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Reports of the Industrial Commission... United States. Industrial Commission Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1901 |
Reports of the Industrial Commission... United States. Industrial Commission Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1901 |
Reports of the Industrial Commission... United States. Industrial Commission Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1901 |
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Էջ 127 - They retard, they trammel commerce, they augment the difference we have remarked between the price paid by the consumer and the price received by the producer — that very difference, the reduction of which, as far as possible, forms the subject of our problem.
Էջ 27 - Does not the wheat grower of the Northwest and the cotton planter of the South plant, cultivate, and harvest his crop with an eye on the prices at Liverpool, New York, and Chicago?
Էջ 2 - That it shall be the duty of this commission to investigate questions pertaining to immigration, to labor, to agriculture, to manufacturing, and to business, and to report to Congress and to suggest such legislation as it may deem best upon these subjects.
Էջ 356 - Any inclosure in which cows are kept shall be graded and drained so as to keep the surface reasonably dry and to prevent the accumulation of water therein, except as may be permitted for the purpose of supplying drinking water; no garbage, urine, fecal matter or similar substances shall be placed or allowed to remain in such inclosure; and no open drain shall be allowed to run through it.
Էջ 28 - States become so largely identified with the speculative class of trading capitalists? The answer is, that it has been found best for the producing and consuming interests of the community that the risks of distribution should be localized in a separate commercial class whose members are in a position to inform themselves as to all the factors — past, present and prospective — affecting the future course of prices.
Էջ 405 - ... constituted authority renders the carrying on of the manufacture, or bottling, impracticable, then the said party of the first part shall immediately give notice of the fact, and thereafter it shall be under no obligation to receive milk from the party of the second part under this contract, and this contract shall thereupon be considered terminated and void. It is also understood and agreed that the party of the first part shall be under no obligation to receive any milk under this contract...
Էջ 2 - That it shall furnish such information and suggest such laws as may be made a basis for uniform legislation by the various States of the Union, in order to harmonize conflicting interests and to be equitable to the laborer, the employer, the .producer, and the consumer.
Էջ 223 - ... equally losers and winners, thus proving that one is about as important and influential a factor in the market as the other. Seventh. Because evidence believed to be conclusive has been presented showing that, under speculation, prices prevailing at the time when producers dispose of the greater^)art of their products are greater in comparison to the rest of the year than they were before the advent of modern speculation.
Էջ 65 - ... grain, grain products, and cotton seed products, and recognizing the necessity of a Grain Exchange, do hereby associate ourselves into an organization, the object of which shall be the advancement and protection of the common interests of those engaged in the hay and grain business, the formulation of rules for the transaction of business, and the promotion of friendly relations among the hay and grain men ; for the furtherance of our purpose and we hereby create and establish this constitution.
Էջ 3 - ... products. The object in presenting this report at this time, in advance of a final report on conditions of agriculture and suggested remedial legislation relating thereto, is to furnish Congress and the public with concrete data, assembled from a hitherto but partially exploited field of investigation. It. is not claimed that the conclusions set forth in this report are free from errors of judgment, but the statistical facts presented are from original and official sources and form a basis for...