Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been upheld by the Supreme Court. It is the rule in Canada, in England. It has been sustained by members of the Interstate Commerce Commission with few exceptions. The "cut rates" on long hauls are the result of competition with water routes-ocean, lake or Panama Canal. A railroad gets business in the first instance for service which water routes cannot render (service of speed, service to interior localities), for which it charges presumably a fair rate. But the more business a railroad gets, the less its operating cost per ton per mile, the greater its profits. So, to swell...
...western people just a square deal; that is all. I appeal again to Senators. When we voted on this measure a year ago, after discussing it for seven days upon the floor of the Senate to the exclusion of all other business, the vote stood 54 to 23. The railroad lobby was not in evidence at that time to the extent...
Debated the Gooding "long and short haul" railroad bill...
Costa Rica. High aloft the great Varilla River is spanned by a railroad bridge. Out upon it puffed an excursion train. The excursionists chiefly farmers and laborers, had purchased their tickets at a high price, most of which represented a charitable contribution to a home for the aged, sponsored by the noted Professor Francisco Gomez Alizago...
...Lake Titicaca to La Porz, Bolivia. From there I went with a mule outfit across the eastern Andes to East Bolivia where I explored the foothills of the Andes to determine the probable oil resources of that region. Finally I came down into Argentina to the end of the railroad and then went home by way of Buenos Aires...