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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... Senator from Connecti- cut that it is going to be injurious to the business of the country will prove to be unfounded ; at least I hope and I believe so . I think every Senator will bear me out in saying that I have not been disposed to ...
... Senator from Connecti- cut that it is going to be injurious to the business of the country will prove to be unfounded ; at least I hope and I believe so . I think every Senator will bear me out in saying that I have not been disposed to ...
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... Senate , Mr. President , and that is to lay on the table and print . The PRESIDENT pro tempore . The Senator from Illinois moves that the report of the committee of conference be printed with the bill of the Senate , the amendment of ...
... Senate , Mr. President , and that is to lay on the table and print . The PRESIDENT pro tempore . The Senator from Illinois moves that the report of the committee of conference be printed with the bill of the Senate , the amendment of ...
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... Senate be- fore giving the Senate ample time for proper consideration . But it seems to me that the Senator's motion could be made on Tuesday of next week , when I shall hope to call the report up , if it shall be de- termined in the ...
... Senate be- fore giving the Senate ample time for proper consideration . But it seems to me that the Senator's motion could be made on Tuesday of next week , when I shall hope to call the report up , if it shall be de- termined in the ...
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... Senator from Illinois -- and I can not conceive his reason to be contrary - would consent , for the convenience of us all , for the advantage of debate which will occur in the public prints and elsewhere that we may be enlightened and ...
... Senator from Illinois -- and I can not conceive his reason to be contrary - would consent , for the convenience of us all , for the advantage of debate which will occur in the public prints and elsewhere that we may be enlightened and ...
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... Senator from Illinois will insist on taking up this bill and commencing the consideration of it at the earliest ... Senator from Kansas may be adopted at this time . The PRESIDENT pro tempore . The Chair did not understand the Senator ...
... Senator from Illinois will insist on taking up this bill and commencing the consideration of it at the earliest ... Senator from Kansas may be adopted at this time . The PRESIDENT pro tempore . The Chair did not understand the Senator ...
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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.