Interstate Commerce: Debate in Forty-Eighth Congress, Second Session [-Fiftieth Congress], on the Bill (H.R. 5461) to Establish a Board of Commissioners of Interstate Commerce and to Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c |
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... Georgia , concerning the interstate - commerce bill . I do not ask for the reading of it , but that it be inserted in the RECORD . The The PRESIDENT pro tempore . The Senator from Georgia asks that the communication referred to by him ...
... Georgia , concerning the interstate - commerce bill . I do not ask for the reading of it , but that it be inserted in the RECORD . The The PRESIDENT pro tempore . The Senator from Georgia asks that the communication referred to by him ...
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... GEORGIA , 1886 . This petition is signed by numerous citizens . Mr. HARRIS . Before the question of proceeding to the considera- tion of executive business is put , I desire to inquire if I understood the Senator from Illinois as giving ...
... GEORGIA , 1886 . This petition is signed by numerous citizens . Mr. HARRIS . Before the question of proceeding to the considera- tion of executive business is put , I desire to inquire if I understood the Senator from Illinois as giving ...
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... Georgia merely , without any names attached to it , stating that it was signed by numerous citizens . It is due to the gen- tlemen who sent me the petition , accompanied by a letter , that I should state that it is signed by citizens of ...
... Georgia merely , without any names attached to it , stating that it was signed by numerous citizens . It is due to the gen- tlemen who sent me the petition , accompanied by a letter , that I should state that it is signed by citizens of ...
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... Georgia , ( some of the sea island cotton , from South Carolina , goes that way to European markets ) . Beef - fresh , salted , and canned .. Tallow ... Mutton .. Bacon ...... Ham Pork . Lard Other meat products .. Butter . Cheese ...
... Georgia , ( some of the sea island cotton , from South Carolina , goes that way to European markets ) . Beef - fresh , salted , and canned .. Tallow ... Mutton .. Bacon ...... Ham Pork . Lard Other meat products .. Butter . Cheese ...
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... Georgia , South Carolina , Alabama , and Tennessee , and the operatives , artisans , and mechanics of the East have all felt the beneficial effects of this wise policy , and their prosperity is largely dependent upon its continuance ...
... Georgia , South Carolina , Alabama , and Tennessee , and the operatives , artisans , and mechanics of the East have all felt the beneficial effects of this wise policy , and their prosperity is largely dependent upon its continuance ...
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Page 144 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 458 - ... that upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this act.
Page 9 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith...
Page 359 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.