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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... business as a common carrier . Senator BURKETT . Mr. Chairman , it is not my purpose to take any time this morning ... Commission to furnish certain infor- mation with reference to the business that the express companies were doing in ...
... business as a common carrier . Senator BURKETT . Mr. Chairman , it is not my purpose to take any time this morning ... Commission to furnish certain infor- mation with reference to the business that the express companies were doing in ...
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... COMMISSION , Washington , May 9 , 1908 . SIR : The Interstate Commerce Commission has the honor to transmit herewith ... business of buying , selling , or handling on consignment fruits , vegetables , and oysters entering into interstate ...
... COMMISSION , Washington , May 9 , 1908 . SIR : The Interstate Commerce Commission has the honor to transmit herewith ... business of buying , selling , or handling on consignment fruits , vegetables , and oysters entering into interstate ...
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... commission . In accordance with the requirements of the resolution , our findings of facts and conclusions thereon are as follows : The States in which the express companies named do business and the total rail and other mileage upon ...
... commission . In accordance with the requirements of the resolution , our findings of facts and conclusions thereon are as follows : The States in which the express companies named do business and the total rail and other mileage upon ...
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... business of express companies , as now conducted , is to forward by rapid ... commission that might be performed by a personal representative is ... business . In the thickly settled portions of the country one - half to two - thirds of ...
... business of express companies , as now conducted , is to forward by rapid ... commission that might be performed by a personal representative is ... business . In the thickly settled portions of the country one - half to two - thirds of ...
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... business and with the view of increasing it , reorganized their order and commission departments and began systematic efforts to bring buyers and producers into communication with each other and to induce them to make shipments : by ...
... business and with the view of increasing it , reorganized their order and commission departments and began systematic efforts to bring buyers and producers into communication with each other and to induce them to make shipments : by ...
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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.