An Investor's Notes on American RailroadsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886 - 224 halaman |
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... owner or mortgagee is afraid to occupy or visit , or the conduct of a business to which the system of boycotting may be any day applied . The economical prospects of Ireland practically divorced from England may be satisfactory to Mr ...
... owner or mortgagee is afraid to occupy or visit , or the conduct of a business to which the system of boycotting may be any day applied . The economical prospects of Ireland practically divorced from England may be satisfactory to Mr ...
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... owner into line with his law - abiding fellow - citizens , as against the Socialist or the transgressor of law . Expe- rience shows that the man who has the grit to make money has generally the grit to protect it . In a riot or a fight ...
... owner into line with his law - abiding fellow - citizens , as against the Socialist or the transgressor of law . Expe- rience shows that the man who has the grit to make money has generally the grit to protect it . In a riot or a fight ...
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... owners of accumulated wealth is not , on the whole , better for the producing communities of the world than a very ... owner of unemployed wealth a silent and unperceived increment of power as against property generally . * It is also ...
... owners of accumulated wealth is not , on the whole , better for the producing communities of the world than a very ... owner of unemployed wealth a silent and unperceived increment of power as against property generally . * It is also ...
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... owner of capital may honestly and sincerely desire to maintain the commercial supremacy of his own country . But , in nine cases out of ten , he would rather invest it on reasonably sound security elsewhere , than retain it in English ...
... owner of capital may honestly and sincerely desire to maintain the commercial supremacy of his own country . But , in nine cases out of ten , he would rather invest it on reasonably sound security elsewhere , than retain it in English ...
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... owner it conferred indirect political power and an appreciable access of social importance . On the owner of a modest estate an atmosphere of solidity distinct from the ordinary incidents of mercan- tile prosperity . The merchant , it ...
... owner it conferred indirect political power and an appreciable access of social importance . On the owner of a modest estate an atmosphere of solidity distinct from the ordinary incidents of mercan- tile prosperity . The merchant , it ...
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Halaman 212 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Halaman 203 - That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Halaman 211 - Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Halaman 203 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Halaman 204 - railroad " as used in this act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any 203 railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease ; and the term " transportation " shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Halaman 211 - ... the date of the taking effect of this Act, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors shall be appointed for terms of seven years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Halaman 219 - ... nothing in this Act contained shall in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this Act are in addition to such remedies...
Halaman 209 - ... act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Halaman 210 - That any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, or, whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by such corporation...
Halaman 212 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.