Reports of the Industrial Commission...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1900 |
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... classification . Sometimes this is done without the knowledge of the railways , but in other cases they apparently connive . Thus , fine hardware may be shipped as some low - class kind of iron . A few specific instances of ...
... classification . Sometimes this is done without the knowledge of the railways , but in other cases they apparently connive . Thus , fine hardware may be shipped as some low - class kind of iron . A few specific instances of ...
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... classification , or at least to require the railways to do so . There are at present three different systems of classification — the Official , applying north of the Potomac and east of the Mississippi ( with certain exceptions as to ...
... classification , or at least to require the railways to do so . There are at present three different systems of classification — the Official , applying north of the Potomac and east of the Mississippi ( with certain exceptions as to ...
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... Classification of freight E. Miscellaneous questions . III . Discriminations between individuals . A. Existence of discriminations .. B. Methods of discriminations . C. Mileage on private cars ... D. Effects of discrimination on ...
... Classification of freight E. Miscellaneous questions . III . Discriminations between individuals . A. Existence of discriminations .. B. Methods of discriminations . C. Mileage on private cars ... D. Effects of discrimination on ...
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... classified for different products according to the amount of each shipped , and such classification must differ in different places . ( 99 , 100. ) Mr. Newcomb declares , further , that it is impossible for railways to maintain rates ...
... classified for different products according to the amount of each shipped , and such classification must differ in different places . ( 99 , 100. ) Mr. Newcomb declares , further , that it is impossible for railways to maintain rates ...
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... classification is , however , desirable in those cases where the goods are put under a general class . The witness cited instances where special low rates have been given on potatoes and similar products from the Northwestern States in ...
... classification is , however , desirable in those cases where the goods are put under a general class . The witness cited instances where special low rates have been given on potatoes and similar products from the Northwestern States in ...
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Page 343 - And, in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. We do not say that...
Page 93 - that the laws of the several states, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.
Page 334 - ... to inmates of the National Homes or State Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and of Soldiers
Page 37 - An act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes.
Page 131 - Act and the employees of such carrier, seriously interrupting or threatening to interrupt the business of said carrier, the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Commissioner of Labor...
Page 8 - Columbia, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than...
Page 305 - That any employer subject to the provisions of this Act and any officer, agent, or receiver of such employer who shall require any employee, or any person seeking employment, as a condition of such employment, to enter into an agreement, either written or verbal, not to become or remain a member of any labor corporation, association, or organization...
Page 75 - The general rule, resulting from considerations as well of justice as of policy, is, that he who engages in the employment of another for the performance of specified duties and services, for compensation, takes upon himself the natural and ordinary risks and perils incident to the performance of such services, and in legal presumption, the compensation is adjusted accordingly.
Page 306 - ... from obtaining employment, is hereby declared to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction in the district in which such offense was committed, shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars.
Page 39 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.