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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... believe universal observation will attest that for the last quarter of a century competition in the trade has caused more individual distress , if not more public injury , than the want of competition . Indeed , by reducing prices below ...
... believe universal observation will attest that for the last quarter of a century competition in the trade has caused more individual distress , if not more public injury , than the want of competition . Indeed , by reducing prices below ...
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... believe that competition must not be in- terfered with , what this committee say on the subject of competition : It would not destroy the benefits of legitimate competition , but it would place a wholesome restraint upon reckless ...
... believe that competition must not be in- terfered with , what this committee say on the subject of competition : It would not destroy the benefits of legitimate competition , but it would place a wholesome restraint upon reckless ...
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... believe that that is the best outcome of the railroad problem . I wish to emphasize this point : George Stephenson said that where combination was possible , competition was impossible ; and no man ever said a truer thing . This bill ...
... believe that that is the best outcome of the railroad problem . I wish to emphasize this point : George Stephenson said that where combination was possible , competition was impossible ; and no man ever said a truer thing . This bill ...
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... believe that this bill unaided and alone will do away with discrimination , and I say so because it is the experience of foreign countries that rigid laws aimed against discrimination have been in- effectual except as aided by the ...
... believe that this bill unaided and alone will do away with discrimination , and I say so because it is the experience of foreign countries that rigid laws aimed against discrimination have been in- effectual except as aided by the ...
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... believe is the best legislation . I do not believe that the legislation will fail if this bill goes back to a conference with an indi- cation that the Senate will not consent to brand as criminal practices those arrangements which ...
... believe is the best legislation . I do not believe that the legislation will fail if this bill goes back to a conference with an indi- cation that the Senate will not consent to brand as criminal practices those arrangements which ...
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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.