The People and the Railways: A Popular Discussion of the Railway Problem in the United States by Way of Answer to "The Railways and the Republic,"Belford, Clarke, 1888 - 245 páginas |
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... of life at the least cost , is the highest practical benevolence ; while devices to rule commerce by the suspension of competition , and to exact arbitrary profits from the masses , are THE PEOPLE AND THE RAILWAYS . 13.
... of life at the least cost , is the highest practical benevolence ; while devices to rule commerce by the suspension of competition , and to exact arbitrary profits from the masses , are THE PEOPLE AND THE RAILWAYS . 13.
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... competition had long since ceased to involve simple problems of competition in getting busi- ness alone ; how it at present includes also the element of the cost versus the price of doing business at all — that is to say , the value of ...
... competition had long since ceased to involve simple problems of competition in getting busi- ness alone ; how it at present includes also the element of the cost versus the price of doing business at all — that is to say , the value of ...
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... competition and nothing but competition is to be the rule . ) But with all earthly matters Mr. Hudson will have nothing but competition . He will not hear of such a thing as a combi- nation . He proceeds : " But the very question at ...
... competition and nothing but competition is to be the rule . ) But with all earthly matters Mr. Hudson will have nothing but competition . He will not hear of such a thing as a combi- nation . He proceeds : " But the very question at ...
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... competitors in the ark - building trade he felt safe in allowing himself a reasonable time ) —to the patriarchal rather than to the feudal system . But , having decided where to go , how are we to turn back commerce ? What is commerce ...
... competitors in the ark - building trade he felt safe in allowing himself a reasonable time ) —to the patriarchal rather than to the feudal system . But , having decided where to go , how are we to turn back commerce ? What is commerce ...
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... competition . What is the just measure of returns on capital invested in houses , stores , farms , small manu- factures , or a thousand other forms of ordinary enterprise ? Free competition . What , indeed , is the force which fixes the ...
... competition . What is the just measure of returns on capital invested in houses , stores , farms , small manu- factures , or a thousand other forms of ordinary enterprise ? Free competition . What , indeed , is the force which fixes the ...
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Página 189 - That in case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done any act, matter, or thing in this Act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Página 191 - 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 191 - Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Página 184 - railroad" as used in this Act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease ; and the term " transportation " shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Página 190 - Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the term of each to be designated by the President ; but their successors shall be appointed for terms of six years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired time of the Commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Página 190 - That any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, or, whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by such corporation...
Página 204 - 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...
Página 183 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Página 203 - 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...
Página 185 - ... 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, and shall not discriminate in their rates and charges between such connecting lines; but this shall not be construed as requiring any such common carrier to give the use of its tracks or terminal facilities to another carrier engaged in like business.