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Page ix
... freight in the United States are only 97 cents , while in Prussia the average rates are 1.32 cents per ton per mile , and in other Europen countries they are still higher . As indicated in another connection , figures presented by ...
... freight in the United States are only 97 cents , while in Prussia the average rates are 1.32 cents per ton per mile , and in other Europen countries they are still higher . As indicated in another connection , figures presented by ...
Page x
... freight rates in Western territory are very high on the products of his company , as well as on other products . He believes that it would be to the interest of the railroads in these less highly developed sections to reduce freight ...
... freight rates in Western territory are very high on the products of his company , as well as on other products . He believes that it would be to the interest of the railroads in these less highly developed sections to reduce freight ...
Page xi
... freight rates and policy of railroads regarding them . - Several wit- nesses representing the railroad companies assert that neither is it the policy of the railroad companies to advance freight rates to an unreasonable figure , nor ...
... freight rates and policy of railroads regarding them . - Several wit- nesses representing the railroad companies assert that neither is it the policy of the railroad companies to advance freight rates to an unreasonable figure , nor ...
Page xxvii
... Freight rates on anthracite coal . - Various witnesses allude to complaints that the rates of freight to tide water are excessive . Some witnesses point out that most of the operators now ship under the percentage contract , so that the ...
... Freight rates on anthracite coal . - Various witnesses allude to complaints that the rates of freight to tide water are excessive . Some witnesses point out that most of the operators now ship under the percentage contract , so that the ...
Page xxviii
... freight rates . He urges especially that the actual freight rate under the contract system is considerably less than the 40 per cent of the tide - water price , because that percentage includes selling expenses and risks . Operators who ...
... freight rates . He urges especially that the actual freight rate under the contract system is considerably less than the 40 per cent of the tide - water price , because that percentage includes selling expenses and risks . Operators who ...
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