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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It will be impossible for me to be present here on Monday next , the day which he suggests , or to be present from that day until after the recess ; and I presume there is not a constituency in this country that has more vital interests ...
It will be impossible for me to be present here on Monday next , the day which he suggests , or to be present from that day until after the recess ; and I presume there is not a constituency in this country that has more vital interests ...
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I submitted to the Chair the parliamentary question whether in the present state of the bill I could make that motion . The PRESIDENT pro tempore The Chair is of opinion that the Senate may proceed now to consider the bill .
I submitted to the Chair the parliamentary question whether in the present state of the bill I could make that motion . The PRESIDENT pro tempore The Chair is of opinion that the Senate may proceed now to consider the bill .
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They have visited various sections of the country , examining hundreds of witnesses , and given to all parties and interests ample opportunity to present their views . Report after report has been made , accompanied by thousands of ...
They have visited various sections of the country , examining hundreds of witnesses , and given to all parties and interests ample opportunity to present their views . Report after report has been made , accompanied by thousands of ...
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Under the present system , however , these losses are unloaded on to the business of intermediate or local points . This practice , in itself an outrage , is a most fruitful source of complaint on the part of the people .
Under the present system , however , these losses are unloaded on to the business of intermediate or local points . This practice , in itself an outrage , is a most fruitful source of complaint on the part of the people .
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... corn was selling in Chicago at from 3 to 6 cents cheaper per bushel than the Eastern Iowa farmer could buy it for use on his farm ; and these conditions have existed from the day that corn crop matured down to the present time .
... corn was selling in Chicago at from 3 to 6 cents cheaper per bushel than the Eastern Iowa farmer could buy it for use on his farm ; and these conditions have existed from the day that corn crop matured down to the present time .
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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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