The Heart of the Railroad Problem: The History of Railway Discrimination in the United States, the Chief Efforts at Control and the Remedies Proposed with Hints from Other CountriesLittle, Brown,, 1906 - 364 halaman |
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... practically universal.1 From Maine to California there is not a State in which the railroads refrain from giving passes to legislators , judges , mayors , assessors , etc. And the roads expect full value for their favors . Some time ago ...
... practically universal.1 From Maine to California there is not a State in which the railroads refrain from giving passes to legislators , judges , mayors , assessors , etc. And the roads expect full value for their favors . Some time ago ...
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... practically forced to give passes . A. B. Stickney , President of the Chicago and Great Western Railroad was asked by the Industrial Com- mission about the giving of passes to members of the judiciary of Minnesota and Illinois ...
... practically forced to give passes . A. B. Stickney , President of the Chicago and Great Western Railroad was asked by the Industrial Com- mission about the giving of passes to members of the judiciary of Minnesota and Illinois ...
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... practically nullified the law . And by collusion with these brokers the railroads secretly violated the Interstate Commerce Act . A mass of facts upon this subject appears in the expert testimony pro and con before committees of both ...
... practically nullified the law . And by collusion with these brokers the railroads secretly violated the Interstate Commerce Act . A mass of facts upon this subject appears in the expert testimony pro and con before committees of both ...
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... practically impossible for the roads to transport oil for the competitors of the Trust . The Pennsylvania Railroad also , under compulsion of a rate war , made a deal with the Standard by which the latter acquired the oil cars , pipe ...
... practically impossible for the roads to transport oil for the competitors of the Trust . The Pennsylvania Railroad also , under compulsion of a rate war , made a deal with the Standard by which the latter acquired the oil cars , pipe ...
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... practically monopolizing the oil business : That the transactions of the Standard are of such character that its officers have been indicted , and that its members decline under oath to give details lest their testimony should be used ...
... practically monopolizing the oil business : That the transactions of the Standard are of such character that its officers have been indicted , and that its members decline under oath to give details lest their testimony should be used ...
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agents allowed Armour Beef Trust Biddle bill Boston car-line carload carried carrier cents a hundred cents per hundred Chicago Circuit Court coal Colorado Fuel Commission says COMMISSIONER CLEMENTS Committee competition competitors complaints cost dealers Denver El Paso Elkins Elkins Act enforce export fact favored shippers favoritism freight rate Fuel and Iron give grain hundred lbs I. C. C. Decis I. C. C. Rep Ibid icing charges Industrial Commission Interstate Act Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission Interstate Commission Kansas City less than carload lines low rates lower rates mileage miles Missouri River officers Pacific paid passes payment Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Railroad percent points practically President private cars public ownership published rate rail railway rebates refrigerator cars refused roads Santa Fe Senate ship shipments Spokane Standard Oil Supreme Court tank cars tariff tickets tion traffic manager transportation unjust discrimination unreasonable York
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Halaman 111 - An Act to regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, or of any amendment thereof, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him, may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. But no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing, concerning which he may testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise,...
Halaman 263 - If, after hearing, that court determines that the order was regularly made and duly served, and that the person is in disobedience of the same, the court shall enforce obedience to such order by a writ of injunction or other proper process...
Halaman 274 - Above all else, we must strive to keep the highways of commerce open to all on equal terms; and to do this it is necessary to put a complete stop to all rebates. Whether the shipper or the railroad is to blame makes no difference; the rebate must be stopped, the abuses of the private car and private...
Halaman 322 - The court or the Commissioners shall have power to direct that no higher charge shall be made to any person for services in respect of merchandise carried over a less distance than is made to any other person for similar services in respect of the like description and quantity of merchandise carried over a greater distance on the same line of railway.
Halaman 111 - An Act to regulate commerce and the Acts amendatory thereof. And in proceedings under this Act and the Acts to regulate commerce the said courts shall have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses, both upon the part of the carrier and the shipper, who shall be required to answer on all subjects Sec.
Halaman 327 - The board shall not approve or allow any toll which for the like description of goods or for passengers carried under substantially similar circumstances and conditions in the same direction over the same line...
Halaman 41 - That the effect of the prevailing policy of railroad management is, by an elaborate system of secret special rates, rebates, drawbacks, and concessions, to foster monopoly, to enrich favored shippers, and to prevent free competition in many lines of trade in which the item of transportation is an important factor. " 8. That such favoritism and secrecy introduce an element of uncertainty into legitimate business that greatly retards the developments of our industries and commerce.
Halaman 111 - The claim that any such testimony or evidence may tend to criminate the person giving such evidence shall not excuse such witness from testifying; but such evidence or testimony shall not be used against such person on the trial of any criminal proceeding.
Halaman 263 - ... shall keep any other accounts, records, or memoranda than those prescribed or approved by the Commission...
Halaman 41 - ... 14. That the differences in the classifications in use in various parts of the country, and sometimes for shipments over the same roads in different directions, are a fruitful source of misunderstandings, and are often made a means of extortion.