United States Congressional Serial Set, Issue 6581, Volume 1

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1915 - United States
Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

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Page 715 - A student of Economics has no hope of ever being clear and correct in his ideas of the science if he thinks of value as at all a thing or an object, or even as anything which lies in a thing or object. Persons are thus led to speak of such a nonentity as intrinsic value.
Page 9 - The Commission assembles this morning under extremely sad and very trying circumstances. Yesterday we laid to his last rest a colleague who, by his genial, helpful, and splendid personality, indefatigable industry, sterling integrity, unswerving loyalty, and broad fair-mindedness, won our affections, regard, and esteem to a superlative degree. "Were we to follow our personal wishes and inclinations we should suspend business affairs for a time...
Page 653 - Chicago & Alton R. R Chicago & Eastern Illinois RR Chicago & Erie RR Chicago, Indiana & Southern RR . Chicago, Indianapolis * Louisville Ry Chicago, Peoría & St.
Page 61 - Do you carry in your mind the total cost of that improvement, the proportion of it that was paid out of capital and the proportion of it that was paid out of income? Mr. BUNTING. About $114,000,000, $57,000,000 of which was charged to capital and $57,000,000 of which was charged to income, of either the Pennsylvania Railroad or the Pennsylvania Co.

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