Analysis of the Electric Railway Problem: Report of the Federal Electric Railways Commission with Summary and Recommendations, Supplemented by Special Studies of Local Transportation Issues in the State of New Jersey and the City of Denver, with Notes on Recent Developments in the Electric Railway Field |
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Page 566 - ... right of workers to organize in trade unions and to bargain collectively, through chosen representatives, is recognized and affirmed. This right shall not be denied, abridged, or interfered with by the employers in any manner whatsoever.
Page 546 - One of the eternal conflicts out of which life is made up is that between the effort of every man to get the most he can for his services, and that of society, disguised under the name of 'capital,' to get his services for the least possible return.
Page 306 - The credit of the State shall not, in any manner, be given or loaned to, or in aid of, any individual, association or corporation.
Page 371 - And in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses are all matters for consideration and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. We do not say that there...
Page 550 - January first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and service, be deemed a day's work and the measure or standard of a day's work for the purpose of reckoning the compensation...
Page 583 - The payment to the employed of a wage adequate to maintain a reasonable standard of life as this is understood in their time and country. Fourth The adoption of an eight hours day or a forty-eight hours week as the standard to be aimed at where it has not already been attained.
Page 306 - No county, city, town or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association or coporation, or become directly or indirectly the owner of stock in, or bonds of, any association or corporation; nor shall any such county, city, town or village be allowed to incur any indebtedness except for county, city, town or village purposes.
Page 527 - If there be any default in the payment of the principal or interest of any of the said bonds, any court having jurisdiction of the action may appoint...
Page 550 - ... standard is not subject to be controlled or prevented by public authority. But taking all these propositions as undoubted, if the situation which we have described and with which the act of Congress dealt be taken into view, that is, the dispute between the employers and employees as to a standard of wages, their failure to agree, the resulting absence of such standard, the entire interruption of interstate commerce which was threatened, and the infinite injury to the public interest which was...
Page 380 - We do not say that there may not be other matters to be regarded in estimating the value of the property. What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience.