Source Book in Economics: Selected and Ed. for the Use of College ClassesFrank Albert Fetter Century Company, 1912 - 383 páginas |
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Página 75
... forest was cut and burned in order to clear the land . Un- fortunately , neither the early or later clearing had much ref- erence to the character of the soil . Woodlots are still common on some of the level rich land ; and poor barren ...
... forest was cut and burned in order to clear the land . Un- fortunately , neither the early or later clearing had much ref- erence to the character of the soil . Woodlots are still common on some of the level rich land ; and poor barren ...
Página 76
... forest covers , in certain sections , and in other sections more or less thrifty woodlots occupy good agricultural land . They have no definite relation to the general lay - out of the farms . They are composed of dead , diseased ...
... forest covers , in certain sections , and in other sections more or less thrifty woodlots occupy good agricultural land . They have no definite relation to the general lay - out of the farms . They are composed of dead , diseased ...
Página 95
... forest . While the trees are thus marching outward , their seed , long cylinders in form , with grapples at their lower end , catch on the bottom as they drift away from the plant that bore them , rapidly grow to the surface of the ...
... forest . While the trees are thus marching outward , their seed , long cylinders in form , with grapples at their lower end , catch on the bottom as they drift away from the plant that bore them , rapidly grow to the surface of the ...
Página 107
... forests , national parks , and other lands devoted to public use . • Forests . Next to our need of food and water comes our need of timber . Our industries which subsist wholly or mainly upon wood pay the wages of more than 1,500,000 ...
... forests , national parks , and other lands devoted to public use . • Forests . Next to our need of food and water comes our need of timber . Our industries which subsist wholly or mainly upon wood pay the wages of more than 1,500,000 ...
Página 108
... Forestry is now practised on 70 per cent . of the forests publicly owned and on less than 1 per cent . of the forests privately owned , or on only 18 per cent . of the total area of forests . The yearly growth of wood in our forests ...
... Forestry is now practised on 70 per cent . of the forests publicly owned and on less than 1 per cent . of the forests privately owned , or on only 18 per cent . of the total area of forests . The yearly growth of wood in our forests ...
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Página 371 - We hold, however, that the basis of all calculations as to the reasonableness of rates to be charged by a corporation maintaining a highway under legislative sanction must be the fair value of the property being used by it for the convenience of the public.
Página 362 - ... transportation" shall include cars and other vehicles and all instrumentalities and facilities of shipment or carriage, irrespective of ownership or of any contract, express or implied, for the use thereof and all services in connection with the receipt, delivery, elevation, and transfer in transit, ventilation, refrigeration or icing, storage, and handling of property transported...
Página 361 - 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 365 - ... for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance; but this shall not be construed as authorizing any common carrier within the terms of this Act to charge or receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance...
Página 362 - railroad" as used in this Act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any 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 365 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier, subject to the provisions of this act to enter into any contract, agreement, or combination with any other common carrier or carriers for the pooling of freights of different and competing railroads, or to divide between them the aggregate or net proceeds of the earnings of such railroads, or any portion thereof...
Página 362 - Provided, however, 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 362 - ... all switches, spurs, tracks, and terminal facilities of every kind used or necessary in the transportation of the persons or property designated herein, and also all freight depots, yards, and grounds used or necessary in the transportation or delivery of any of said property; and the term "transportation...
Página 384 - Whenever it shall appear to the court before which any proceeding under section four of this act may be pending, that the ends of justice require that other parties should be brought before the court, the court may cause them to be summoned, whether they reside in the district in which the court is held or not ; and subpoenas to that end may be served in any district by the marshal thereof.
Página 361 - That the provisions of this Act shall apply to any corporation or any person or persons engaged in the transportation of oil or other commodity, except water and except natural or artificial gas, by means of pipe lines, or partly by pipe lines and partly by railroad, or partly by pipe lines and partly by water, who shall be considered and held to be common carriers within the meaning and purpose of this Act...