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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... operation of the bill . I do not think that to justify my dissent I must hold affirmatively that pooling contracts are legal and right . I think the burden of proof is upon them who would make such contracts criminal . Can it be that in ...
... operation of the bill . I do not think that to justify my dissent I must hold affirmatively that pooling contracts are legal and right . I think the burden of proof is upon them who would make such contracts criminal . Can it be that in ...
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... operation of free com- petition , and it will be changed from time to time if found to be relatively un- just . The feature of arbitration upon controversies arising between the con- tracting parties will also be prominent in the ...
... operation of free com- petition , and it will be changed from time to time if found to be relatively un- just . The feature of arbitration upon controversies arising between the con- tracting parties will also be prominent in the ...
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... operation , but what will tell you that the main purpose of them is to prevent discriminations ; and yet here we have a bill in which we propose to make criminal the means which the rail- road companies adopt to prevent discrimination ...
... operation , but what will tell you that the main purpose of them is to prevent discriminations ; and yet here we have a bill in which we propose to make criminal the means which the rail- road companies adopt to prevent discrimination ...
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... operation of railroads . I said I assumed in discussing these pooling contracts that the rates were always reasonable , and I challenge proof or fact to show that a competitive rate in this country is unreasonable unless it be ...
... operation of railroads . I said I assumed in discussing these pooling contracts that the rates were always reasonable , and I challenge proof or fact to show that a competitive rate in this country is unreasonable unless it be ...
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... operation , the average had been reduced to 6 mills per ton per mile upon all the business of these roads , competitive , non - competitive , through and local , and the reduction is equal to 33 per cent . Mr. PLUMB . Can the Senator ...
... operation , the average had been reduced to 6 mills per ton per mile upon all the business of these roads , competitive , non - competitive , through and local , and the reduction is equal to 33 per cent . Mr. PLUMB . Can 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.