Searchlight on Congress, Volumes 10-11Lynn Haines Searchlight Publishing Company, 1924 |
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... Tariff Commission who are personally and selfishly interested in matters to come before that tribunal ? 28. What is your program for the Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation ? Should the irresponsibility of the latter ...
... Tariff Commission who are personally and selfishly interested in matters to come before that tribunal ? 28. What is your program for the Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation ? Should the irresponsibility of the latter ...
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... tariffs and public utilities , and all the numerous profiteer- ings exacted by combinations and monopolies , and the result is a combined overhead burden , quite apart from the necessary cost of ordinary living ex- penses , of not far ...
... tariffs and public utilities , and all the numerous profiteer- ings exacted by combinations and monopolies , and the result is a combined overhead burden , quite apart from the necessary cost of ordinary living ex- penses , of not far ...
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... TARIFF Passed H. J. Res . 82. Admitting certain animals from temporary pasturage free of duty . App . Jan. 25 . Public Resolution 2 . TAXATION ( See Revenue . For tax - exempt securities , see Constitutional Amendments . ) VETERANS AND ...
... TARIFF Passed H. J. Res . 82. Admitting certain animals from temporary pasturage free of duty . App . Jan. 25 . Public Resolution 2 . TAXATION ( See Revenue . For tax - exempt securities , see Constitutional Amendments . ) VETERANS AND ...
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... tariff , and of the revenue law which was passed last Spring in lieu of the Mellon plan and which was the subject of an article in the May Searchlight . Whether the amount of revenue received in 1926 will equal , fall short of , or ...
... tariff , and of the revenue law which was passed last Spring in lieu of the Mellon plan and which was the subject of an article in the May Searchlight . Whether the amount of revenue received in 1926 will equal , fall short of , or ...
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... Tariff Commission .... Smithsonian Institution and National Museum United States Veterans ' Bureau . Other independent offices .. Department of Agriculture . Department of Commerce . Department of Justice .. Department of Labor ...
... Tariff Commission .... Smithsonian Institution and National Museum United States Veterans ' Bureau . Other independent offices .. Department of Agriculture . Department of Commerce . Department of Justice .. Department of Labor ...
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Page 12 - That unfair methods of competition in commerce are hereby declared unlawful. The commission is hereby empowered and directed to prevent persons, partnerships, or corporations, except banks, and common carriers subject to the acts to regulate commerce, from using unfair methods of competition in commerce.
Page 10 - Whenever a final decree has been entered against any defendant corporation in any suit brought by the United States to prevent and restrain any violation of the antitrust Acts, to make...
Page 2 - That the United States shall be permitted to participate, through representatives designated for the purpose and upon an equality with the other states...
Page 14 - expenditure" includes a payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift, of money, or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make an expenditure; (f) The term "person...
Page 14 - Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House, or any...
Page 15 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 15 - ... and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report such hearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per one hundred words. The expenses of the committee, which shall not exceed $10.000. shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman.
Page 10 - That the commission shall also have power — (a) To gather and compile information concerning and to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of any corporation engaged in commerce, excepting banks and common carriers subject to the Act to regulate commerce, and its relation to other corporations and to individuals, associations, and partnerships.
Page 14 - Any officer or employee of the commission who shall make public any information obtained by the commission without its authority, unless directed by a court, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Page 15 - DRAMA, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act...