Hearings: Duties and Powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, December 16, 1904, and Subsequently, the Committee Having Under Consideration the Bill (S.2439)-Quarles Bill.) ...United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States. Interstate Commerce Commission U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 - 309 էջ |
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... Chicago , for instance , if it is out West - are too high . The Commission goes to that place , investigates the subject , hears testimony , and finally deter- mines that the rates were too high , and so orders ; then they also make an ...
... Chicago , for instance , if it is out West - are too high . The Commission goes to that place , investigates the subject , hears testimony , and finally deter- mines that the rates were too high , and so orders ; then they also make an ...
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... Chicago , covering 500 miles by 1,000 miles and including a thousand shippers - and then the order of the Commission should be reversed by the courts ; what relief would the railroad have under this bill ? Mr. BACON . To answer the ...
... Chicago , covering 500 miles by 1,000 miles and including a thousand shippers - and then the order of the Commission should be reversed by the courts ; what relief would the railroad have under this bill ? Mr. BACON . To answer the ...
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... Chicago and against Kansas City , or as between Chicago and Cleveland , on 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 ...
... Chicago and against Kansas City , or as between Chicago and Cleveland , on 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 ...
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... Chicago . Mr. BACON . They do often , yes . The CHAIRMAN . Why should we not try to correct this abuse on water as well as upon the land ? There is no regulation of river traffic at all . Now , you are an expert . In preparing a bill ...
... Chicago . Mr. BACON . They do often , yes . The CHAIRMAN . Why should we not try to correct this abuse on water as well as upon the land ? There is no regulation of river traffic at all . Now , you are an expert . In preparing a bill ...
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... Chicago and St. Louis and 16 other trunk lines , comprising practically every large road in the official classi- fication territory , are carrying foreign - manufactured glass at rates that constitute a flagrant discrimination against ...
... Chicago and St. Louis and 16 other trunk lines , comprising practically every large road in the official classi- fication territory , are carrying foreign - manufactured glass at rates that constitute a flagrant discrimination against ...
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Էջ 215 - 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 20 - Acts amendatory thereto whereby any such property shall by any device whatever be transported at a less rate than that named in the tariffs published and filed by such carrier, as is required by said Act to regulate commerce and the Acts amendatory thereto, or whereby any other advantage is given or discrimination is practiced.
Էջ 229 - 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 155 - 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 159 - ... 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 165 - To regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.
Էջ 214 - The question of the reasonableness of a rate of charge for transportation by a railroad company, involving as it does the element of reasonableness both as regards the company and as regards the public, is eminently a question for judicial investigation, requiring due process of law for its determination.
Էջ 212 - 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 215 - It cannot be assumed that any railroad corporation accepting franchises, rights, and privileges, at the hands of the public, ever supposed that it acquired or that it was intended to grant to it, the power to construct and maintain a public highway simply for its benefit, without regard to the rights of the public.
Էջ 215 - 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.