Reports of the Industrial Commission...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 |
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Page vi
... representing railroad com- panies , but including some shippers and independent witnesses as well , are inclined to think that the consolidation of smaller railroads into great unified systems will prove generally beneficial to the ...
... representing railroad com- panies , but including some shippers and independent witnesses as well , are inclined to think that the consolidation of smaller railroads into great unified systems will prove generally beneficial to the ...
Page vii
... representing the Memphis Freight Bureau , that there is believed to be an arrangement among the railroads at that point for the pooling of cotton business . The representative of the San Francisco Board of Trade thinks also that there ...
... representing the Memphis Freight Bureau , that there is believed to be an arrangement among the railroads at that point for the pooling of cotton business . The representative of the San Francisco Board of Trade thinks also that there ...
Page ix
... representing railroad companies assert that railroad rates in the United States have in general steadily and rapidly decreased , and that they are much lower than in most European countries . Comparisons are made as to the grain rates ...
... representing railroad companies assert that railroad rates in the United States have in general steadily and rapidly decreased , and that they are much lower than in most European countries . Comparisons are made as to the grain rates ...
Page xii
... representing shippers favor the establishment of a uniform national classification of freight , subject to some modifications in detail , on the different railways , by means of commodity rates . They assert that the present threefold ...
... representing shippers favor the establishment of a uniform national classification of freight , subject to some modifications in detail , on the different railways , by means of commodity rates . They assert that the present threefold ...
Page xvii
... representing the Pacific coast jobbers , and Mr. Stubbs , representing the Southern Pacific Company , were heard before the Industrial Commission , but no testimony of the representatives of the other side of the case was taken . Mr ...
... representing the Pacific coast jobbers , and Mr. Stubbs , representing the Southern Pacific Company , were heard before the Industrial Commission , but no testimony of the representatives of the other side of the case was taken . Mr ...
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