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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... proposition in order that the mon- strous wrong of such a system of charges may be realized . It will be seen that the only reason these extortionate rates were adopted was be- cause there was no competition , and the people of Nevada ...
... proposition in order that the mon- strous wrong of such a system of charges may be realized . It will be seen that the only reason these extortionate rates were adopted was be- cause there was no competition , and the people of Nevada ...
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... proposition , for a haul over it , a distance of one or two 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 ...
... proposition , for a haul over it , a distance of one or two 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 ...
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... proposition that the cost of transportation is a tax upon production , and that the pro- ducer must pay for the transportation of a bushel of wheat . In short , wherever the market for the excess of any product is located , the demand ...
... proposition that the cost of transportation is a tax upon production , and that the pro- ducer must pay for the transportation of a bushel of wheat . In short , wherever the market for the excess of any product is located , the demand ...
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... proposition . I do assert , how- ever , without the fear of successful contradiction , that there can be no just discrimination for like and contemporaneous service under substan- tially similar circumstances . I assert that this ...
... proposition . I do assert , how- ever , without the fear of successful contradiction , that there can be no just discrimination for like and contemporaneous service under substan- tially similar circumstances . I assert that this ...
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... proposition , it seems to me , can not be successfully controverted . The wrongs , then , to be remedied are : First . Unreasonable tax on production . Second . Unjust discrimination between shippers ; and , Third . Unjust acquisition ...
... proposition , it seems to me , can not be successfully controverted . The wrongs , then , to be remedied are : First . Unreasonable tax on production . Second . Unjust discrimination between shippers ; and , Third . Unjust acquisition ...
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