Bituminous Coal Commission: Hearings...on S. 4490...Dec. 14, 1928 to Jan. 23, 1929 |
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... further inquire as to the preparation of applicants for maintaining and their ability to maintain direct selling agencies in their prin- cipal consuming markets , and shall provide reasonable regulations requiring the maintenance of ...
... further inquire as to the preparation of applicants for maintaining and their ability to maintain direct selling agencies in their prin- cipal consuming markets , and shall provide reasonable regulations requiring the maintenance of ...
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... further determine relative costs of railroad fuel coal by consideration of the commercial traffic rates on such coal over the distance it must be transmitted from any mine or mines to the fueling point on such railroads . It shall be ...
... further determine relative costs of railroad fuel coal by consideration of the commercial traffic rates on such coal over the distance it must be transmitted from any mine or mines to the fueling point on such railroads . It shall be ...
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... further displaced 200,000,000 tons of coal . Steamships and railroads cut down the use of coal through economies , use of fuel oil and sub- stitution of electricity resulting in 1925 to around 65,000,000 tons less than would have been ...
... further displaced 200,000,000 tons of coal . Steamships and railroads cut down the use of coal through economies , use of fuel oil and sub- stitution of electricity resulting in 1925 to around 65,000,000 tons less than would have been ...
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... been going on for the last 20 years . Senator SMITH . You mean mechanical mining ? Secretary DAVIS . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . Are there any further questions ? Senator HAWES . I would like to ask a few 20 BITUMINOUS COAL COMMISSION.
... been going on for the last 20 years . Senator SMITH . You mean mechanical mining ? Secretary DAVIS . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . Are there any further questions ? Senator HAWES . I would like to ask a few 20 BITUMINOUS COAL COMMISSION.
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... Further quoting Mr. Shibley : Much can be accomplished toward betterment of conditions in the coal industry through the merger of properties lending themselves to economic groupings . The consolidation into one great corporation of the ...
... Further quoting Mr. Shibley : Much can be accomplished toward betterment of conditions in the coal industry through the merger of properties lending themselves to economic groupings . The consolidation into one great corporation of the ...
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Page 154 - It is the power to regulate ; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Page 102 - 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, be held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint...
Page 310 - ... full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of his own choosing, to negotiate the terms and conditions of his employment, and that he shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, In the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection...
Page 310 - Whereas under prevailing economic conditions, developed with the aid of governmental authority for owners of property to organize in the corporate and other forms of ownership association, the individual unorganized worker is commonly helpless to exercise actual liberty of contract and to protect his freedom of labor, and thereby to obtain acceptable terms and conditions of employment...
Page 155 - The far-reaching result of upholding the act cannot be more plainly indicated than by pointing out that if Congress can thus regulate matters entrusted to local authority by prohibition of the movement of commodities in interstate commerce, all freedom of commerce will be at an end, and the power of the States over local matters may be eliminated, and thus our system of government be practically destroyed.
Page 164 - When we consider the nature and the theory of our institutions of government, the principles upon which they are supposed to rest, and review the history of their development, we are constrained to conclude that they do not mean to leave room for the play and action of purely personal and arbitrary power.
Page 195 - The federal and State governments are in fact but different agents and trustees of the people, constituted with different powers, and designated for different purposes.
Page 155 - The maintenance of the authority of the States over matters purely local is as essential to the preservation of our institutions as is the conservation of the supremacy of the federal power in all matters entrusted to the Nation by the Federal Constitution.
Page 251 - Columbia, shall be subject to pay annually a special excise tax with respect to the carrying on or doing business...
Page 161 - The right to pursue them, without let or hindrance, except that which is applied to all persons of the same age, sex, and condition, is a distinguishing privilege of citizens of the United States, and an essential element of that freedom which they claim as their birthright.