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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... practical difficulty is met with in attempting to apply it . So far as any one railroad is concerned , or any one system of roads under the same management , there ought to be little difficulty . Even if there should be 10,000 miles of ...
... practical difficulty is met with in attempting to apply it . So far as any one railroad is concerned , or any one system of roads under the same management , there ought to be little difficulty . Even if there should be 10,000 miles of ...
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... practical question of whether it is possible for the common carriers to comply with it if they were ready and willing to do so . But this is not the only difficulty encountered when we attempt to apply such a provision to the more than ...
... practical question of whether it is possible for the common carriers to comply with it if they were ready and willing to do so . But this is not the only difficulty encountered when we attempt to apply such a provision to the more than ...
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... practical super- vision of the management . The competition of the canals and of the government lines , together with the obligations of the governmental guarantee , would seem to pro- vide a system of checks and balances most desirable ...
... practical super- vision of the management . The competition of the canals and of the government lines , together with the obligations of the governmental guarantee , would seem to pro- vide a system of checks and balances most desirable ...
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... practical control of the markets . There is thus neither equality nor sys- tem , law nor equity , in the matter of railroad charges . A complete change in this respect is , a condition precedent to any equitable system of railroad trans ...
... practical control of the markets . There is thus neither equality nor sys- tem , law nor equity , in the matter of railroad charges . A complete change in this respect is , a condition precedent to any equitable system of railroad trans ...
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... practical force of those whose unjust schemes they are expected to thwart and whose unprecedented powers they are designed to direct . Concentrated capital never mistakes cheapness in the employment of its agents for economy , and ...
... practical force of those whose unjust schemes they are expected to thwart and whose unprecedented powers they are designed to direct . Concentrated capital never mistakes cheapness in the employment of its agents for economy , and ...
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Page 223 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 139 - ... than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service In the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which Is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Page 87 - 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 218 - Court of equity, and without the formal pleadings and proceedings applicable to ordinary suits in equity, but in such manner as to do justice in the premises; and to this end such Court shall have power, if it think fit, to direct and prosecute, in" such mode and by such persons as it may appoint, all such inquiries as the Court may think needful to enable it to form a just judgment in the matter of such petition...
Page 561 - That nothing in this Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...
Page 69 - ... the carriage of freights from being and being treated as one continuous carriage from the place of shipment to the place of destination, unless such break, stoppage, or interruption was made in good faith for some necessary purpose, and without any intent to avoid or unnecessarily interrupt such continuous carriage or to evade any of the provisions of this act.
Page 408 - The costs and expenses of such prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States.
Page 561 - ... nothing in this Act contained shall in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this Act are in addition to such remedies...
Page 218 - ... shall happen, alleging such violation or disobedience as the case may be; and the said Court shall have power to hear and determine the matter, on such short notice to the common carrier complained of as the Court shall deem reasonable; and such notice may be served on such common carrier, his or its officers, agents, or servants...
Page 556 - 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...