Report, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1900 |
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... cent for handling grain is excessive ; the law permits 14 cents to be charged , while the actual charge is the low- est known anywhere . They deny also that the railways operate elevators directly , or , in the cases where they own them ...
... cent for handling grain is excessive ; the law permits 14 cents to be charged , while the actual charge is the low- est known anywhere . They deny also that the railways operate elevators directly , or , in the cases where they own them ...
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... cents per 100 pounds to get his flour to New York , the English miller could take wheat from Chicago to New York for 13 cents . The discrimination on shipments from points on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to the Eastern seaboard ...
... cents per 100 pounds to get his flour to New York , the English miller could take wheat from Chicago to New York for 13 cents . The discrimination on shipments from points on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to the Eastern seaboard ...
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... cent during these eight years , the capitalization of our railways has increased only 14.64 per cent , the capitaliza- tion per mile of track remaining almost precisely the same . The gross receipts have increased 18.58 per cent , the ...
... cent during these eight years , the capitalization of our railways has increased only 14.64 per cent , the capitaliza- tion per mile of track remaining almost precisely the same . The gross receipts have increased 18.58 per cent , the ...
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... cents ; in 1897 , 0.617 ; on the Union Pacific Railroad , 3.596 cents in 1869 , 0.791 cent in 1897 ; Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul , 2.376 cents in 1865 , 1.008 in 1897. On the Georgia Railroad the average rate in 1866 was 3.552 cents ...
... cents ; in 1897 , 0.617 ; on the Union Pacific Railroad , 3.596 cents in 1869 , 0.791 cent in 1897 ; Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul , 2.376 cents in 1865 , 1.008 in 1897. On the Georgia Railroad the average rate in 1866 was 3.552 cents ...
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... cents per hundred pounds , on iron 20 cents , and on petroleum 24 cents . Again , on almost every commodity through rates are made from Cleveland and other Western points to points reached by the New York , New Haven and Hartford ...
... cents per hundred pounds , on iron 20 cents , and on petroleum 24 cents . Again , on almost every commodity through rates are made from Cleveland and other Western points to points reached by the New York , New Haven and Hartford ...
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Page 341 - 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 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 93 - 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 8 - ... or applicant for employment, shall agree to contribute to any fund for charitable, social, or beneficial purposes to release such employer from legal liabilities for any personal injury, by reason of any benefit received from such fund beyond the proportion of the benefit arising from the employer's contribution to such fund ; or who shall, after having discharged an employee, attempt or conspire to prevent such employee from obtaining employment...
Page 332 - That nothing in this Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...
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 8 - ... 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 40 - 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 8 - ... written or verbal, not to become or remain a member of any labor corporation, association, or organization...
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.