There was still a third set of interests to be considered, as represented by those who had lent money to the turnpike trusts for road construction or repairs, in the expectation of getting a fair return.
A public service company may, under some circumstances, be required to perform its services at rates prohibitive of a fair return to its stockholders, considering their property as an investment merely.
The physical property element represents the investment on which a fair return is to be earned, and in most cases an appraisal is necessary for the determination of the amount of money actually invested.
That capital invested in corporations is, and should be, the money of the people, and should be safeguarded so as to prevent its loss by manipulation, and insure a fair return.
Unless the Government adheres to the rule of making a rate that will yield a fair return, it must abandon rate making altogether.
To make a rate that does not yield a fair return results in confiscation, and confiscatory rates are of course unconstitutional.
No condition meets this requirement which fails to supply a fair return on labor expended and capital invested.
It is not a question, it should be observed, as to whether the rent obtained represents more than a fair return on the purchase price paid for the land; that is quite another matter.
Suppose, further, 6 per cent to be at the time a fair return on a perfectly secure investment.
The question is whether the rent obtained exceeds a fair return on the capital sum spent on the buildings, etc.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fair return" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
