Problems of the Softwood Lumber Industry, Hearings ..., 88-1 ..., April 26, 27; May 4, 19631963 - 204 pages |
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... cents per hundred to get his lumber transported from the Indiana - Illinois line all the way into that territory regardless of where it is . Now , that has created a condition that we cannot contend with . If the freight rates to ...
... cents per hundred to get his lumber transported from the Indiana - Illinois line all the way into that territory regardless of where it is . Now , that has created a condition that we cannot contend with . If the freight rates to ...
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... cents a hundred more . The Canadians get full benefit of that , but we in the South are com- pletely denied . In 1961 the west coast people asked for a 7 - cent reduction . The Interstate Commerce Commission refused that . Commissioner ...
... cents a hundred more . The Canadians get full benefit of that , but we in the South are com- pletely denied . In 1961 the west coast people asked for a 7 - cent reduction . The Interstate Commerce Commission refused that . Commissioner ...
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... cents . On the incentive rates , when they got this 7 cents they represented to the Commission that they would load 75,000 pounds to the car , and by reason of that there would be hundreds of millions of dollars available to railroads ...
... cents . On the incentive rates , when they got this 7 cents they represented to the Commission that they would load 75,000 pounds to the car , and by reason of that there would be hundreds of millions of dollars available to railroads ...
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... cents on the whole laden , and we could not sell it in Boston because we would have to pay the Boston rate . The same thing applies in Florida . Our lumber costs us approximately 10 cents per hundred miles for every hundred miles a car ...
... cents on the whole laden , and we could not sell it in Boston because we would have to pay the Boston rate . The same thing applies in Florida . Our lumber costs us approximately 10 cents per hundred miles for every hundred miles a car ...
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... cent is not seasoned lumber . It is a safety factor , because it gets under that rot . The Southern pine people set that at 19 percent . But practically all of our shipments average 16 percent . That is a safety factor . So Mr. Furcolo ...
... cent is not seasoned lumber . It is a safety factor , because it gets under that rot . The Southern pine people set that at 19 percent . But practically all of our shipments average 16 percent . That is a safety factor . So Mr. Furcolo ...
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Page 179 - Cong.) of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States of which the Hon.
Page 67 - ... bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of securing business. For breach or violation of this warranty the Government shall have the right to annul this contract without liability or in its discretion to deduct from the contract price or consideration the full amount of such commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee.
Page 68 - Secretary of the corporation named as contractor herein; that who signed this contract on behalf of the contractor, was then of said corporation; that said contract was duly signed for and in behalf of said corporation by authority of its governing body, and is within the scope of its corporate powers.
Page 67 - The Contractor warrants that no person or selling agency has been employed or retained to solicit or secure this contract upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee, excepting bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of securing business.
Page 77 - And I do hereby bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, to warrant and forever defend all and singular the said premises unto the said CD, his heirs and assigns, against myself and my heirs, and against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same, or any part thereof.
Page 67 - In connection with the performance of work under this Contract, the Contractor agrees not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color or national origin. The aforesaid provision shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The...
Page 85 - ... which may be transported on ocean vessels shall be transported on privately owned United States-flag commercial vessels, to the extent such vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates...
Page 77 - State of , the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold and released, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and release unto the said CD, all that (here describe the premises), together with all and singular the rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said premises belonging, or in anywise incident or appertaining.
Page 99 - States customs laws require each imported article produced abroad to be marked in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly, and permanently as the nature of the article permits, with the English name of the country of origin, to indicate to the ultimate purchaser in the United States the name of the country in which the article was manufactured or produced.
Page 72 - In Witness Whereof, the parties to this agreement have hereunto set their hands and seals in duplicate the day and year first above written. "JESSE ANDREW BROWN, (Seal) "DJ CANTY. . (.Seal...