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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... favor of it . There may be one or two points in connection with the bill that the committee was not entirely unani- mous concerning , but which I will only intimate may be so . So , Mr. President , all I desire to do in connection with ...
... favor of it . There may be one or two points in connection with the bill that the committee was not entirely unani- mous concerning , but which I will only intimate may be so . So , Mr. President , all I desire to do in connection with ...
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... favor an absolute short - haul provision assert that the pro- vision of the bill will amount to nothing ; while those against any law touching the short - haul question assert that it is too strong , and should be further modified or go ...
... favor an absolute short - haul provision assert that the pro- vision of the bill will amount to nothing ; while those against any law touching the short - haul question assert that it is too strong , and should be further modified or go ...
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... is , therefore , whether an absolute prohibition of a greater charge for a shorter than for a longer dis- tance would accomplish the result desired by those who favor such legislation . " Mr. President , I think the committee would have 26.
... is , therefore , whether an absolute prohibition of a greater charge for a shorter than for a longer dis- tance would accomplish the result desired by those who favor such legislation . " Mr. President , I think the committee would have 26.
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... favor charging for the sections covering the next 200 miles double the rate charged in any of the preceding sections . In other words , the provision extends only to shipments from the same points - and leaves all other points and sec ...
... favor charging for the sections covering the next 200 miles double the rate charged in any of the preceding sections . In other words , the provision extends only to shipments from the same points - and leaves all other points and sec ...
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... favor of it . I know of none who are opposed to it , except those who are interested in special rates and in rail- roads . I will stop here to remark in this connection that I do not know how the writer could have imagined this to be my ...
... favor of it . I know of none who are opposed to it , except those who are interested in special rates and in rail- roads . I will stop here to remark in this connection that I do not know how the writer could have imagined this to be my ...
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amendment ask the Senator bushel CAMDEN car-load carry cents charge Chicago commission commissioners committee common carrier common law competing competition complained Congress cost court CULLOM desire EDMUNDS favor fourth section freight gentleman from Texas House Illinois INGALLS insert interest interstate commerce Iowa KENNA lakes legislation long haul longer distance MANDERSON Massachusetts ment miles Mississippi River O'NEILL original point pass passengers Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Railroad person PLATT point of departure present PRESIDENT pro tempore prohibit proposed proposition provisions question rail railroad company railway rates Reagan bill reasonable rebates regulate Rhode Island river road rule Saint Louis SAULSBURY Senate bill Senator from Vermont Senator from West ship shipment shipper short haul shorter SPEAKER strike tion to-day traffic transportation United unjust discrimination violation Virginia City vote West Virginia words York
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Página 223 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Página 139 - ... than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service In the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which Is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Página 87 - 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...
Página 218 - Court of equity, and without the formal pleadings and proceedings applicable to ordinary suits in equity, but in such manner as to do justice in the premises; and to this end such Court shall have power, if it think fit, to direct and prosecute, in" such mode and by such persons as it may appoint, all such inquiries as the Court may think needful to enable it to form a just judgment in the matter of such petition...
Página 561 - That nothing in this Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...
Página 69 - ... the carriage of freights from being and being treated as one continuous carriage from the place of shipment to the place of destination, unless such break, stoppage, or interruption was made in good faith for some necessary purpose, and without any intent to avoid or unnecessarily interrupt such continuous carriage or to evade any of the provisions of this act.
Página 408 - The costs and expenses of such prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States.
Página 561 - ... nothing in this Act contained shall in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this Act are in addition to such remedies...
Página 218 - ... shall happen, alleging such violation or disobedience as the case may be; and the said Court shall have power to hear and determine the matter, on such short notice to the common carrier complained of as the Court shall deem reasonable; and such notice may be served on such common carrier, his or its officers, agents, or servants...
Página 556 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...