Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce of the United States Senate on the Bill (S. 1439): To Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Regulate Commerce," Approved February 4, 1887, and All Acts Amendatory Thereof [January 26, 1900] |
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... that could be employed , the act has been gradually stripped of its force and effect , until now it is impotent and valueless as a protection to the 5 REGULATION OF COMMERCE . rights of either shipper or 4 REGULATION OF COMMERCE .
... that could be employed , the act has been gradually stripped of its force and effect , until now it is impotent and valueless as a protection to the 5 REGULATION OF COMMERCE . rights of either shipper or 4 REGULATION OF COMMERCE .
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... effect , the rates varying according to localities . For twenty years previous to that time the rates on those commodities had been the same , and an immense flour - export industry was built up in this country . This policy of the ...
... effect , the rates varying according to localities . For twenty years previous to that time the rates on those commodities had been the same , and an immense flour - export industry was built up in this country . This policy of the ...
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... effect . Senator ALLEN . I wish you would do that . There is one more ques- tion . What are the names of the organizations of elevator companies of which you speak that control the price of wheat in this country ? Mr. GALLAGHER . Take ...
... effect . Senator ALLEN . I wish you would do that . There is one more ques- tion . What are the names of the organizations of elevator companies of which you speak that control the price of wheat in this country ? Mr. GALLAGHER . Take ...
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... effect of this business . A gentleman who was formerly engaged in grain buying found it impossible to continue in business , and he became an employee of the people who could do business along the line . He described the effect of it to ...
... effect of this business . A gentleman who was formerly engaged in grain buying found it impossible to continue in business , and he became an employee of the people who could do business along the line . He described the effect of it to ...
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... effect of this clause . Mr. GALLAGHER . We do not so understand it . Senator CHANDLER . If it embraces the Joint Traffic Association , with twenty - five hundred millions of capital , of course there is no reason why eleven billions of ...
... effect of this clause . Mr. GALLAGHER . We do not so understand it . Senator CHANDLER . If it embraces the Joint Traffic Association , with twenty - five hundred millions of capital , of course there is no reason why eleven billions of ...
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Page 51 - ... 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...
Page 2 - This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Page 15 - Act to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance; provided, however, that upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this Act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved...
Page 28 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created. He may withdraw his grant by discontinuing the use; but, so long as he maintains the use, he...
Page 23 - It may be doubted whether any of the evils proceeding from the feebleness of the federal government contributed more to that great revolution which introduced the present system than the deep and general conviction that commerce ought to be regulated by congress.
Page 2 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, is vested in congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the constitution of the United States.
Page 331 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...
Page 168 - Commission hereby created shall have authority to inquire into the management of the business of all common carriers subject to the provisions of this act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted...
Page 221 - Taken in connection with other decisions denning the powers of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, the present decision, it seems to me, goes far to make that Commission a useless body for all practical purposes, and to defeat many of the important objects designed to be accomplished by the various enactments of Congress relating to inter-state commerce. The Commission was established to protect the public against the improper practices of the transportation companies engaged in commerce among the...
Page 331 - 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...