Word: bradstreets
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...injured the railroads. (a) By promoting rate wars.- Quar. Jour. of Economics, p. 182-3. (b) By promoting the building of unnecessary parallel lines.- Ibid. (c) By causing a decline in stocks.- R. R. Review of Jan. 8, 1889, or Bradstreet's of Dec. 1, 1888. It has injured the public. (a) By making rates unstable.- Bradstreet's of Dec. 8, 1888. (b) By causing secret debates.- Bradstreet...
...repeal is favored not only by railroad experts, but also by the business men of the country.- Bradstreet...
Best general references: J. F. Hudson, Bradstreet's, Dec. 15, 1888, 798-799. Hon. Thomas M. Cooley, Boston Transcript, Jan. 9, 1889. "Rate Wars and Pools," Bradstreet's, December...
...present unsatisfactory state of railroad affairs is due, not to the interstate Commerce Act, but to the lack of good faith among railroad officials.- C. F. Adams, Boston Globe, Dec. 16; Cooley, as above; Bradstreet's, Dec. 8, opinions of Sterne, Stone, and others; Dec. 15, J. F. Hudson; Dec. 22, "Rate Wars and Pools...
...Leading shippers do not favor repeal.- Bradstreet...