Hearing Before a Subcommittee...: Consisting of Senators Crane, Dolliver and Taylor on the Bill S.6668. To Prevent Express Companies from Transporting Commodities in which They Have Ownership Or Interest |
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... Gaines , of Omaha , attorney for the association ; Mr. M. L. Dolan , of Grand Island ; Mr. S. E. Lux , of Topeka ; Mr. C. F. Francis , of Davenport , Iowa ; Mr. E. H. Royer , of Des Moines , Iowa ; and W. W. Summers , of Chicago , Ill ...
... Gaines , of Omaha , attorney for the association ; Mr. M. L. Dolan , of Grand Island ; Mr. S. E. Lux , of Topeka ; Mr. C. F. Francis , of Davenport , Iowa ; Mr. E. H. Royer , of Des Moines , Iowa ; and W. W. Summers , of Chicago , Ill ...
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... Gaines is as follows :) EXPRESS COMPANIES AS MERCHANTS . ADDRESS BY MR . FRANK H. GAINES BEFORE THE WESTERN FRUIT JOBBERS ASSOCIATION . In responding to your invitation I wish to be understood as making a report , rather than address ...
... Gaines is as follows :) EXPRESS COMPANIES AS MERCHANTS . ADDRESS BY MR . FRANK H. GAINES BEFORE THE WESTERN FRUIT JOBBERS ASSOCIATION . In responding to your invitation I wish to be understood as making a report , rather than address ...
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... GAINES , ESQ . , OF OMAHA , NEBR . Mr. GAINES . Mr. Chairman and gentlemen , I want to make a state- ment , and but little more , of the point of view of the jobbers with reference to the fruit and vegetable business , and how it is ...
... GAINES , ESQ . , OF OMAHA , NEBR . Mr. GAINES . Mr. Chairman and gentlemen , I want to make a state- ment , and but little more , of the point of view of the jobbers with reference to the fruit and vegetable business , and how it is ...
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... GAINES . The recommendation of the Interstate Commerce Commission is that the Senate of the United States pass a law directed to the express companies and their agents , prohibiting them while they are agents of the express companies ...
... GAINES . The recommendation of the Interstate Commerce Commission is that the Senate of the United States pass a law directed to the express companies and their agents , prohibiting them while they are agents of the express companies ...
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... GAINES . The express companies ? Senator TAYLOR . Yes . Mr. GAINES . No , sir ; we have never claimed that they have done it directly . It is done by their agents . We recognize the view of the express companies that an agent can ...
... GAINES . The express companies ? Senator TAYLOR . Yes . Mr. GAINES . No , sir ; we have never claimed that they have done it directly . It is done by their agents . We recognize the view of the express companies that an agent can ...
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Page 1 - From and after May first, nineteen hundred and eight, it shall be unlawful for any railroad company to transport from any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, to any other State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or to any foreign country, any article or commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority, or which it may own in whole, or in part, or in which it may have any interest direct or indirect...
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Page 1 - Columbia, or to any foreign country, any article or commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority, or which it may own in whole, or in part, or in which it may have any interest direct or indirect except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its use in the conduct of its business as a common carrier.
Page 3 - Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska. Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Porto Rico, Texas, Utah Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Page 3 - That portion of the eastern contiguous United States which includes the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. (See map following paragraph (h)(ll) of this section).
Page 10 - ... the exception and not the rule. We believe, all the circumstances considered, that in the interest of growers and producers, as well as local dealers in communities served only by express companies, and in the interest of increased production in undeveloped regions and the consequent increased consumption of perishable products, the operation of the order and commission departments of the express companies should be allowed to continue.
Page 16 - Of let him take who has the power, And let him keep who can, the Boers now proceeded to possess themselves of as much territory as they wanted.