Freight Transportation in New Hampshire: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session ... January 23, 1978U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - Broj stranica: 179 |
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Stranica 105 - Such associations, in fact, exist now as they did before these decisions, and with the same general effect. In justice to all parties, we ought probably to add that it is difficult to see how our interstate railways could be operated with due regard to the interest of the shipper and the railway without concerted action of...
Stranica 110 - Commission the task of applying to particular cases the general formula which Congress finds is determinative of the public interest, and directs the Commission to determine whether the advantages to the public interest, through furtherance of the national transportation policy, are such as to outweigh the disadvantages to the public interest intended to be guarded against by the antitrust laws.
Stranica 105 - It is extremely difficult to see how carriers can intelligently adjust their rates so as to fulfill the general requirements of the act without the right to organize in some form for the purpose of obtaining necessary information and applying that information as occasion requires. To one familiar with actual conditions it seems practically out of the question to establish rates that are relatively just without conference and agreement.
Stranica 99 - Central and Southern Motor Freight Tariff Association, Inc. Central States Motor Freight Bureau, Inc. The Eastern Central Motor Carriers Association, Inc. Middle Atlantic Conference Middlewest Motor Freight Bureau The New England Motor Rate Bureau, Inc.
Stranica 107 - ... defects and imperfections in the operation of the bureau as experience has disclosed, or as may develop in the future, should be the object of constant solicitude on the part of those who best know them through their intimate acquaintance with and responsibility for the conduct of its affairs.
Stranica 105 - ... Commission, that in the absence of joint action by the carriers in the establishment of rates many of the evils which had given rise to the interstate commerce law in the first place would reappear. In its Annual Reports to Congress, the Commission described the practical situation: It is alleged ... that the interests of different lines of transportation, different localities, and different commodities cannot be properly adjusted, so that the rates shall be reasonable and non-discriminatory...
Stranica 125 - As noted earlier, agreements setting up rate bureaus technically protect the right of individual action on rates. The enabling legislation requires every such agreement to accord to "every party the free and unrestrained right of independent action either before or after any determination arrived through (rate bureau) procedure.
Stranica 105 - ... considerable extent by facilities, but with reference to most classes of dead freight the rate is the controlling factor. It is alleged in the second place that the interests of different lines of transportation, different localities, and different commodities can not be properly adjusted, so that rates shall be reasonable and non-discriminatory within the terms of the act, without the power to confer, discuss, and determine by mutual agreement what the rate shall be. There is great force in...
Stranica 106 - ... Case and the Joint Traffic Association Case has produced no practical effect upon the railway operations of the country. Such associations, in fact, exist now as 4 United States v.
Stranica 26 - In an extension of his remarks in the Congressional Record, Representative Pressler said: "The $60 million appropriation is for the purpose of funding section 402 of the regional rail reorganization act of 1973 and section 803 of the rail revitalization and regulatory reform act of 1976. These sections provide assistance to the states for the purpose of saving lines which otherwise would be abandoned. "Unfortunately, no firm figures are available to determine exactly how much money might be needed...