Reports of the Industrial Commission...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 |
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... railroad companies assert that neither is it the policy of the railroad companies to advance freight rates to an unreasonable figure , nor would it be practicable for them to do so , because of the competition of other railroads and of ...
... railroad companies assert that neither is it the policy of the railroad companies to advance freight rates to an unreasonable figure , nor would it be practicable for them to do so , because of the competition of other railroads and of ...
Page xii
... railroads must put down the rates on certain important commodities in order that they may handle them at all . Even these reduced rates make a profit to the railroad companies.1 It is admitted by representatives of the railroad companies ...
... railroads must put down the rates on certain important commodities in order that they may handle them at all . Even these reduced rates make a profit to the railroad companies.1 It is admitted by representatives of the railroad companies ...
Page xiii
... railroad companies defend the practice chiefly on this ground . They also justify low export rates on the ground that thereby the markets for American products are extended . It is asserted that unless special export rates for American ...
... railroad companies defend the practice chiefly on this ground . They also justify low export rates on the ground that thereby the markets for American products are extended . It is asserted that unless special export rates for American ...
Page xiv
... railroad companies pay rental for the use of these private cars . The shippers of California fruit , in particu- lar , are disposed to complain of the high charges made by refrigerator companies and to favor the operation of ...
... railroad companies pay rental for the use of these private cars . The shippers of California fruit , in particu- lar , are disposed to complain of the high charges made by refrigerator companies and to favor the operation of ...
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United States. Industrial Commission. Several representatives of railroad companies , together with one or two other wit- nesses , vigorously oppose the idea , proposed in some quarters , of giving the Interstate Commerce Commission ...
United States. Industrial Commission. Several representatives of railroad companies , together with one or two other wit- nesses , vigorously oppose the idea , proposed in some quarters , of giving the Interstate Commerce Commission ...
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Page ccxcvi - Labor shall make uniform rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this act, including the collection and examination of specimens of foods and drugs manufactured or offered for sale in the District of Columbia, or in any Territory of the United States...
Page 2 - No act of the General Assembly shall limit the amount to be recovered for injuries resulting in death, or for injuries to person or property; and, in case of death from such injuries, the right of action shall survive, and the General Assembly shall prescribe for whose benefit such actions shall be prosecuted.
Page ccxcvi - Columbia, or in restraint of trade or commerce between any such territory and another, or between any such territory or territories, and any state or states or the District of Columbia or with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia and any state or states or foreign nations, is hereby declared illegal.
Page 35 - ... 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 52 - New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, west Virginia, and the District of Columbia...
Page ccxcvi - An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute between employers and workmen shall not be indictable as a conspiracy if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime.
Page lxxvii - Investigation to determine what would be reasonable class rates throughout the territory lying north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers and east of the Mississippi River and the west bank of Lake Michigan.
Page ii - That it shall be the duty of this commission to investigate questions pertaining to immigration, to labor, to agriculture, to manufacturing, and to business, and to report to Congress and to suggest such legislation as it may deem best upon these subjects.
Page lxxviii - States, namely, the official classification, which governs the class rates generally in the territory north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi River...
Page 2 - That we, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Order of...