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Page 9
... labor , the labor man only gets 35 cents . The cost of distribution each way is over 60 cents on the dollar , and against this might be cited a cost of less than 10 cents in coopera- tive Denmark . We can not reduce distribution to 10 ...
... labor , the labor man only gets 35 cents . The cost of distribution each way is over 60 cents on the dollar , and against this might be cited a cost of less than 10 cents in coopera- tive Denmark . We can not reduce distribution to 10 ...
Page 10
... labor are approximately $ 25,000,000,000 , and this goes to about 35 per cent of our people . There may be an error in this estimate , and if the clerical workers are included it goes to about 50 per cent of our people . The total value ...
... labor are approximately $ 25,000,000,000 , and this goes to about 35 per cent of our people . There may be an error in this estimate , and if the clerical workers are included it goes to about 50 per cent of our people . The total value ...
Page 12
... labor caused the advance in rates . Last year maintenance expense increased $ 1,406,000,000 , but the amount paid for increased wages was only $ 480,000,000 . This leaves $ 926,000,000 to explain . It is next said the causes were the ...
... labor caused the advance in rates . Last year maintenance expense increased $ 1,406,000,000 , but the amount paid for increased wages was only $ 480,000,000 . This leaves $ 926,000,000 to explain . It is next said the causes were the ...
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... labor of members is used under their own management , or by incorporated cooperative bodies admitted to membership or of which it is a member . 13. To act as the agent of members in selling commodities produced on farms culti- vated by ...
... labor of members is used under their own management , or by incorporated cooperative bodies admitted to membership or of which it is a member . 13. To act as the agent of members in selling commodities produced on farms culti- vated by ...
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... labor does not get anything like 35 cents out of it , but perhaps the average all over would be something like that . The CHAIRMAN . Of course there are a good many service elements involved , beside costs of labor and costs of material ...
... labor does not get anything like 35 cents out of it , but perhaps the average all over would be something like that . The CHAIRMAN . Of course there are a good many service elements involved , beside costs of labor and costs of material ...
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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.