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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... obtained , may solicit a local dealer for orders , and in such case may name a price below that for which the jobber can afford to sell the same products . The result is that the dealer gives his order to the local agent . The amount of ...
... obtained , may solicit a local dealer for orders , and in such case may name a price below that for which the jobber can afford to sell the same products . The result is that the dealer gives his order to the local agent . The amount of ...
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... obtaining agents , at practically all points , who are not engaged in buying and selling the goods they receive by express ... obtain products , and of allowing consignments of commodities to agents for sale by them on shippers ' account ...
... obtaining agents , at practically all points , who are not engaged in buying and selling the goods they receive by express ... obtain products , and of allowing consignments of commodities to agents for sale by them on shippers ' account ...
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... obtain the express charges is the only reasonable inference from the facts ; and my notion of the denials of the companies , and the pre- tended ignorance of their general officers , can be imagined better than expressed . It may be ...
... obtain the express charges is the only reasonable inference from the facts ; and my notion of the denials of the companies , and the pre- tended ignorance of their general officers , can be imagined better than expressed . It may be ...
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... obtained by the companies , to be sold at such places as they may designate ; and again , orders of like magnitude may be secured , leaving with them the place of purchase . When this is done , if such time ever arrives to the degree ...
... obtained by the companies , to be sold at such places as they may designate ; and again , orders of like magnitude may be secured , leaving with them the place of purchase . When this is done , if such time ever arrives to the degree ...
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... obtain special rates and privileges in the transportation of their or their patrons ' products . Practically all of ... obtaining advantageous prices for the products of their patrons is certainly not less than that of express companies ...
... obtain special rates and privileges in the transportation of their or their patrons ' products . Practically all of ... obtaining advantageous prices for the products of their patrons is certainly not less than that of express companies ...
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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.