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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... clause for the purpose of getting legislation on this subject . I am willing to surrender , so far , my judgment as to what is wise and best . Right here I want to allude to an objection based upon a possible construction which I have ...
... clause for the purpose of getting legislation on this subject . I am willing to surrender , so far , my judgment as to what is wise and best . Right here I want to allude to an objection based upon a possible construction which I have ...
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... clause of the statute should be . But he said more he went out of the way to say it , showing what Judge Deady would decide when such a contract was brought before him : Pooling freights or dividing earnings is resorted to by rival and ...
... clause of the statute should be . But he said more he went out of the way to say it , showing what Judge Deady would decide when such a contract was brought before him : Pooling freights or dividing earnings is resorted to by rival and ...
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... clause or law . Why ? Why the necessity for it ? The inexorable logic of the case is that the com- petitive rate is too low and the railroads are attempting to earn remu- nerative rates by putting unreasonable charges upon local traffic ...
... clause or law . Why ? Why the necessity for it ? The inexorable logic of the case is that the com- petitive rate is too low and the railroads are attempting to earn remu- nerative rates by putting unreasonable charges upon local traffic ...
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... clause of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States . All of these propositions were denied by the court , and judgment rendered against the defendant , which judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court on appeal ...
... clause of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States . All of these propositions were denied by the court , and judgment rendered against the defendant , which judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court on appeal ...
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... clause negatives the inference that might possibly be drawn from the language of the section without these words , namely : that an equal charge for a shorter distance is authorized by inference because only a greater charge is ...
... clause negatives the inference that might possibly be drawn from the language of the section without these words , namely : that an equal charge for a shorter distance is authorized by inference because only a greater charge is ...
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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.