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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... consignment , with or without compensation , any such article or commodity so received for transportation , except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its use in the conducting of its business as a common ...
... consignment , with or without compensation , any such article or commodity so received for transportation , except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its use in the conducting of its business as a common ...
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... CONSIGNMENT OR COMMISSION , OF COM- MODITIES TRANSPORTED BY EXPRESS COMPANIES . To the SENATE : WASHINGTON , D. C. , May 9 , 1908 . The Interstate Commerce Commission has the honor to submit the following report in response to the ...
... CONSIGNMENT OR COMMISSION , OF COM- MODITIES TRANSPORTED BY EXPRESS COMPANIES . To the SENATE : WASHINGTON , D. C. , May 9 , 1908 . The Interstate Commerce Commission has the honor to submit the following report in response to the ...
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... consignment of goods to one of its agents to be disposed of to the best advantage on shipper's account . On the contrary , it will undertake any reasonable commission for a patron , but it has never actively and systematically solicited ...
... consignment of goods to one of its agents to be disposed of to the best advantage on shipper's account . On the contrary , it will undertake any reasonable commission for a patron , but it has never actively and systematically solicited ...
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... consignments of this traffic from growers and producers to be handled by him on a commission basis . To - day the jobber of fruits , vegetables , etc. , usually buys his supplies outright , generally in carload lots , and does very ...
... consignments of this traffic from growers and producers to be handled by him on a commission basis . To - day the jobber of fruits , vegetables , etc. , usually buys his supplies outright , generally in carload lots , and does very ...
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... consignment and commission , often using the express companies ' wagons for the purpose of delivery and the express companies ' offices as places of storage . This led to many complaints from local dealers and jobbers generally who met ...
... consignment and commission , often using the express companies ' wagons for the purpose of delivery and the express companies ' offices as places of storage . This led to many complaints from local dealers and jobbers generally who met ...
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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.