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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... buyer and the agreed sale price collected and transmitted to the shipper for express and money - order charges . ( 3 ) A patron may deliver any commodity , subject to express shipment , to an agent of a company who will undertake to ...
... buyer and the agreed sale price collected and transmitted to the shipper for express and money - order charges . ( 3 ) A patron may deliver any commodity , subject to express shipment , to an agent of a company who will undertake to ...
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... buyers and producers into communication with each other and to induce them to make shipments : by express . In 1895 the Wells - Fargo Company began the use of express refrigerator cars , built and equipped for passenger - train service ...
... buyers and producers into communication with each other and to induce them to make shipments : by express . In 1895 the Wells - Fargo Company began the use of express refrigerator cars , built and equipped for passenger - train service ...
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... the business in competition with buyers for jobbers . We do not find that there had been a general practice among route and other agents of express companies to buy crops 8 PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMODITIES BY EXPRESS COMPANIES .
... the business in competition with buyers for jobbers . We do not find that there had been a general practice among route and other agents of express companies to buy crops 8 PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMODITIES BY EXPRESS COMPANIES .
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... buyers located at various points reached by his company and names express charges by the crate , box , barrel , or pound , as the case may be ; he suggests correspondence , and if orders result the producer con- signs accordingly ; ( 2 ) ...
... buyers located at various points reached by his company and names express charges by the crate , box , barrel , or pound , as the case may be ; he suggests correspondence , and if orders result the producer con- signs accordingly ; ( 2 ) ...
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... buyer and seller of food products , and afford facilities for the conduct of a large business between them , they have entered the field as competitors in the jobbing business , and that such competition is unfair , because the ...
... buyer and seller of food products , and afford facilities for the conduct of a large business between them , they have entered the field as competitors in the jobbing business , and that such competition is unfair , because the ...
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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 3 - Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, ' New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, District of Columbia, and Ontario, Canada.
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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.