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104 REMARKS OF SENATOR CULLOM , - - REMARKS OF REPRESENTIVE
CRISP , . . PROTEST OF MINNEAPOLIS BOARD OF TRADE , - - - 139 MR .
ALBERT FINK ' S INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW , - - 143 PRESIDENT
ALEXANDER ...
104 REMARKS OF SENATOR CULLOM , - - REMARKS OF REPRESENTIVE
CRISP , . . PROTEST OF MINNEAPOLIS BOARD OF TRADE , - - - 139 MR .
ALBERT FINK ' S INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW , - - 143 PRESIDENT
ALEXANDER ...
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As presenting some of the objections of business interests to the proposed bill ,
there is given the protest of the Minneapolis Board of Trade , presented to
Congress just before the passage of the law . As soon as the law was put in force
, the ...
As presenting some of the objections of business interests to the proposed bill ,
there is given the protest of the Minneapolis Board of Trade , presented to
Congress just before the passage of the law . As soon as the law was put in force
, the ...
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A comparatively new system of transportation had in effect and substantially
reversed all of our methods of domestic trade and commerce . It had assaulted all
of the doctrines of our long established law relative to the duties and
responsibilities ...
A comparatively new system of transportation had in effect and substantially
reversed all of our methods of domestic trade and commerce . It had assaulted all
of the doctrines of our long established law relative to the duties and
responsibilities ...
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I am not unmindful of the general principle that contracts in restraint of trade are
held to be illegal ; that is , in the sense that they will not be enforced by the courts
. I am not unmindful of the fact that combinations wholly to prevent competition in
...
I am not unmindful of the general principle that contracts in restraint of trade are
held to be illegal ; that is , in the sense that they will not be enforced by the courts
. I am not unmindful of the fact that combinations wholly to prevent competition in
...
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ment is only that the one company shall not compete or interfere with the other
upon the particular line mentioned in the agreement ; this is no more illegal than
it would be for two persons engaged in trade that one shall not exercise his trade
...
ment is only that the one company shall not compete or interfere with the other
upon the particular line mentioned in the agreement ; this is no more illegal than
it would be for two persons engaged in trade that one shall not exercise his trade
...
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Page 11 - 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.
Page 22 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 26 - Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 3 - Provided, however, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 47 - 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 6 - 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...
Page 10 - President; but their successors shall be appointed for terms of six years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the Commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Page 9 - That any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, or, whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by such corporation...
Page 173 - ... for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance ; but this shall not be construed as authorizing any common carrier within the terms of this Act to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance...
Page 26 - And in case of disobedience to a subpoena the commission may invoke the aid of any court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence.