| MERCHANDISE IN CENTS | SPECIAL CARLOAD CLASSES IN
| PER 100 LBS. | CENTS PER 100 LBS.
Miles|----------------------------------------------------------------
| First|Second|Third |Fourth|Fifth |Class|Class|Class|Class|Class
|Class.|Class.|Class.|Class.|Class.| A. | B. | C. | D. | E.
-----+------+------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----
5 | 14 | 11.9 | 9.34| 7 | 4.9 | 5 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.8
10 | 14.8 | 12.58| 10.1 | 7.4 | 5.18| 5.3 | 5.18| 4.44| 3.7 | 2.96
15 | 15.6 | 13.26| 10.4 | 7.8 | 5.46| 5.6 | 5.46| 4.68| 3.9 | 3.12
20 | 16.4 | 13.94| 10.94| 8.2 | 5.74| 5.8 | 5.74| 4.92| 4.1 | 3.25
25 | 17 | 14.45| 11.34| 8.5 | 5.95| 6 | 5.95| 5.1 | 4.25| 3.4
| | | | | | | | | |
30 | 17.6 | 14.96| 11.73| 8.8 | 6.16| 6.2 | 6.16| 5.28| 4.4 | 3.52
35 | 18.2 | 15.47| 12.1 | 9.1 | 6.37| 6.4 | 6.37| 5.46| 4.55| 3.64
40 | 18.8 | 15.98| 12.5 | 9.4 | 6.58| 6.6 | 6.58| 5.64| 4.7 | 3.76
45 | 19.4 | 16.49| 13 | 9.7 | 6.79| 6.8 | 6.79| 5.82| 4.85| 3.88
50 | 20 | 17 | 13.34| 10 | 7 | 7.05| 7 | 6 | 5 | 4
| | | | | | | | | |
55 | 20.4 | 17.34| 13.6 | 10.2 | 7.14| 7.2 | 7.14| 6.12| 5.1 | 4.08
60 | 20.8 | 17.68| 13.87| 10.4 | 7.28| 7.4 | 7.28| 6.24| 5.2 | 4.16
65 | 21.2 | 18.02| 14.14| 10.6 | 7.42| 7.6 | 7.42| 6.36| 5.3 | 4.25
70 | 21.6 | 18.36| 14.4 | 10.8 | 7.56| 7.8 | 7.56| 6.48| 5.4 | 4.32
75 | 22 | 18.7 | 14.67| 11 | 7.7 | 8 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 4.4
| | | | | | | | | |
80 | 22.4 | 19.04| 14.94| 11.2 | 7.84| 8.2 | 7.84| 6.72| 5.6 | 4.48
85 | 22.8 | 19.38| 15.2 | 11.4 | 7.98| 8.4 | 7.98| 6.84| 5.7 | 4.56
90 | 23.2 | 19.72| 15.47| 11.6 | 8.12| 8.6 | 8.12| 6.96| 5.8 | 4.64
95 | 23.6 | 20.06| 15.73| 11.8 | 8.26| 8.8 | 8.26| 7.08| 5.9 | 4.72
100 | 24 | 20.4 | 16 | 12 | 8.4 | 9 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 6 | 4.8
| | | | | | | | | |
105 | 24.8 | 20.89| 16.35| 12.33| 8.69| 9.35| 8.63| 7.4 | 6.17| 4.96
110 | 25.6 | 21.38| 16.7 | 12.66| 8.98| 9.7 | 8.86| 7.6 | 6.34| 5.12
115 | 26.4 | 21.87| 17.05| 12.99| 9.27|10.05| 9.09| 7.8 | 6.51| 5.28
120 | 27.2 | 22.36| 17.4 | 13.32| 9.56|10.4 | 9.32| 8 | 6.68| 5.44
125 | 28 | 22.85| 17.75| 13.65| 9.85|10.75| 9.55| 8.2 | 6.85| 5.6
| | | | | | | | | |
130 | 28.8 | 23.34| 18.1 | 13.98| 10.14|11.1 | 9.78| 8.4 | 7.02| 5.76
135 | 29.6 | 23.83| 18.45| 14.31| 10.43|11.45|10.01| 8.6 | 7.19| 5.92
140 | 30.4 | 24.32| 18.8 | 14.64| 10.72|11.8 |10.24| 8.8 | 7.36| 6.08
145 | 31.2 | 24.81| 19.15| 14.97| 11.01|12.15|10.47| 9 | 7.53| 6.24
150 | 32 | 25.3 | 19.5 | 15.3 | 11.3 |12.5 |10.7 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 6.4
| | | | | | | | | |
155 |32.8 |25.79 | 19.85| 15.63| 11.59|12.84|10.93| 9.39| 7.87| 6.56
160 |33.6 |26.28 | 20.2 | 15.96| 11.88|13.18|11.16| 9.58| 8.04| 6.72
165 |34.4 |26.77 | 20.55| 16.29| 12.17|13.52|11.39| 9.77| 8.21| 6.88
170 |35.2 |27.26 | 20.9 | 16.62| 12.46|13.86|11.62| 9.96| 8.38| 7.04
175 |36 |27.75 | 21.25| 16.95| 12.75|14.2 |11.85|10.15| 8.55| 7.2
| | | | | | | | | |
180 |36.8 |28.24 | 21.6 | 17.28| 13.04|14.54|12.08|10.34| 8.72| 7.36
185 |37.6 |28.73 | 21.95| 17.61| 13.33|14.88|12.31|10.53| 8.89| 7.52
190 |38.4 |29.22 | 22.3 | 17.94| 13.62|15.22|12.45|10.72| 9.06| 7.68
195 |39.2 |29.71 | 22.65| 18.27| 13.91|15.56|12.77|10.91| 9.23| 7.84
200 |40 |30.2 | 23 | 18.6 | 14.2 |15.9 |13 |11.1 | 9.39| 8
| | | | | | | | | |
210 |41.6 |31.18 | 23.7 | 19.24| 14.78|16.56|13.45|11.49| 9.71| 8.3
220 |43.2 |32.16 | 24.4 | 19.88| 15.36|17.22|13.9 |11.88|10.03| 8.6
230 |44.8 |33.14 | 25.1 | 20.52| 15.94|17.88|14.35|12.27|10.35| 8.9
240 |46.4 |34.12 | 25.8 | 21.6 | 16.52|18.54|14.8 |12.66|10.67| 9.2
250 |48 |35.1 | 26.5 | 21.8 | 17.1 |19.2 |15.25|13.05|10.99| 9.5
260 | 49.6 | 36.08| 27.2 | 22.44| 17.68|19.86|15.7 |13.44|11.31| 9.8
270 | 51.2 | 37.06| 27.9 | 23.08| 18.26|20.52|16.15|13.83|11.63|10..
280 | 52.8 | 38.4 | 28.6 | 23.72| 18.84|21.18|16.6 |14.22|11.95|10.4
290 | 54.4 | 39.02| 29.3 | 24.36| 19.42|21.84|17.05|14.61|12.27|10.7
300 | 56 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 20 |22.5 |17.5 |15 |12.5 |11
| | | | | | | | | |
310 | 56.5 | 40.5 | 30.5 | 25.5 | 20.5 |23 |18 |15.5 |13 |11.5
320 | 57 | 41 | 31 | 26 | 21 |23.5 |18.5 |16 |13.5 |12
330 | 57.5 | 41.5 | 31.5 | 26.5 | 21.5 |24 |19 |16.5 |14 |12.5
340 | 58 | 42 | 32 | 27 | 22 |24.5 |19.5 |17 |14.5 |13
350 | 58.5 | 42.5 | 32.5 | 27.5 | 22.5 |25 |20 |17.5 |15 |13.5
| | | | | | | | | |
360 | 59 | 43 | 33 | 28 | 23 |25.5 |20.5 |18 |15.5 |14
370 | 59.5 | 43.5 | 33.5 | 28.5 | 23.5 |26 |21 |18.5 |16 |14.5
380 | 60 | 44 | 34 | 29 | 24 |26.5 |21.5 |19 |16.5 |15
390 | 60.5 | 44.5 | 34.5 | 29.5 | 24.5 |27 |22 |19.5 |17 |15.5
400 | 61 | 45 | 35 | 30 | 25 |27.5 |22.5 |20 |17.5 |16
| | | | | | | | | |
410 | 61.5 | 45.5 | 35.5 | 30.5 | 25.5 |28 |23 |20.5 |18 |16.5
420 | 62 | 46 | 36 | 31 | 26 |28.5 |23.5 |21 |18.5 |17
430 | 62.5 | 46.5 | 36.5 | 31.5 | 26.5 |29 |24 |21.5 |19 |17.5
440 | 63 | 47 | 37 | 32 | 27 |29.5 |24.5 |22 |19.5 |18
450 | 63.5 | 47.5 | 37.5 | 32.5 | 27.5 |30 |25 |22.5 |20 |18.5
| | | | | | | | | |
460 | 64 | 48 | 38 | 33 | 28 |30.5 |25.5 |23 |20.5 |19
470 | 64.5 | 48.5 | 38.5 | 33.5 | 28.5 |31 |26 |23.5 |21 |19.5
480 | 65 | 49 | 39 | 34 | 29 |31.5 |26.5 |24 |21.5 |20
490 | 65.5 | 49.5 | 39.5 | 34.5 | 29.5 |32 |27 |24.5 |22 |20.5
500 | 66 | 50 | 40 | 35 | 30 |32.5 |27.5 |25 |22.5 |21
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NOTE.--When rates are not shown in this table for the exact
distance, the rates given for the next greater distance will prevail.
