Source Book in Economics: Selected and Ed. for the Use of College ClassesFrank Albert Fetter Century Company, 1912 - 383 páginas |
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... associated with markets . This was the idea of sharp practice and hard bargaining . The three ideas seem all blended in the attributes of the god Hermes or Mercury - at once the god of boundaries , 10 ORIGIN OF MARKETS AND PRICES.
... associated with markets . This was the idea of sharp practice and hard bargaining . The three ideas seem all blended in the attributes of the god Hermes or Mercury - at once the god of boundaries , 10 ORIGIN OF MARKETS AND PRICES.
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... practice . The repeal of the usury laws has made it lawful to take any rate of interest for money , yet the taking of usurious interest is not thought to be respectable , and our courts of equity have evidently great difficulty in ...
... practice . The repeal of the usury laws has made it lawful to take any rate of interest for money , yet the taking of usurious interest is not thought to be respectable , and our courts of equity have evidently great difficulty in ...
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... practices as bad morally , or at least injudicious . Where the thing is done surreptitiously oc- casional discoveries ... practice is openly employed , as in the case of bargain sales held on dull days or in the mornings . In such cases ...
... practices as bad morally , or at least injudicious . Where the thing is done surreptitiously oc- casional discoveries ... practice is openly employed , as in the case of bargain sales held on dull days or in the mornings . In such cases ...
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... practices cited in the fore- going pages it would be highly unjust to charge all retailers with deliberate and ... practice is not so scrupulous , deliberate and habitual misrepresentation can not always be charged . The truth is ...
... practices cited in the fore- going pages it would be highly unjust to charge all retailers with deliberate and ... practice is not so scrupulous , deliberate and habitual misrepresentation can not always be charged . The truth is ...
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... practices now prevailing in retail trade . With regard to bargains masquerading in the guise of odd 1 See F. A. Fetter's Principles of Economics , ch . 41 . prices a rather greater degree of caution would seem ad- 223 BARGAINS IN RETAIL ...
... practices now prevailing in retail trade . With regard to bargains masquerading in the guise of odd 1 See F. A. Fetter's Principles of Economics , ch . 41 . prices a rather greater degree of caution would seem ad- 223 BARGAINS IN RETAIL ...
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Página 364 - Columbia, or to any foreign country, any article or commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority, or which it may own in whole or in part, or in which it may have any interest, direct or indirect, except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its use in the conduct of its business as a common carrier.
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 366 - 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.