Word: acted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...yard hurdle race, over 2 flights, 8 ft. 6 in. high handicap-limit, 12 yards; 440 yard dash, open to members of the Inter-Academic A. A. of Philadelphia and the Inter Scholastic A. A. of New York only, scratch. Mr. E. C. Carter, N. Y. A. C. will act as handicapper and Mr. George D. Turner, of Philadelphia, as starter...
Some years ago, Congress, influenced by the public indignation, passed an Act providing for a committee to do away with these abuses, which were clearly pointed out. This committee, with the authority of the government behind it, said with unqualified and absolute prohibition, "Thou shalt not." But in railroad matters "prohibition does not prohibit." The provisions of the Act and of its later amendments were all ingeniously evaded by shippers...
...burden. The enormous loss of life could also be brought to the minimum by legislation compelling the adoption of the automatic coupler, proper danger signals, and other new and necessary improvements. Two thirds of our railways are trying to secure this legislation. That the Inter-State Commerce Act is not adequate for many important questions is the declaration of the commerce commission. That further national legislation would be beneficial to the railways and is wanted by them, is shown by the fact that they acknowledge that the legislation thus far has brought about an increase in earnings, an increase...
This system, however, was prohibited by the Inter-state Commerce Act. The framers of this act showed no conception of the relation of railroad practices. They forbade reductions and then proceeded to forbid also the pooling system, which was the only thing that had shown itself capable of putting a stop to those reductions. They left the cause, and forbade the effect. The truce between railroads was broken, and they were forced again into secret war. The law that declared that all firms shall be treated alike really intensified the inequality. Since reductions are illegal, they must be secret...
...settlement; the complainant has carried the case into the courts, has produced new evidence, and at a great expense of time and money has had the case tried with the possibility of failure in the end. Recent decisions of the courts have made it almost impossible to inforce the act, and unless its defects are remedied, it is doomed. The people have looked to this act as their great hope and will not witness its destruction without a protest. A refusal now to correct or at least to endeavor to remedy the existing wrongs so keenly felt, will carry...