Investigation of Shipping Trust: Hearings on House Joint Resolution No. 72, Providing for an Investigation of the So-called Shipping Trust, Monday, December 18, 1911

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 - Shipping - 122 pages
 

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Page 118 - ... to give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 118 - And any of the Circuit Courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any common carrier subject to the provisions of this...
Page 118 - That a discriminating duty of ten per centum ad valorem, in addition to the duties imposed by law, shall be levied, collected, and paid on all goods, wares, or merchandise which shall be imported in vessels not of the United States...
Page 118 - And in case of disobedience to a subpoena the Commission, or any party to a proceeding before the Commission, may invoke the aid of any court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents under the provisions of this section.
Page 118 - 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.
Page 73 - An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies...
Page 110 - With the greatest respect, " Sir, Your Excellency's most " Obedient humble servant,
Page 118 - Said appropriation shall be immediately available and shall be paid out on the audit and order of the chairman or acting chairman of said commission, which audit and order shall be conclusive and binding upon all departments as to the correctness of the accounts of such commission.
Page 117 - It has been publicly charged that sales and leases of public lands have been made in the Philippines in violation of law: Now, therefore, be It Resolved, That the House Committee on Insular Affairs be, and it Is hereby, empowered and directed to make a complete and thorough investigation of the Interior department of the Philippine Government touching the administration of Philippine lands and all matters of fact and law pertaining thereto, whether the same are to be had in the United States, the...
Page 34 - United States with foreign nations. It is also clearly established that Congress has power to prohibit all contracts, combinations, and conspiracies in restraint of such part of the foreign commerce of the United States. The real question here is not one of power but of interpretation. The inquiry is whether that which is charged against the defendants comes within the provisions of the antitrust statute and this inquiry has two phases : "(1) Does the agreement in question directly and materially...

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