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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... field of production contract with the growers of berries , melons , vege- tables , etc. , for refrigerator carload shipments at freight rates , which are cheaper than express rates , to the city or town where the jobber does business ...
... field of production contract with the growers of berries , melons , vege- tables , etc. , for refrigerator carload shipments at freight rates , which are cheaper than express rates , to the city or town where the jobber does business ...
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... fields of production , and there are no extensive new fields to be developed . The supply of food products for great consum- ing centers , such as New York , Chicago , and Philadelphia , moves for the most part in refrigerator cars and ...
... fields of production , and there are no extensive new fields to be developed . The supply of food products for great consum- ing centers , such as New York , Chicago , and Philadelphia , moves for the most part in refrigerator cars and ...
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... field receives during the season daily telegrams and letters of advice from other agents informing him of the wants of dealers at various points along the line or lines of railway upon which the company operates , and he , in turn , is ...
... field receives during the season daily telegrams and letters of advice from other agents informing him of the wants of dealers at various points along the line or lines of railway upon which the company operates , and he , in turn , is ...
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... field of production that climatic conditions exist which ripen berries , fruits , or melons with great rapidity , and a grower's orders for a given day are not sufficient to cover all of the product which must in the nature of the case ...
... field of production that climatic conditions exist which ripen berries , fruits , or melons with great rapidity , and a grower's orders for a given day are not sufficient to cover all of the product which must in the nature of the case ...
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... field of production , for reasons satisfactory to themselves , dispose of their products through express companies ... fields is to increase express business , but the system maintained is of great economic value in that it results in ...
... field of production , for reasons satisfactory to themselves , dispose of their products through express companies ... fields is to increase express business , but the system maintained is of great economic value in that it results in ...
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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.