Bituminous Coal Commission: Hearings...on S. 4490...Dec. 14, 1928 to Jan. 23, 1929 |
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No merger , combination , or consolidation of two or more corporations engaged
in the production and shipment of bituminous coal in interstate commerce shall
be lawful without a license therefor granted by said commission ; and such
license ...
No merger , combination , or consolidation of two or more corporations engaged
in the production and shipment of bituminous coal in interstate commerce shall
be lawful without a license therefor granted by said commission ; and such
license ...
Page 186
This section of the bill then proceeds to limit the privileges ostensibly theretofore
granted to " marketing pools and selling associations ” as their consideration for
the surrender of their control over their business , as follows : ( a ) By providing ...
This section of the bill then proceeds to limit the privileges ostensibly theretofore
granted to " marketing pools and selling associations ” as their consideration for
the surrender of their control over their business , as follows : ( a ) By providing ...
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But the question respecting the extent of the powers actually granted is
perpetually arising and will probably continue to arise so long as our system shall
exist . In discussing these qeustions theconflicting powers of the Geenral and
State ...
But the question respecting the extent of the powers actually granted is
perpetually arising and will probably continue to arise so long as our system shall
exist . In discussing these qeustions theconflicting powers of the Geenral and
State ...
Page 276
With the functioning of an intelligent commission , and the granting of these
privileges , and the bringing together of these men , we do hope that this could be
done , and I think perhaps it could be done : That two pools might still undersell
each ...
With the functioning of an intelligent commission , and the granting of these
privileges , and the bringing together of these men , we do hope that this could be
done , and I think perhaps it could be done : That two pools might still undersell
each ...
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If these privileges are granted corporations the grant may be in a form that
modified its potentiality . ... Section 6 provides that no new corporate bodies shall
ship soft coal in interstate commerce without a license granted upon the
applicants ...
If these privileges are granted corporations the grant may be in a form that
modified its potentiality . ... Section 6 provides that no new corporate bodies shall
ship soft coal in interstate commerce without a license granted upon the
applicants ...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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| Title | Bituminous Coal Commission: Hearings...on S. 4490...Dec. 14, 1928 to Jan. 23, 1929 |
| Author | United States U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce |
| Published | 1929 |
| Length | 352 pages |
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