Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives, on House Bills 47, 145, 440, 10699, 12316, 12478, and 12615, Proposing to Extend the Time for which Cattle and Other Animals May be Confined During Shipment from One State to Another, [Jan. 23, 30 and Feb. 20, 1906]. |
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... sheep , or hogs to he held upon the cars a certain length of time , but to leave it in the judgment of the shipper , who is present and sees the circumstances , in order that he may have the opportunity to go on when it is best to do so ...
... sheep , or hogs to he held upon the cars a certain length of time , but to leave it in the judgment of the shipper , who is present and sees the circumstances , in order that he may have the opportunity to go on when it is best to do so ...
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... sheep man , who can tell whether the sheep should be unloaded or not , and who will unload them when they should be un- loaded . That is the way with cattle or calves . When this twenty - eight - hour law was not being enforced I can ...
... sheep man , who can tell whether the sheep should be unloaded or not , and who will unload them when they should be un- loaded . That is the way with cattle or calves . When this twenty - eight - hour law was not being enforced I can ...
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... sheep men from the West a sufficient time after the 30th to give them an opportunity to settle up their board bills out there and any little business at home that they might have -- probably along about the second week in February . Mr ...
... sheep men from the West a sufficient time after the 30th to give them an opportunity to settle up their board bills out there and any little business at home that they might have -- probably along about the second week in February . Mr ...
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... sheep , and the balance would be stock that we would pur- chase . We have prepared a paper , roughly , that sets out our views some- what , and perhaps it will take less time to just read that and leave it for your consideration than to ...
... sheep , and the balance would be stock that we would pur- chase . We have prepared a paper , roughly , that sets out our views some- what , and perhaps it will take less time to just read that and leave it for your consideration than to ...
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... sheep from the State of Idaho alone in 1905 up to December 1 consisted of 5,500 cars , or about 1,650,000 sheep . A very conservative estimate of the loss caused by the present law is 15 cents per head , amounting for that one State to ...
... sheep from the State of Idaho alone in 1905 up to December 1 consisted of 5,500 cars , or about 1,650,000 sheep . A very conservative estimate of the loss caused by the present law is 15 cents per head , amounting for that one State to ...
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American Humane Association animals arrived better bill BOICE bruised BUEL Buffalo BURKE carload cent CHAIRMAN Chicago committee condition CONGRESS THE LIBRARY COOPER COWAN cruelty Denver destination DYSON enforcement ESCH ETTEN extension fact feed and water Fort Worth forty hours freight gentlemen Grand Island handle hogs humane society inhumanity injury interest Kansas City KEECHLER KENNEDY KNOLLIN lambs LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Live Stock Association loading and unloading MACKENZIE MANN matter miles an hour Minnesota Missouri River National Live Stock o'clock owners PARSONS pens PHILBRICK question railroad companies range cattle RANSON reach reason rest RICQLES road RYAN sheep shipment shipped shipper shrinkage statement steer STEPHENS STEVENS stock cars stock trains stock yards stockmen suffering Texas thing thirty-six hours transit transportation twenty twenty-eight hours twenty-eight-hour law twenty-eight-hour limit Union Stock Yards unloading and reloading VAN ETTEN West WHITEHEAD
Popular passages
Page 72 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, Which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the fie'ld: The wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, Which sing among the branches.
Page 162 - In estimating such confinement the time during which the animals have been confined without such rest on connecting roads from which they are received shall be included, it being the intent of this section to prohibit their continuous confinement beyond the period of twenty-eight hours, except upon contingencies hereinbefore stated.
Page 162 - Columbia or the owners or masters of steam, sailing, or other vessels carrying or transporting cattle, sheep, swine or other animals from one State...
Page 191 - That no railroad, express company, car company, common carrier other than by water, or the receiver, trustee, or lessee of any of them, whose road forms any part of a line of road over which cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals...
Page 163 - ... by the owner or person having the custody thereof, or in case of his default in so doing then by the railroad...
Page 191 - ... for every such failure be liable for and forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars : Provided, That when animals are carried in cars, boats, or other vessels in which they can and do have proper food, water, space, and opportunity to rest the provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply.
Page 39 - Territory or the District of Columbia, or the owners or masters of steam, sailing, or other vessels carrying or transporting cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals...
Page 39 - ... then by the railroad company or owners or masters of boats or vessels transporting the same, at the expense of the owner or person in custody thereof ; and such company, owners, or masters shall in such case have a lien upon such animals for food, care, and custody furnished, and shall not be liable for any detention of such animals.
Page 39 - Animals so unloaded shall be properly fed and watered during such rest by the owner or person having the custody thereof...
Page 163 - ... that when animals shall be carried in cars, boats or other vessels in which they can and do have proper food, water, space and opportunity for rest, the foregoing provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply.