To Amend Paragraph (1) of Section 4 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as Amended

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937 - 684 páginas
 

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Página 217 - Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers, or of like kind of property, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Página 614 - Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this act.
Página 614 - That upon application to the Commission such common carrier may in special cases, after investigation, be authorized by the Commission to charge less for longer than for shorter distances...
Página 105 - Congress to promote, encourage, and develop water transportation, service, and facilities in connection with the commerce of the United States, and to foster and preserve in full vigor both rail and water transportation.
Página 37 - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic...
Página 120 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Página 300 - Commission shall not permit the establishment of any charge to or from the more distant point that is not reasonably compensatory for the service performed...
Página 161 - it is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce...
Página 324 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved, by the Senate of the State of North Dakota (the House of Representatives concurring therein), That the...
Página 223 - The railroads in their early years encountered stiff competition from many steamboat lines plying upon these waters, and they proceeded to meet this competition ruthlessly. Eventually they swept the waters clean of the competing craft, except on the ocean and the Gulf, and even there the competition was greatly weakened. This was done by cutting rates where the competition existed, to whatever extent was necessary to paralyze it, at the same time maintaining rates at a very high level elsewhere.

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