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... less than during September , 1898 , while exports from Duluth decreased more than one - half . At present American flour has a reputation which tends to keep up the demand , but when it is found that European millers are able to secure ...
... less than during September , 1898 , while exports from Duluth decreased more than one - half . At present American flour has a reputation which tends to keep up the demand , but when it is found that European millers are able to secure ...
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... less per hundred pounds than those reaching New York , and granting those reaching Baltimore and more southern ports a similar " differential " of 3 cents . Each of the ports is inclined to complain that this adjustment of differentials ...
... less per hundred pounds than those reaching New York , and granting those reaching Baltimore and more southern ports a similar " differential " of 3 cents . Each of the ports is inclined to complain that this adjustment of differentials ...
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... less common on railways than in many other employments . It is admitted that strikes upon railways are more serious in their effects upon the community than those in any other industry . Several witnesses refer more or less incidentally ...
... less common on railways than in many other employments . It is admitted that strikes upon railways are more serious in their effects upon the community than those in any other industry . Several witnesses refer more or less incidentally ...
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... less than profitable figures . The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad simply took the initiative in a movement favored by many other railways , especi- ally of the Northeast . This changed attitude of the railways , together with the increased ...
... less than profitable figures . The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad simply took the initiative in a movement favored by many other railways , especi- ally of the Northeast . This changed attitude of the railways , together with the increased ...
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... less to the fact of the abundance of traffic , which does not in the past seem to have prevented discriminations ... less com- plaint of discrimination when business is good than when it is bad . At the present time he believes that ...
... less to the fact of the abundance of traffic , which does not in the past seem to have prevented discriminations ... less com- plaint of discrimination when business is good than when it is bad . At the present time he believes that ...
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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.