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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Every one knows that the railroad companies themselves have finally become reconciled to some national legislation , because they have not been able to protect themselves , one from another , and I think that the provisions of this bill ...
Every one knows that the railroad companies themselves have finally become reconciled to some national legislation , because they have not been able to protect themselves , one from another , and I think that the provisions of this bill ...
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tend to assure justice and promote the common interest , and this explains why some conservative and proper legislation for the regulation of the unsatisfactory conditions existing in the interstate commerce of the country was not years ...
tend to assure justice and promote the common interest , and this explains why some conservative and proper legislation for the regulation of the unsatisfactory conditions existing in the interstate commerce of the country was not years ...
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The justification for legislation is that the railroad business , unlike other business , is of a mixed nature . It is partly private business and partly public business . I think that we should refrain as far as possible iron ...
The justification for legislation is that the railroad business , unlike other business , is of a mixed nature . It is partly private business and partly public business . I think that we should refrain as far as possible iron ...
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For instance , all the legislation of the State of Massachusetts upon this subject is to be found in a single statute which is in chapter 2:25 of the acts of May 16 , 1882. I read it . It is an amendment to a former statute which ...
For instance , all the legislation of the State of Massachusetts upon this subject is to be found in a single statute which is in chapter 2:25 of the acts of May 16 , 1882. I read it . It is an amendment to a former statute which ...
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I would for the sake of getting legislation assent to it if I did not believe in my inmost mind that it was impolitic , unjust , and calculated to embarrass and possibly defeat the beneficial operation of the bill .
I would for the sake of getting legislation assent to it if I did not believe in my inmost mind that it was impolitic , unjust , and calculated to embarrass and possibly defeat the beneficial operation of the bill .
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Page 144 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this 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 458 - ... that upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this act.
Page 9 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith...
Page 359 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.
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| Title | 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 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, United States. Congress |
| Author | United States. Congress |
| Editor | Uriah Hunt Painter |
| Published | 1884 |
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