Report of the Industrial Commission on Transportation ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 |
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Page xxxix
... messages of all lengths and covering all different distances , during 1900 were 30.8 cents . The rate per word for messages in Great Britain , from any point to any point , regardless of distance , is stated to be 1 cent , the minimum ...
... messages of all lengths and covering all different distances , during 1900 were 30.8 cents . The rate per word for messages in Great Britain , from any point to any point , regardless of distance , is stated to be 1 cent , the minimum ...
Page xl
... messages 15 cents . In Germany the ordinary rate per word is 1 cents , and the minimum charge 12 cents . The rates in Belgium and Switzerland are very much lower still , while those in Austria are practically the same as in France . Mr ...
... messages 15 cents . In Germany the ordinary rate per word is 1 cents , and the minimum charge 12 cents . The rates in Belgium and Switzerland are very much lower still , while those in Austria are practically the same as in France . Mr ...
Page xlii
... messages , favoring especially the brokerage business and in some cases the news- paper business . Instances of long delay in the transmission and delivery of private messages are presented . It is replied by the officers of the ...
... messages , favoring especially the brokerage business and in some cases the news- paper business . Instances of long delay in the transmission and delivery of private messages are presented . It is replied by the officers of the ...
Page xliv
... message rates is gradually supplant- ing that of unlimited rental rates , and these witnesses hold that it is much fairer to subscribers that they should pay a certain minimum amount per year , with an added charge for each message ...
... message rates is gradually supplant- ing that of unlimited rental rates , and these witnesses hold that it is much fairer to subscribers that they should pay a certain minimum amount per year , with an added charge for each message ...
Page cciii
... messages .-- The number of messages sent by the Western Union Tele- graph Company , as stated in its annual report , increased from 5,879 in 1867 to 17,153 in 1875. By 1885 the number had reached 42,096 and by 1890 , 55,878 . The number ...
... messages .-- The number of messages sent by the Western Union Tele- graph Company , as stated in its annual report , increased from 5,879 in 1867 to 17,153 in 1875. By 1885 the number had reached 42,096 and by 1890 , 55,878 . The number ...
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Page 20 - 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 lxxix - 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 lxxx - 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 65 - ... 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 20 - California shall be deemed criminal, nor shall those engaged therein be indictable or otherwise punishable for the crime of conspiracy, if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime, nor shall such agreement, combination, or contract be considered as in restraint of trade or commerce, nor shall any restraining order or injunction be issued with relation thereto.
Page 85 - New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia...
Page 32 - 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 15 - We denounce arbitrary interference by Federal authorities in local affairs as a violation of the Constitution of the United States and a crime against free institutions, and we especially object to government by injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which Federal 'Judges, in contempt of the laws of the States and rights of citizens, become at once legislators, judges, and executioners...
Page 20 - 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 235 - An act to aid in the construction of telegraph lines and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes...