Duties and Powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, the Committee Having Under Consideration the Bill (S. 2439-Quarles Bill) "Further to Define the Duties and Powers of the Interstate Commerce Commision;" Also the Bill (H.R. 13588- Esch-Townsend Bill) "To Supplement and Amend the Act Entitled 'An Act to Regulate Commerce,' Approved February 4, 1887" Referred to the Committee February 10, 1905. December 16, 1904, and SubsequentlyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 - 309 էջ |
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... freight ? Suppose they should say they had not the cars ? Mr. BACON . This bill does not reach that . The CHAIRMAN . Suppose the rate is thought to be too low ; how are you going to make the railroads haul ? Senator TILLMAN . There is a ...
... freight ? Suppose they should say they had not the cars ? Mr. BACON . This bill does not reach that . The CHAIRMAN . Suppose the rate is thought to be too low ; how are you going to make the railroads haul ? Senator TILLMAN . There is a ...
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... freight office , the treasurer's office , or some other office , perhaps , to messengers or subordinate clerks of the firms receiving the benefit of such payments . A messenger boy will go with a little slip of paper with some pencil ...
... freight office , the treasurer's office , or some other office , perhaps , to messengers or subordinate clerks of the firms receiving the benefit of such payments . A messenger boy will go with a little slip of paper with some pencil ...
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... freight going to the South Atlantic ports can be avoided by having the rate fixed by the Commission rather than by the railroads . Mr. BACON . I get your idea . The CHAIRMAN . Senator Dolliver asked about that . Illustrate that and make ...
... freight going to the South Atlantic ports can be avoided by having the rate fixed by the Commission rather than by the railroads . Mr. BACON . I get your idea . The CHAIRMAN . Senator Dolliver asked about that . Illustrate that and make ...
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... freight of the same character . The CHAIRMAN . Suppose a combination of railroad and lake carriers involves unjust discrimination . Nothing is provided , to my knowl- edge , in any bill to include waterways over which the United States ...
... freight of the same character . The CHAIRMAN . Suppose a combination of railroad and lake carriers involves unjust discrimination . Nothing is provided , to my knowl- edge , in any bill to include waterways over which the United States ...
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... before you a clipping which I made a few days ago from the Washington Post in relation to imported glass . Certain Pittsburg people were complaining as to the freight rates 20 DUTIES AND POWERS OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION .
... before you a clipping which I made a few days ago from the Washington Post in relation to imported glass . Certain Pittsburg people were complaining as to the freight rates 20 DUTIES AND POWERS OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION .
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Էջ 261 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Էջ 219 - And, in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case.
Էջ 231 - That any person, firm, corporation, or association, or any mercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society, or any body politic or municipal organization complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act in contravention of the provisions thereof, may apply to said Commission by petition, which shall briefly state the facts ; whereupon a statement of the charges...
Էջ 161 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens, a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Էջ 165 - ... it shall be unlawful for any person, persons, or corporation to offer, grant, or give, or to solicit, accept, or receive any rebate, concession, or discrimination...
Էջ 169 - To regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.
Էջ 219 - We do not say that there may not be other matters to be regarded in estimating the value of the property.
Էջ 216 - State or national, are divided into the three grand departments, the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. That the functions appropriate to each of these branches of government shall be vested in a separate body of public servants, and that the perfection of the system requires that the lines which separate and divide these departments shall be broadly and clearly defined.
Էջ 57 - Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any such contract or engage in any such combination or conspiracy, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor...
Էջ 240 - That Congress cannot delegate legislative power to the President is a principle universally recognized as vital to the integrity and maintenance of the system of government ordained by the Constitution.