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," |
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... cents for ten words to Chicago ) , at the rate of about two dollars per ten words to Chicago , without grum- bling ... cents per gallon . The people who paid four dollars per capita for light now pay less than forty cents per capita ...
... cents for ten words to Chicago ) , at the rate of about two dollars per ten words to Chicago , without grum- bling ... cents per gallon . The people who paid four dollars per capita for light now pay less than forty cents per capita ...
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... cents apiece for making shirts , and holds a chattel mortgage on her sewing - machine as security for the material upon which she operates it . Mr. Hudson appears to infer that the smaller the manufacturer , the better off the consumer ...
... cents apiece for making shirts , and holds a chattel mortgage on her sewing - machine as security for the material upon which she operates it . Mr. Hudson appears to infer that the smaller the manufacturer , the better off the consumer ...
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... cents on a dollar . For , did it keep up its prices , either one of two things would inevitably happen : either new factories would be started , or the inventive genius of this people would invent a substitute for the product they ...
... cents on a dollar . For , did it keep up its prices , either one of two things would inevitably happen : either new factories would be started , or the inventive genius of this people would invent a substitute for the product they ...
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... cents per ton , and gives the miners ten cents of the advance , a gain of $ 3,000,000 is secured in the annual wages of the miners ; but a burden of $ 15,000,000 is imposed on the labor that consumes the coal . If the coke syndicate ...
... cents per ton , and gives the miners ten cents of the advance , a gain of $ 3,000,000 is secured in the annual wages of the miners ; but a burden of $ 15,000,000 is imposed on the labor that consumes the coal . If the coke syndicate ...
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... cents per gallon . Had the people of this country been able to obtain at any price as abundant , comfortable and convenient light as they now enjoy , it would have cost them $ 4 per capita in 1860 , whereas it now costs them less than ...
... cents per gallon . Had the people of this country been able to obtain at any price as abundant , comfortable and convenient light as they now enjoy , it would have cost them $ 4 per capita in 1860 , whereas it now costs them less than ...
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.