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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... question of whether we shall legislate for the regulation of interstate commerce transacted by railroads , but it is a question of how we shall legislate . It is a vast and complicated subject that we deal with , vaster and more ...
... question of whether we shall legislate for the regulation of interstate commerce transacted by railroads , but it is a question of how we shall legislate . It is a vast and complicated subject that we deal with , vaster and more ...
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... question of what is a reasonable charge upon freight to a station or from a station is not to be determined by the question of what is charged for freight to or from another station . In other words , the question of reasonable freight ...
... question of what is a reasonable charge upon freight to a station or from a station is not to be determined by the question of what is charged for freight to or from another station . In other words , the question of reasonable freight ...
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... question at that point ? Mr. PLATT . I think not , though I am making an argument which rather requires a connected thread of thought in order to be intelligible , not to say effective . Mr. MCPHERSON . I shall not ask the question . Mr ...
... question at that point ? Mr. PLATT . I think not , though I am making an argument which rather requires a connected thread of thought in order to be intelligible , not to say effective . Mr. MCPHERSON . I shall not ask the question . Mr ...
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... question to the Senate of the United States : England has had as much experience in railroads as we have ; it has had the experience of thirty years of legislation it ; has experienced all the evils ; it has tried all the remedies for ...
... question to the Senate of the United States : England has had as much experience in railroads as we have ; it has had the experience of thirty years of legislation it ; has experienced all the evils ; it has tried all the remedies for ...
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... question , then , is , whether the agreement is void in law . As it has been clearly settled that an agreement to withdraw opposition to a railway bill for a pecuniary or other consideration is not illegal , the agreement in question ...
... question , then , is , whether the agreement is void in law . As it has been clearly settled that an agreement to withdraw opposition to a railway bill for a pecuniary or other consideration is not illegal , the agreement in question ...
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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.