Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" Meanwhile the situation has become intolerable, both from the standpoint of the public and the carriers. Tariffs are disregarded, discriminations constantly occur, the price at which transportation can be obtained is fluctuating and uncertain. Railroad... "
Reports of the Industrial Commission... - Page 124
by United States. Industrial Commission - 1901
Full view - About this book

New Outlook, Volume 61

1899 - 998 pages
...Discriminations," says the report, " constantly occur, railroad managers are distrustful of one another, and shippers all the while in doubt as to the rates...secret rates are accorded far below the standard of public charges. The general public gets little benefit from these reductions, for concessions are mainly...
Full view - About this book

Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission

United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - 1898
...before. The situation at that time is described on pages 5 and 6 of our last annual report, as follows: Tariffs are disregarded, discriminations constantly...doubt as to the rates secured by their competitors. The volume of traffic is so unusual as to frequently exceed the capacity of equipment, yet the contest...
Full view - About this book

Lackawanna Legal News, Volume 5

1900 - 434 pages
..."Meanwhile the situation has bccome^.-'ntolerab'.e b.th from the standpoint of the public and the carriers. Tariffs are disregarded, discriminations constantly...doubt as to the rates secured by their competitors. Tha volume of traffic is so unusual as frequently to exceed the capacity of equipment: yet the contest...
Full view - About this book

Journal of Proceedings of the National Grange of the Patrons ..., Volumes 31-33

National Grange - 1897 - 802 pages
...standpoint of the public and the carriers. Tariffs are disregarded, discriminations constantly occur, and the price at which transportation can be obtained...doubt as to the rates secured by their competitors. The volume of traffic is often so unusual as to frequently exceed the capacity of equipment, yet the...
Full view - About this book

Case and Comment, Volume 5

1898 - 252 pages
..."Meanwhile the situation has become intolerable both from the standpoint of the public and the carrière. Tariffs are disregarded, discriminations constantly...doubt as to the rates secured by their competitors. The volume of traffic is so unusual as frequently to exceed the capacity of equipment; yet the contest...
Full view - About this book

The Forum, Volume 27

Lorettus Sutton Metcalf, Walter Hines Page, Joseph Mayer Rice, Frederic Taber Cooper, Arthur Hooley, George Henry Payne, Henry Goddard Leach - 1898 - 866 pages
...purchasing business, and secret rates are accorded far below the standard of published charges ; . . . tariffs are disregarded ; discriminations constantly...transportation can be obtained is fluctuating and uncertain ; . . . shippers are all the while in doubt as to the rates secured by their competitors ; . . . a...
Full view - About this book

Proceedings of a National Convention of Railroad Commissioners, Volume 11

1899 - 200 pages
...The situation has become intolerable, botli from the standpoint of the public and of the carriers. Tariffs are disregarded, discriminations constantly...doubt as to the rates secured by their competitors. The volume of traffic is so unusual as to frequently exceed the capacity of equipment, yet the contest...
Full view - About this book

Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review, Volume 56

1899 - 820 pages
...— " The situation has become intolerable, both from the standpoint of the public and the railways. Tariffs are disregarded; discriminations constantly...doubt as to the rates secured by their competitors. The volume of traffic is so unusual as to frequently exceed the capacity of equipment, yet the contest...
Full view - About this book

The Mother of Trusts: Railroads and Their Relation to "the Man with the Plow"

Jesse Hardesty - 1899 - 276 pages
...Meanwhile the situation has become intolerable, both from the standpoint of the public and the carriers. Tariffs are disregarded, discriminations constantly...doubt as to the rates secured by their competitors. The volume of traffic is so unusual as to frequently exceed the capacity of equipment, yet the contest...
Full view - About this book

The Modern Farmer in His Business Relations: A Study of Some of the ...

Edward Francis Adams - 1899 - 678 pages
...Tariffs ore disregarded, discriminations constantly occur, the price at which transportation can be had is fluctuating and uncertain. Railroad managers are...are spent in purchasing business, and secret rates accorded far below the standard of published charges. The general public gets little benefit from these...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF