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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... demands of patrons have developed a great system that reaches every part of the country and has become an important factor in our internal commerce . There are some 79 express companies doing an interstate business in this country ...
... demands of patrons have developed a great system that reaches every part of the country and has become an important factor in our internal commerce . There are some 79 express companies doing an interstate business in this country ...
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... demand exceeded the supply . The producers had no difficulty in finding ready markets at fair prices . In other words , producers received orders from dealers in excess of the output , and no special efforts were required to dispose of ...
... demand exceeded the supply . The producers had no difficulty in finding ready markets at fair prices . In other words , producers received orders from dealers in excess of the output , and no special efforts were required to dispose of ...
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... demands near at hand . If express companies are prohibited from assisting growers to find markets and local dealers to secure supplies , the production and con- sumption of fruits , berries , melons , and perishable food products will ...
... demands near at hand . If express companies are prohibited from assisting growers to find markets and local dealers to secure supplies , the production and con- sumption of fruits , berries , melons , and perishable food products will ...
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... demand it , and of that there is no convincing evidence . In accordance with the requirements of the resolution the commission respectfully recommends : First . That all express companies and their agents be prohibited from buying and ...
... demand it , and of that there is no convincing evidence . In accordance with the requirements of the resolution the commission respectfully recommends : First . That all express companies and their agents be prohibited from buying and ...
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... demand , with the result that the local market is oversupplied , with consequent loss to the local dealer who has given a legitimate order ; and hence he becomes dissatisfied , and business is demoralized or ruined . I do not know , of ...
... demand , with the result that the local market is oversupplied , with consequent loss to the local dealer who has given a legitimate order ; and hence he becomes dissatisfied , and business is demoralized or ruined . I do not know , of ...
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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.