Transportation Policy: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 6141 [and Others], Part 1 |
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... companies and the small businesses who are dependent on common carrier services , but also the consumer on whose purchases rests the soundness of the entire economy . Mr. Chairman , I would just like to add that I have been delighted to ...
... companies and the small businesses who are dependent on common carrier services , but also the consumer on whose purchases rests the soundness of the entire economy . Mr. Chairman , I would just like to add that I have been delighted to ...
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... companies in that industry ? Secretary WEEKS . No. Mr. ADAMS . Would you allow a trade association to fix prices for its individual members even though under the association's bylaws any member is allowed to break away from the price ...
... companies in that industry ? Secretary WEEKS . No. Mr. ADAMS . Would you allow a trade association to fix prices for its individual members even though under the association's bylaws any member is allowed to break away from the price ...
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... companies and local gas companies . Would you say that they are natural monopolies , so to speak ? An electric company serving the city of Washington , for example ? Secretary WEEKS . Generally speaking , as a practical matter I would ...
... companies and local gas companies . Would you say that they are natural monopolies , so to speak ? An electric company serving the city of Washington , for example ? Secretary WEEKS . Generally speaking , as a practical matter I would ...
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... companies seeking control of the market . Pooling , rebates , and other typically monopolistic discriminations were other practices outlawed by the first Interstate Commerce Act . Conditions were especially ripe for discrimination when ...
... companies seeking control of the market . Pooling , rebates , and other typically monopolistic discriminations were other practices outlawed by the first Interstate Commerce Act . Conditions were especially ripe for discrimination when ...
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... companies to the national income has declined steadily during the past three decades . In 1929 , for example , 7.6 percent of the national income was derived from transportation companies , but that percentage has declined steadily ...
... companies to the national income has declined steadily during the past three decades . In 1929 , for example , 7.6 percent of the national income was derived from transportation companies , but that percentage has declined steadily ...
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Advisory Committee application ARPAIA authority bill cargo carload carrier by motor carriers by water carriers subject Chairman coastwise and intercoastal commodity rates common carriers compensatory competition Congress contract carriers cost deadweight tonnage Department of Defense DOLLIVER dry-cargo economic effect enactment established exemption fares filed FLYNT Foreign Commerce freight forwarders HARRIS HINSHAW increased intercoastal carriers intercoastal trade Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission joint rates legislation maximum ment military minimum rates mode of transportation motor carriers motor vehicle movement national transportation policy operation Panama Canal panel passenger percent PERCY PRIEST permit portation ports prescribe present proposed rate provisions of section rail railroads ratemaking reasonable minimum charges recommendations reduced rates regulation regulatory repeal ROTHSCHILD routes Secretary WEEKS section 15a section 22 shipments shippers ships SMITH statement suspension tanker tariff tion tonnage tons trans transcontinental railroads transportation service truck United vessels water carriers waterway