Supreme Court cites Michigan ruling on Hepburn bill rate power
The article analyzes how the Supreme Court’s Michigan Railroad Tax decision affects Hepburn bill ratemaking. It argues that delegating rates to the Interstate Commerce Commission risks unconstitutionality unless the law fixes a definite standard or formula. Advocates seek a constitutional, workable rate system without broad judicial review of every rate decision.
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Michigan
Commission
Ball
Balle
Esterday Fe
Congress
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
de Commission 13
Vic Justice Brewers
Brewer
A. Suite
Tms
Revision of Exclusion Act Extends Ten Years and Adds Inspectors
Rep Denby of Michigan introduced a bill revising the Chinese exclusion act. It extends the act ten years, adds American inspectors in China under immigration supervision, and allows free travel for Chinese residents. It broadens exempt classes but bars exempt workers from laborer work for gain in the United States.
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Denby
Michigan
General Bargent
China
United States
Not Cheaper Abroad The tariff talk and war bluff
Judge E H Gary of United States Steel defended domestic pricing against claims of cheaper ship plates abroad. Theodore Justee and Representative Spight testified on tariff impact, German maritime subsidies, and potential war effects. Justice argued tariffs rely on U S labor quality. a novel theory suggested German imperial stockholders halted the tariff bluff to protect merchant marine profits. Chairman Grosvenor planned to close hearings soon.
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Theodore Justee
Farmer
E H Gary
United States Steel Corporation
House Committee On Merchant Marine
Grosvero
Gary
Steel Trust
United States
J C Wallace
Carnegie Company
Scotland
Myr Wallace
Steel Corporation
Germany
Belgium
Theodore Justice
Justice Bateman & Co, Wool Manufacturers
Philadelphia
Spight
Mississippi
Mr Justice
England
America
Grosenor
Grosvenor
Preservation of Niagara Falls Water Under Federal Permit Act
Representative Burton of Ohio introduced a bill to preserve Niagara Falls waters by prohibiting diversion without revocable permits from the Secretary of War. It would grant permits for domestic use and for the Erie Canal while barring increases in existing power usage and new power permits. Violations carry a fine from four hundred dollars to two hundred fifty dollars and imprisonment. The president is urged to act through diplomatic channels or the international waterways commission to halt further depletion, and the act would last three years.
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Burton
Ohio
Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Secretary of War
Erie Canal
United States
Canada
International Waterways Commission
Umatilla Indians Petition Over Superintendent Edwards
Eighty nine Umatilla reservation Indians petition the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington asking that Major C. C Edwards, the district superintendent, be removed after the official scalp incident at Pendleton. The date cited is April 11 with details from the Umatilla action.
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Umatilla Reservation
Pendleton
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Washington
C. C Edwards
Fties
Indians
Edwards
Remo
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