinations and pools if Congress fails to prohibit them , because the Supreme Court has decided , as I have already shown , that the ...
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Page 144 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this 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...
Page 458 - ... that upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this act.
Page 9 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith...
Page 359 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.