 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1939 - 974 páginas
...that they are not entitled to earnings merely to preserve present structures if overcapitalized. III. The railroads should do much that they have not done...doing of it. It has been estimated that less than a 20-percent increase In traffic- would put most of them on an earning basis. In view of the narrowness... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1939 - 974 páginas
...that they are not entitled to earnings merely to preserve present structures if overcapitalized. III. The railroads should do much that they have not done...doing of it. It has been estimated that less than a 20-percent increase in traffic would put most of them on an earning basis. In view of the narrowness... | |
 | United States - 1939 - 952 páginas
...that they are not entitled to earnings merely to preserve present structures if overcapitalized. III. The railroads should do much that they have not done...doing of it. It has been estimated that less than a 20-percent increase lu traffic would put most of them on an earning basis. In view of the narrowness... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1939 - 958 páginas
...that they are not entitled to earnings merely to preserve present structures if overcapitalized. III. The railroads should do much that they have not done...all unnecessary restrictions on the doing of it. It lias been estimated that less than a 20-percent increase in traffic would put most of them on an earning... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1939 - 976 páginas
...that they are not entitled to earnings merely to preserve present structures if overcapitalized. III. The railroads should do much that they have not done...doing of it. It has been estimated that less than a 20-percent increase in traffic would put most of them on an earning basis. In view of the narrowness... | |
 | 1926 - 386 páginas
...saying that they are entitled to earn a fair return on this appraisal should be reconsidered. 3— The railroads should do much that they have not done...their condition without any government help at all. 4 — Regulatory jurisdiction should be extended to the whole national transportation system but applied... | |
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We see no reason why the rate-making rule should not say in plain English that railroads are entitled to make a reasonable profit based upon costs of efficient operation and that they are not entitled to earnings merely to preserve present structures... 