Reports of the Industrial Commission...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 |
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... representing railroad com- panies , but including some shippers and independent witnesses as well , are inclined to think that the consolidation of smaller railroads into great unified systems will prove generally beneficial to the ...
... representing railroad com- panies , but including some shippers and independent witnesses as well , are inclined to think that the consolidation of smaller railroads into great unified systems will prove generally beneficial to the ...
Page vii
... representing the Memphis Freight Bureau , that there is believed to be an arrangement among the railroads at that point for the pooling of cotton business . The representative of the San Francisco Board of Trade thinks also that there ...
... representing the Memphis Freight Bureau , that there is believed to be an arrangement among the railroads at that point for the pooling of cotton business . The representative of the San Francisco Board of Trade thinks also that there ...
Page ix
... representing railroad companies assert that railroad rates in the United States have in general steadily and rapidly decreased , and that they are much lower than in most European countries . Comparisons are made as to the grain rates ...
... representing railroad companies assert that railroad rates in the United States have in general steadily and rapidly decreased , and that they are much lower than in most European countries . Comparisons are made as to the grain rates ...
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... representing the 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 ...
... representing the 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 ...
Page xii
... representing shippers favor the establishment of a uniform national classification of freight , subject to some modifications in detail , on the different railways , by means of commodity rates . They assert that the present threefold ...
... representing shippers favor the establishment of a uniform national classification of freight , subject to some modifications in detail , on the different railways , by means of commodity rates . They assert that the present threefold ...
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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...