An Investor's Notes on American RailroadsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886 - 224 páginas |
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... profits . As a mat- ter of business , wholly apart from political or party con- siderations , prudent investors reasonably shrink from lock- ing up their money in any country in which the law is not supreme , or in which the mechanism ...
... profits . As a mat- ter of business , wholly apart from political or party con- siderations , prudent investors reasonably shrink from lock- ing up their money in any country in which the law is not supreme , or in which the mechanism ...
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... profit . But would any prudent lawyer , in the face of State socialism and foreign competition , recommend his clients as landowners to expend their means lavishly on the development of their freeholds ? Would he not rather advise them ...
... profit . But would any prudent lawyer , in the face of State socialism and foreign competition , recommend his clients as landowners to expend their means lavishly on the development of their freeholds ? Would he not rather advise them ...
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... profit , and that Europe will have to be content with the experience . There are others who think that the existing Constitu- tion of America affords a substantial security for vested interests . They hold that written provisions ...
... profit , and that Europe will have to be content with the experience . There are others who think that the existing Constitu- tion of America affords a substantial security for vested interests . They hold that written provisions ...
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... profit , take up contracts which the English employer of labour could not safely touch . You certainly do not benefit the skilled artisan of the highest class . It is his ambition to utilize his superior physique , his great power of ...
... profit , take up contracts which the English employer of labour could not safely touch . You certainly do not benefit the skilled artisan of the highest class . It is his ambition to utilize his superior physique , his great power of ...
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... profits of industry than it has heretofore received may be accepted as a foregone conclusion . Such a result will probably not be confined to America ; but will extend , at no very remote period , to the whole of the civilized world ...
... profits of industry than it has heretofore received may be accepted as a foregone conclusion . Such a result will probably not be confined to America ; but will extend , at no very remote period , to the whole of the civilized world ...
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Página 212 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and 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.
Página 203 - That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Página 211 - Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Página 203 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Página 204 - railroad " as used in this act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any 203 railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease ; and the term " transportation " shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Página 211 - ... the date of the taking effect of this Act, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors shall be appointed for terms of seven years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Página 219 - ... nothing in this Act contained shall in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this Act are in addition to such remedies...
Página 209 - ... act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Página 210 - That any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, or, whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by such corporation...
Página 212 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.