...return thereon," and it is definitely and specifically provided that in making such determination we " shall give due consideration, among other things,...of the United States with adequate transportation." Whatever the rate base, we are enjoined and required to so adjust the "fair return" that investment...

...Commission is directed by the Act to give due consideration to the necessity of enlarging transportation facilities in order to provide the people of the United States with adequate transportation. For the first two years of the transportation act, Congress had declared a fair rate of return to be...

...due consideration, among other things, to the transportation needs of the country and the necessity of enlarging such facilities in order to provide the...of the United States with adequate transportation." It is therefore the desire of Congress to reestablish the credit of the railroads; otherwise the transportation...

...economical management and reasonable expenditures for maintenance of way, structures and equipment, earn and aggregate annual net railway operating income equal,...of the United States with adequate transportation: Proi*ided, That during the two years beginning March 1, 1920, the Commission shall take as such fair...

...of return which is necessary in order to accomplish the results set forth in paragraph (3), namely: "In making such determination it shall give due consideration,...of the United States with adequate transportation." The rate of return on the value of the property must always be translated into terms of return applicable...

...rates which shall yield a return equal to 5^4 per cent, of the aggregate value ot the camera' property "shall give due consideration, among other things,...of the United States with adequate transportation." The section further provides "that during the two years beginning March 1. 1920, the Commission shall...

...transportation: Provided, That the Commission shall have reasonable latitude to modify or adjust any particulare rate which it may find to be unjust or unreasonable,...provide the people of the United States with adequate transAPPENDIX 117 SEC. 15a. Former Ac t Present Act portation: Provided, That during the two years...

...instructions, is not to confine itself to the mere prevention of confiscatory adjustments. It must give "due consideration, among other things, to the...of the United States with adequate transportation." For the period of two years beginning March 1, 1920, however, Congress assumed the burden, through...

...perSec. 15a in C°detomS ^n ma^ng suck determination it shall give due consid(air return. oration, among other things, to the transportation needs of...provide the people of the United States with adequate transPercentage for portation: Provided, That during the two years beginaTn? y<Marcii8Ui, ning March...

...determ nation it shall give due consideration, among other things, to the transportation needs of tie country and the necessity (under honest, efficient,...of the United States with adequate transportation: That during the two years beginning March 1, 1920, the commission shall take as such fair return a...