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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... carrier . Senator BURKETT . Mr. Chairman , it is not my purpose to take any time this morning personally . I will be here right along , and if necessary can appear at some future time . We have here this morn- ing , who desire to be ...
... carrier . Senator BURKETT . Mr. Chairman , it is not my purpose to take any time this morning personally . I will be here right along , and if necessary can appear at some future time . We have here this morn- ing , who desire to be ...
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... carriers of from 40 to 60 per cent of the gross receipts of their business . In the thickly settled portions of the country one - half to two - thirds of the local express agents are paid a salary graded upon the amount of business done ...
... carriers of from 40 to 60 per cent of the gross receipts of their business . In the thickly settled portions of the country one - half to two - thirds of the local express agents are paid a salary graded upon the amount of business done ...
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... carrier as a reason for entering any kind of business . Upon the proposition that the order and commission department finds a market for the surplus shipment , the query at once arises : " Where ? " If such shipments of the overplus ...
... carrier as a reason for entering any kind of business . Upon the proposition that the order and commission department finds a market for the surplus shipment , the query at once arises : " Where ? " If such shipments of the overplus ...
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... carrier , differing in no essential feature from the railroad proper with which under contract it performs a part of the public service . This position of a common carrier , and therefore performing a public function , is accepted or ...
... carrier , differing in no essential feature from the railroad proper with which under contract it performs a part of the public service . This position of a common carrier , and therefore performing a public function , is accepted or ...
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... carriers for hire of persons and products . St. Petersburg was built upon a morass by the autocratic will of a czar ... carrier performing in the interest of the public the services of trans- portation impartially , at reasonable cost ...
... carriers for hire of persons and products . St. Petersburg was built upon a morass by the autocratic will of a czar ... carrier performing in the interest of the public the services of trans- portation impartially , at reasonable cost ...
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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...
Page 3 - Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New...
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.
Page 3 - Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland. Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon...
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.