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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... shipper from contesting a charge of the same amount for a carriage of 200 , or 100 , or 50 , or any other number of miles . The first office of the section in respect of its limitation on rates is to protect the people and business of ...
... shipper from contesting a charge of the same amount for a carriage of 200 , or 100 , or 50 , or any other number of miles . The first office of the section in respect of its limitation on rates is to protect the people and business of ...
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... shipper select the route over which his goods are to be sent . III . In Austria not merely do the state roads divide traffic with the private roads , but also with competing water - routes ; and the government authorities say explicitly ...
... shipper select the route over which his goods are to be sent . III . In Austria not merely do the state roads divide traffic with the private roads , but also with competing water - routes ; and the government authorities say explicitly ...
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... shipper has the right with the consent of the carrier to end the transit of goods des- tined for Bristol in Tennessee at the State line . I do not present this to show upon how narrow a margin of territory may hang this grave question ...
... shipper has the right with the consent of the carrier to end the transit of goods des- tined for Bristol in Tennessee at the State line . I do not present this to show upon how narrow a margin of territory may hang this grave question ...
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... shipper of goods , every creator of values in articles of commerce , of the personal right to make a fair contract with a carrier for a fair rate of transpor- tation . We will substitute commissions , deriving their powers and instruc ...
... shipper of goods , every creator of values in articles of commerce , of the personal right to make a fair contract with a carrier for a fair rate of transpor- tation . We will substitute commissions , deriving their powers and instruc ...
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... shipper . The States can make no regulations touching the subject , or objects of interstate commerce , according to the theory of this bill and of the Supreme Court . If they should en- act statutes for the punishment of crimes against ...
... shipper . The States can make no regulations touching the subject , or objects of interstate commerce , according to the theory of this bill and of the Supreme Court . If they should en- act statutes for the punishment of crimes against ...
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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.