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Discriminations between places-Continued.

Practice condemned

Rights of localities to their natural advantage

Rural communities, effect on

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Griswold, 617

Wheeler, 745
Parsons, 126, 127, 136

Southern States. conditions in Ripley, 298-299; Wilson, 696; Guillaudeu, 447
Principle of rate system..

Standard Oil Company, favored by

Ticket brokerage depends on existence of

McGovern, 678
Parsons, 130
Lindenberger, 355

Transcontinental rates due to competition of Canadian Pacific. Wheeler, 748

District of Columbia, capitalization of street railways in.

Stubbs, 762

Bemis, 89

District of Columbia supreme court, telephone case, decision of, criti-

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Superior, Wis., under Minnesota regulations.

road.

Foote, 103

Teisberg, 370

Bryant, 393

Teisberg, 370-373
Teisberg, 367, 368

Teisberg, 370

Teisberg, 367-370

Teisberg, 373

Elkhill Coal and Iron Company, purchase by Ontario and Western Rail-

Employees, railway (see also Employment; Labor):

Comparison with voting population.

Employers' liability:

Government ownership, effect on..

Number of

Rules regulating conduct

Strain of work, increase in

Discussed generally.

Court decisions, summary of

Defects, liability for, decisions regarding.

Employees should have same rights as general public.

Federal courts not bound by decisions of State courts.

Common-law doctrine, injustice in present conditions

Childs, 497

Parsons, 164

Parsons, 163, 164

Parsons, 163

Fuller. 10, 12

Fuller, 12

Fuller, 35-40

Fuller, 35

Fuller, 37-40

Fuller, 38

Fuller, 35, 40

Fuller, 37

Fellow servants, discriminations drawn by courts in Pennsyl-
vania

Liability for acts, advocated

Legislation and court decisions regarding, in Pennsylvania
Legislation, confused condition of.

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Employers' liability-Continued.

Regarding contributory negligence, advocated..
By Congress, advocated

Extension of, effect in preventing accidents
By States

Railroad brotherhoods, resolutions regarding
Railroads, unjust efforts to evade

Relief department, release from, obtained by.

Employment on railways (see also Employees; Labor):

Age limit

Application, form of

Employers, correspondence with former

Litigation with railways, questions concerning, criticised
Terms and condition of entrance, generally

Engines, safety appliances should be required

England:

Auditor of accounts in

Canadian differential tariff, benefited by

Capitalization of corporations, regulations regarding

Capitalization of railroads.

Federated British Empire, possible

Postal service in

Public and private monopolies in.

Public utilities. ownership in

Regulation in

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Bemis, 93

Howes, 716, 718
Woodlock, 460, 461

Woodlock, 461; Thomas, 551

Railroads, service and rates compared with American

Sailors, wages in

Ship subsidy, policy of

Street railways in, operation of.

Telegraph system, discussed generally.

Compared with United States..
Deficit of.

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Clark, 211-213, 215, 225, 231; Parsons, 888, 889

Clark, 220
Parsons, 126
Clark, 213, 220

Bethell, 797-803

Bemis, 100

Bryant 394

Thomas, 548-555

Capitalization

Freight rates on

Overcapitalization....

Purchase of Pennsylvania Coal Company

Thomas, 551, 559

Thomas, 560

Woodlock, 453, 456

Woodlock, 452; Greene, 475;

Stocks, prices of

Haddock, 521; Thomas, 552, 553; McLeod, 572; Stearns, 589

Woodlock, 456

Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad, purchase by Erie Railroad.. Thomas, 552

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Interstate Commerce Commission, position in respect to..

Justification of making lower than domestic

Local rates, comparison with..

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Anderson, 643

Langley, 870

Ripley, 299

Greene, 484, 485, 487, 494

Ripley, 300

Ripley, 299, 300

Ripley, 299

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Express companies should be under Interstate Commerce Commission. Adams, 386

Failures in business, reasons for..

Fast-freight lines:

Accounting of

Bills, system of prorating

Business of

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Consolidation of, in Minnesota

In Pennsylvania district

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Nicholson, 724, 725, 728, 729, 731

Nicholson, 724, 725

Food, of sailors, Merchants and Miners' Transportation Company

Foreign born:

Anthracite coal mines

Longshoremen, Great Lakes, nationality of
Proportion of, as lake sailors

Foreign vessels:

Greene, 482

Howes, 717

Howes, 717

Markham, 440

Wheeler, 751

Thomas, 557

Markham, 427

Langley, 870

Langley, 870
Hayne, 416

Stearns, 595, 596
Barter, 310, 311
Penje, 411

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Telephone service condition.

