Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives on Bills to Amend the Interstate-commerce Act: House Report 4093, Amending the Interstate-commerce Act, The Antitrust Act, and Acts Supplementary Thereto |
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I will give you one instance right now, of a case in which I had an important part
myself, known as the Milwaukee case, which was brought against seven different
railroads transporting grain from west of the Mississippi to Milwaukee on one ...
I will give you one instance right now, of a case in which I had an important part
myself, known as the Milwaukee case, which was brought against seven different
railroads transporting grain from west of the Mississippi to Milwaukee on one ...
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... the part of one who gives his attention to it, and particularly one who is charged
with the duty of regulation of railroad rates, will give him sufficient knowledge on
the subject to determine whether the rates already existing are correct, are just, ...
... the part of one who gives his attention to it, and particularly one who is charged
with the duty of regulation of railroad rates, will give him sufficient knowledge on
the subject to determine whether the rates already existing are correct, are just, ...
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have either to go out of business or else give up our business to Messrs. Armour
& Co. The CHAIRMAN. Will you explain, now, to the committee how this
legislation that you are asking for would relieve this situation that you have
spoken of?
have either to go out of business or else give up our business to Messrs. Armour
& Co. The CHAIRMAN. Will you explain, now, to the committee how this
legislation that you are asking for would relieve this situation that you have
spoken of?
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I asked Commissioner Prouty at the end of our hearing in Chicago in June as to
what relief he could give . He stated that he questioned whether the Interstate
Commerce Commission had the power . But the revelations there were so
startling ...
I asked Commissioner Prouty at the end of our hearing in Chicago in June as to
what relief he could give . He stated that he questioned whether the Interstate
Commerce Commission had the power . But the revelations there were so
startling ...
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that Con , he said, could not help but give us relief. The revelations made there
and the showing made in that investigation were so startling that he said
Congress could not help but give us relief. Mr. N.N. Did not they hold in that
Michigan ...
that Con , he said, could not help but give us relief. The revelations made there
and the showing made in that investigation were so startling that he said
Congress could not help but give us relief. Mr. N.N. Did not they hold in that
Michigan ...
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Page 3 - 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 33 - Such proceedings may be by way of petition setting forth the case and praying that such violation shall be enjoined or otherwise prohibited. When the parties complained of shall have been duly notified of such petition the court shall proceed, as soon as may be, to the hearing and determination of the case ; and pending such petition, and before final decree, the court may at any time make such temporary restraining order or prohibition as shall be deemed just in the premises.
Page 33 - ... in the course of transportation from one State to another, or to a foreign country, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the forfeiture, seizure and condemnation of property imported into the United States contrary to law.
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 35 - Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act may sue therefor in any Circuit Court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold the damages by him sustained, and the costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee. Sec. 8. That the word "person
Page 34 - SEC. 4. The several circuit courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act; and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the Attorney General, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations.
Page 4 - 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 5 - Act to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance; provided, however, 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...
Page 13 - Any person may be compelled to appear and depose, and to produce documentary evidence, in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce documentary evidence before the Commission, as hereinbefore provided.
Page 3 - ... from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States to an adjacent foreign country...
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| Title | Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives on Bills to Amend the Interstate-commerce Act: House Report 4093, Amending the Interstate-commerce Act, The Antitrust Act, and Acts Supplementary Thereto Issue 422 of 58th Cong., 3d sess. House Doc |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 12 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 758 pages |
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