Trip Leasing (Interstate Commerce Act) Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-third Congress, First Session, on H. R. 3203U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953 - Transportation, Automotive |
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... percent less than the rate that the other fellow is receiving ; but , that does not mean he makes 15 percent profit on it necessarily . He has insurance costs , and various other things . But still it becomes a profitable back haul for ...
... percent less than the rate that the other fellow is receiving ; but , that does not mean he makes 15 percent profit on it necessarily . He has insurance costs , and various other things . But still it becomes a profitable back haul for ...
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... percent of the fluid milk in the New York metropolitan area and also distributes milk wholesale to dealers and retail through its own branches to consumers in the principal cities in New York State . I appear before your committee today ...
... percent of the fluid milk in the New York metropolitan area and also distributes milk wholesale to dealers and retail through its own branches to consumers in the principal cities in New York State . I appear before your committee today ...
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... percent of these trucks return to Florida under lease to a regulated carrier . He writes : Without trip leasing , trucks would be very scarce as many would be forced out of business and those operating would make a considerable increase ...
... percent of these trucks return to Florida under lease to a regulated carrier . He writes : Without trip leasing , trucks would be very scarce as many would be forced out of business and those operating would make a considerable increase ...
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... percent in our cartage rates . If the supply of trucks is reduced , Florida citrus shippers would be unable to obtain transportation sufficient to move their fruit during the Christmas and spring rush periods . If trucks are made scarce ...
... percent in our cartage rates . If the supply of trucks is reduced , Florida citrus shippers would be unable to obtain transportation sufficient to move their fruit during the Christmas and spring rush periods . If trucks are made scarce ...
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... percent in its transportation costs as a result of trip leasing . The effect upon the association and the farmers in the area that would result from the prohibition of trip leasing was stated as fol- lows : Difficulty will be ...
... percent in its transportation costs as a result of trip leasing . The effect upon the association and the farmers in the area that would result from the prohibition of trip leasing was stated as fol- lows : Difficulty will be ...
Common terms and phrases
30 days 30-day lease agricultural commodities agricultural exemption American Trucking Associations Association authorized carriers BEAMER bill BLANNING cars certificated carrier CHAIRMAN Chicago citrus Commissioner KNUDSON common carrier Congress cost DOLLIVER driver economic effect exempt carriers exempt commodities fact farm products farmer flexibility Florida Foreign Commerce freight fruits and vegetables GREENBERG Growers gypsy operator HARRIS haul haulers hearings HESELTON highway HINSHAW Interstate and Foreign Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission itinerant leased equipment leasing practices legislation lessee livestock Loos matter ment Motor Carrier Act motor vehicle motor-carrier move movement NORDAN O'HARA owner owner-operators percent permit present PRESTON private carriers prohibit proposed question rail railroads rates reason refrigerator cars regulated carriers return load safety Safeway shippers SPEYER statement Supreme Court tion TOBIN traffic transportation trip leasing truckers violations WOLVERTON
Popular passages
Page 291 - Congress to promote the effective merchandising of agricultural commodities in interstate and foreign commerce, so that the industry of agriculture will be placed on a basis of economic equality with other industries...
Page 230 - ... all to the end of developing, coordinating, and preserving a national transportation system by water, highway, and rail, as well as other means, adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the postal service, and of the national defense. All of the provisions of this act shall be administered and enforced with a view to carrying out the above declaration of policy.
Page 347 - ... motor vehicles used in carrying property consisting of ordinary livestock, fish (including shell fish), or agricultural (including horticultural) commodities (not including manufactured products thereof), if such motor vehicles are not used in carrying any other property, or passengers, for compensation...
Page 347 - Act, shall the provisions of this part, except the provisions of section 204 relative to qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees and safety of operation or standards of equipment...
Page 1 - At a General Session of the Interstate Commerce Commission, held at its office In Washington, DC, on the 19th day of May AD 1914.
Page 477 - Shall specify the compensation to be paid by the lessee for the rental of the leased equipment; provided, however, that such compensation shall not be computed on the basis of any division or percentage of any applicable rate or rates on any commodity or commodities transported in said vehicle or on a division or percentage of any revenue earned by said vehicle during the period for which the lease is effective.
Page 432 - ... way as to be good against all the world, including the lessor ; that the operation thereof must be conducted under the supervision and control of such carrier ; and that the vehicle must be operated by persons who are employees of the authorized operator, that is to say, who stand in the relation of servant to him as master.
Page 347 - Interior, principally for the purpose of transporting persons in and about the national parks and national monuments; or (4a) motor vehicles controlled and operated by any farmer when used in the transportation of his agricultural commodities and products thereof, or in the transportation of supplies to his farm...
Page 232 - ... to encourage the establishment and maintenance of reasonable charges for transportation services, without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or advantages, or unfair or destructive competitive practices...
Page 348 - No term, condition, or limitation of a certificate shall restrict the right of an air carrier to add to or change schedules, equipment, accommodations, and facilities for performing the authorized transportation and service as the development of the business and the demands of the public shall require.