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... , 14 , 15 , 16 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 26 , 28 , 1921 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1922 GIANNINI FOUNDATION UNITED STATES CONGRESS . JOINT COMMISSION OF AGRICULTURAL AGRICULTURAL INQUIRY JULY 11, 12, 13, 14, 15...
... , 14 , 15 , 16 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 26 , 28 , 1921 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1922 GIANNINI FOUNDATION UNITED STATES CONGRESS . JOINT COMMISSION OF AGRICULTURAL AGRICULTURAL INQUIRY JULY 11, 12, 13, 14, 15...
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... Congress within 90 days after the passage of this resolution upon the following subjects : 1. The causes of the present condition of agriculture . 2. The cause of the difference between the prices of agricultural products paid to the ...
... Congress within 90 days after the passage of this resolution upon the following subjects : 1. The causes of the present condition of agriculture . 2. The cause of the difference between the prices of agricultural products paid to the ...
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... Congress of the United States for giving us this opportunity to place before you the facts concerning the business of the farmers of this Nation . In presenting our case we approach the subject in no narrow or sectional spirit . The ...
... Congress of the United States for giving us this opportunity to place before you the facts concerning the business of the farmers of this Nation . In presenting our case we approach the subject in no narrow or sectional spirit . The ...
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... Congress of the United States is responsible in the last analysis . This policy drastically carried out has resulted in a loss to farmers during the past year of $ 7,000,000,000 . It is from this gigantic loss that agriculture is now ...
... Congress of the United States is responsible in the last analysis . This policy drastically carried out has resulted in a loss to farmers during the past year of $ 7,000,000,000 . It is from this gigantic loss that agriculture is now ...
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Another subject that needs the immediate attention of this com- mittee and of Congress is the gigantic claims of the railroads for under- maintenance during Government operation . A fair investigation will show that the Government ...
Another subject that needs the immediate attention of this com- mittee and of Congress is the gigantic claims of the railroads for under- maintenance during Government operation . A fair investigation will show that the Government ...
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Page 536 - It shall be the duty of the various district attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures.
Page 536 - Such testimony shall be reduced to writing by the person taking the deposition, or under his direction, and shall then be subscribed by the deponent.
Page 536 - States the sum of $100 for each and every day of the continuance of such failure which forfeiture shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States, and shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the United States...
Page 536 - That any person who shall neglect or refuse to attend and testify, or to answer any lawful inquiry, or to produce documentary evidence, if in his power to do so, in obedience to the subpoena or lawful requirement of the commission...
Page 536 - Upon the application of the Attorney General of the United States, at the request of the commission, the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus commanding any person or corporation to comply with the provisions of this Act or any order of the commission made in pursuance thereof.
Page 536 - Witnesses summoned before the commission shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States...
Page 536 - Any of the district courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on...
Page 536 - ... shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $100 for each and every day of the continuance of such failure, which forfeiture shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States, and...
Page 536 - Act, or who shall willfully neglect or fail to make, or cause to be made, full, true, and correct entries in such accounts, records or memoranda of all facts and transactions appertaining to the business of such corporation...
Page 536 - And in case of disobedience to a subpoena the commission may invoke the aid of any court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence.