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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... miles or 500 miles than they do for 1,000 miles . But there is nothing in the bill which will prevent them from charging as much for the short haul as for the longer haul . Thus they will have all the latitude of discrimination that ...
... miles or 500 miles than they do for 1,000 miles . But there is nothing in the bill which will prevent them from charging as much for the short haul as for the longer haul . Thus they will have all the latitude of discrimination that ...
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... miles . I invite those who combat my views on this subject to meet me be- fore the House . I invite the attention of ... miles or 2,000 miles should pay less rate than for 100 or 200 miles . But I am dwelling upon this subject longer ...
... miles . I invite those who combat my views on this subject to meet me be- fore the House . I invite the attention of ... miles or 2,000 miles should pay less rate than for 100 or 200 miles . But I am dwelling upon this subject longer ...
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... miles , than over a dozen miles of the continuous road to Chicago or Kansas City , which cost , say , one two - hundredth as much per mile ? Is it unjust to charge more for a haul of five miles through the Hoosac tunnel , which cost ...
... miles , than over a dozen miles of the continuous road to Chicago or Kansas City , which cost , say , one two - hundredth as much per mile ? Is it unjust to charge more for a haul of five miles through the Hoosac tunnel , which cost ...
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... miles of railroad in the United States , of which 120,552 miles had been completed at the close of the fiscal year of the companies . The average mileage operated was 110,414 miles . The amount of money alleged to be invested in these ...
... miles of railroad in the United States , of which 120,552 miles had been completed at the close of the fiscal year of the companies . The average mileage operated was 110,414 miles . The amount of money alleged to be invested in these ...
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... mile at a charge of 2.42 cents each . Coming to the more important element of traffic , that of freight , we find the whole ... miles of railroads in the United States pay only about 3 per cent . to their stock- holders . The inference ...
... mile at a charge of 2.42 cents each . Coming to the more important element of traffic , that of freight , we find the whole ... miles of railroads in the United States pay only about 3 per cent . to their stock- holders . The inference ...
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