French cities compared with similar American cities.

Trade with the United States..

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Street railways, indefinite, have worked satisfactorily

Value, railroads, method of computing...

Lindenberger, 354, 355

Adams, 386

Adams, 386

Bethell, 787, 788

Bethell, 787
Howes, 714

Chandler, 196
Bemis, 94
Bemis, 99

Adams, 829, 830

Adams, 375-379

Frazier v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, employers' liability case,

Frederick, B. L., letter regarding railway relief departments

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Freight rates (see also Classification; Discriminations between cities;
Export rates):

Absolute amount less important than uniformity

Adaptability of

Advances in

Railroads' reasons for

Alkali products, discussed

Average

Comparison of.

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Teisberg, 366

Schiff, 774

Langley, 860

Langley, 869

Parsons, 133

Bacon, 72-76, 80, 81
Markham, 430, 435

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Markham, 432-433; Langley, 874, 875

Parsons, 133, 136, 137

Parsons, 137–139

Competition of world markets, effect on
Competitive influences restricting

Consolidation, effect on

Cost of duplication, relation to....

Cotton, from Southern ports to Liverpool

Cofton goods, discussed

Thomas, 551, 552

Griswold, 624, 625

Markham, 432, 433; Woodlock, 463

Cost of construction should not be considered in determining. Woodlock, 457

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Rates as affected by inspectors

Cutting of (see Discriminations between persons, rate cutting)

Decrease, railway-

Causes

Comparisons

During twenty years.

Denver, from Eastern cities

Differentials

Deprecated

How fixed

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Thomas, 560

Griffith, 850, 851, 855

Griswold, 614, 615, 620, 623

Langley, 873

McGovern, 664

Langley, 872

Langley, 872, 873

Talcott, 630, 631

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Bacon, 74-79; McGovern, 655-658

McGovern, 686

Markham, 428-430; Guillaudeu, 446, 447

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Influence on country's development.

Influences affecting

Inland and through, compared.

Interstate Commerce Commission, not a function of.

Should have power to disapprove

Iron and steel products, Colorado

Jobbing trade, effect on

Local, compared with through.

Reduction of.

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No reduction of, in New England

Mississippi River
How regulated

Langley, 871

Markham, 437

Markham, 437

Parsons, 136

Bryant, 391

Bryant, 391-393; Markham, 428-430

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Stubbs, 769

Wilson, 691; Langley, 882

McGovern, 677
Teisberg, 365

Complexities of

Power of railways to reduce rates
Proportional and through compared
Rate wars, abolition desirable

Transcontinental railroads, competition with ocean transportation

Wheeler, 744

Reasonableness, American, lower than in any other country... Woodlock, 463;

Desirability

Thomas, 551

McGovern, 667, 668

How determined in Minnesota.
Maintenance of excessive, by monopolistic power impolitic

Basis of determination..

Soda ash, baking soda, etc., discussed

Teisberg, 362
Thomas, 554

Ripley, 291, 292; Adams, 380, 381

Bacon, 72-76, 80, 81

Southern States, Baltimore to Northern and Southern ports Griswold, 620, 621

From the East and West, compared..
From New York to

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Wilson, 687-68)
Guillaudeu, 445, 446

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Bacon, 83: Ripley, 288, 289

Unreasonable, might compel Government ownership of railroads. Anderson,642

Wages, effect of rate wars

Water transportation, influenced by river rates

Railway and river compared

Freight traffic:

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Markham, 436; Guillaudeu, 444; Griswold, 620, 621

Amount of, from South to North.

Langley, 864

Effect of freight classification on miscellaneous

Langley, 870

Limit as to amount

Southern territory, division of, by railways.

Through traffic, Western, Southern Railway, participation.

Frogs, blocking should be required by law...

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Fuel, sale of, by employers at cost.....

Future contracts, how affected by changes in freight classification.

Schiff, 772
Wilson, 690

Griswold, 613

Fuller, 41

Stubbs, 768

Bryant, 397, 398
Wheeler, 753, 754
Stubbs, 767

Bryant, 397, 398

Bryant, 397, 398
Holmes, 145
McGovern, 668

Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railway, business described.. Dunlap, 1, 2

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