Investigation of Economic Problems: Hearings Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Seventy-second Congress, Second Session, Pursuant of S. Res. 315, Authorizing and Directing the Finance Committee to Make an Investigation and Study of the Present Economic Problems of the United States with a View to Securing Constructive Suggestions with Respect to the Solution of Such Problems ... |
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... income , would suddenly find itself the victim of a new and greater cut , not by its employers , but by the very Government upon which it relies for protection . And not labor alone . The same thing would happen to every man who works ...
... income , would suddenly find itself the victim of a new and greater cut , not by its employers , but by the very Government upon which it relies for protection . And not labor alone . The same thing would happen to every man who works ...
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... income from about $ 85,000,000,000 to $ 40,000,000,000 . Senator KING . It is less than that , really . Senator BARKLEY . Well , I will use $ 40,000,000,000 as it is an easy figure to remember . The total cost of government in this ...
... income from about $ 85,000,000,000 to $ 40,000,000,000 . Senator KING . It is less than that , really . Senator BARKLEY . Well , I will use $ 40,000,000,000 as it is an easy figure to remember . The total cost of government in this ...
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... income . In the 23 years from 1910 to 1932 the total income from all exports averaged 7.45 per cent of the whole national income , but the proportion of agricultural income attributable to agricultural exports was 17.86 per cent , while ...
... income . In the 23 years from 1910 to 1932 the total income from all exports averaged 7.45 per cent of the whole national income , but the proportion of agricultural income attributable to agricultural exports was 17.86 per cent , while ...
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... INCOME In 1910 agriculture received 22.6 per cent of the total national income . In 1919 this had risen to 27.5 per cent . In 1921 it dropped to 15.3 per cent , while the average for the three years 1930 to 1932 was 13.3 per cent ...
... INCOME In 1910 agriculture received 22.6 per cent of the total national income . In 1919 this had risen to 27.5 per cent . In 1921 it dropped to 15.3 per cent , while the average for the three years 1930 to 1932 was 13.3 per cent ...
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... income , he has had to pay interest on an enormously increased debt . The CHAIRMAN . Have you any fingures to show what caused that increase ? The cause of the increase from $ 3,320,000,000 in 1910 to $ 7,858,000,000 in 1920 ? Mr. PEEK ...
... income , he has had to pay interest on an enormously increased debt . The CHAIRMAN . Have you any fingures to show what caused that increase ? The cause of the increase from $ 3,320,000,000 in 1910 to $ 7,858,000,000 in 1920 ? Mr. PEEK ...
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Page 484 - ... rates, fares, or charges will go into effect; and the proposed changes shall be shown by printing new schedules, or shall be plainly indicated upon the schedules in force at the time and kept open to public inspection...
Page 499 - ... the Commission may make such order with reference thereto as would be proper in a proceeding initiated after it had become effective.
Page 484 - Any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act receiving freight in the United States to be carried through a foreign country to any place in the United States shall also in like manner print and keep open to public inspection, at every depot or office where such freight is received for shipment, schedules showing the through rates established and charged by such common carrier to all points in the United States beyond the foreign country to which it accepts freight for shipment...
Page 500 - Provided, That the Commission may, in its discretion and for good cause shown, allow changes upon less than the notice herein specified, or modify the requirements of this section in respect to publishing, posting, and filing of tariffs, either in particular instances or by a general order applicable to special or peculiar circumstances or conditions.
Page 501 - The Board shall at all times have access to all lands, buildings, and equipment of any carrier and to all accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents, papers, and correspondence, now or hereafter existing, and kept or required to be kept by air carriers...
Page 483 - ... state separately all terminal charges, storage charges, icing charges, and all other charges which the Commission may require, all privileges or facilities granted or allowed and any rules or regulations which in anywise change, affect, or determine any part or the aggregate of such aforesaid rates, fares and charges, or the value of the service rendered to the passenger, shipper, or consignee.
Page 496 - Section 210a, no person shall engage in the business of a contract carrier by motor vehicle in interstate or foreign commerce on any public highway or within any reservation under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States unless there is in force with respect to such carrier a permit issued by the Commission...
Page 484 - ... established and charged by such common carrier to all points in the United States beyond the foreign country to which it accepts freight for shipment ; and any freight shipped from the United States through a foreign country into the United States, the through rate on which shall not have been made public as required by this act, shall, before it is admitted into the United States from said foreign country, be subject to customs duties, as if said freight were of foreign production ; and any...
Page 496 - ... (b) A common carrier by motor vehicle operating under any such certificate may occasionally deviate from the route over which, and/or the fixed termini between which, it is authorized to operate under the certificate, under such general or special rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe.
Page 499 - ... pending such hearing and the decision thereon the Commission, upon filing with such schedule and delivering to the carrier or carriers affected thereby a statement in writing of its reasons for such suspension, may suspend the operation of such schedule...