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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... active and diligent to secure business through order and commission departments as they ever have been , though the methods of solicitation in some cases are different from those formerly employed . During recent years the business ...
... active and diligent to secure business through order and commission departments as they ever have been , though the methods of solicitation in some cases are different from those formerly employed . During recent years the business ...
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... active strife for business by express companies . A large portion of that territory is sparcely settled and there is but little local express business . Jobbing centers are far apart and the productive resources of many sections are yet ...
... active strife for business by express companies . A large portion of that territory is sparcely settled and there is but little local express business . Jobbing centers are far apart and the productive resources of many sections are yet ...
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... active to render assistance to producers and growers in any section of the country . In finding markets for products one or more of three methods may be used , viz , ( 1 ) a local agent supplies a producer with a list of buyers located ...
... active to render assistance to producers and growers in any section of the country . In finding markets for products one or more of three methods may be used , viz , ( 1 ) a local agent supplies a producer with a list of buyers located ...
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... active support in this matter and unearthed valuable evidence of the practices of which you complain . I want to say , however , that this investigation will come far from showing the full truth or the extent of the practices charged ...
... active support in this matter and unearthed valuable evidence of the practices of which you complain . I want to say , however , that this investigation will come far from showing the full truth or the extent of the practices charged ...
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... active competition with them and others in the lines of products which they were handl ng . To illustrate : A jobber at Chickasha testified that there were regular ship- ments of limes to the express agent at that place from a general ...
... active competition with them and others in the lines of products which they were handl ng . To illustrate : A jobber at Chickasha testified that there were regular ship- ments of limes to the express agent at that place from a general ...
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60TH CONGRESS Adams Express Company agents of express Arkansas berries broker buying and selling canvassed carload celery cent commission business commission department commodities common carrier competition complaint consignment consumer crate December 28 demoralized direct dispose Dolan engaged express agent express business express charges express shipments fields of production find a market freight fruit and produce fruit and vegetable GAINES GEES Grand Island handled hearing instance interest Interstate Commerce Commission Interstate Commerce Committee investigation Jones Kans Kansas City kindred products legitimate dealer matter ment merchant Missouri Omaha order and commission panies patrons perishable food products point of production points of distribution practice produce business purchase railroad reason result retail route agent Senator BURKETT Senator KEAN ship shippers sold solicit strawberries supply territory testified Texas to-day town trade transportation United States Express UNITED STATES SENATE wagons Wells-Fargo Company West Virginia Western Fruit Jobbers wholesale dealers
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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.