When these rates and the classification conflict, these rates will
govern.
A = Wheat, flour, millet, flaxseed.
B = Corn, oats, barley, other grain and mill stuffs.
C = Hard and soft lumber, lath, shingles, sash, doors and blinds.
D = Salt, lime, cement, plaster, stucco.
E = Horses and mules in carloads--minimum weight 20,000 lbs.,
31-foot cars, inside measurement.
F = Fat cattle in carloads--minimum weight 19,000 lbs.,
31-foot cars, inside measurement
G = Hogs (single deck) in carloads--minimum weight 15,000 lbs.,
31-foot cars, inside measurement.
H = Sheep (single deck) in carloads--minimum weight 15,000 lbs.,
31-foot cars, inside measurement.
I = Hard coal.
J = Soft coal, lump and nut.
K = Soft coal, pea and slack.
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| CARLOAD CLASSES IN | LIVE STOCK IN CENTS |COAL IN CENTS PER
| CENTS PER 100 LBS. | PER 100 LBS. |TON OF 2,000 LBS.
-----+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------
Miles| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K
-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----
5 | 4.5 | 3.75| 3.5 | 3.25| 5.37| 5.13| 5.67| 8.4 | .60| .30 | .25
10 | 4.7 | 3.92| 3.66| 3.39| 5.75| 5.53| 6 | 8.8 | .64| .34 | .28
15 | 4.9 | 4.09| 3.82| 3.53| 6.12| 5.92| 6.33| 9.2 | .68| .38 | .31
20 | 5.1 | 4.26| 3.98| 3.67| 6.5 | 6.32| 6.67| 9.6 | .72| .42 | .34
25 | 5.3 | 4.43| 4.14| 3.81| 6.87| 6.71| 7 |10 | .76| .46 | .37
| | | | | | | | | | |
30 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.95| 7.25| 7.11| 7.33|10.4 | .80| .50 | .40
35 | 5.7 | 4.77| 4.45| 4.09| 7.62| 7.5 | 7.67|10.8 | .84| .54 | .43
40 | 5.9 | 4.93| 4.6 | 4.23| 8 | 7.89| 8 |11.2 | .88| .58 | .46
45 | 6.1 | 5.09| 4.75| 4.37| 8.37| 8.29| 8.33|11.6 | .92| .62 | .49
50 | 6.3 | 5.25| 4.9 | 4.51| 8.75| 8.68| 8.67|12 | .96| .66 | .52
| | | | | | | | | | |
55 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 5.04| 4.65| 9.12| 8.95| 9 |12.4 | 1.00| .70 | .55
60 | 6.7 | 5.55| 5.18| 4.79| 9.5 | 9.21| 9.33|12.8 | 1.04| .74 | .58
65 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 5.32| 4.93| 9.87| 9.47| 9.67|13.2 | 1.08| .78 | .60
70 | 7.1 | 5.85| 5.46| 5.07|10.25| 9.74|10 |13.6 | 1.12| .82 | .62
75 | 7.3 | 6 | 5.6 | 5.2 |10.62|10 |10.16|14 | 1.16| .85 | .64
| | | | | | | | | | |
80 | 7.5 | 6.15| 5.74| 5.33|11 |10.26|10.32|14.4 | 1.20| .88 | .66
85 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 5.88| 5.46|11.37|10.53|10.48|14.8 | 1.24| .91 | .68
90 | 7.9 | 6.45| 6.02| 5.59|11.75|10.79|10.64|15.2 | 1.28| .94 | .70
95 | 8 | 6.6 | 6.16| 5.72|12.12|11.05|10.8 |15.6 | 1.32| .97 | .72
100 | 8.1 | 6.75| 6.3 | 5.85|12.5 |11.32|10.96|16 | 1.36| 1.00 | .74
| | | | | | | | | | |
105 | 8.24| 6.87| 6.41| 5.95|12.75|11.53|11.12|16.3 | 1.40| 1.015| .755
110 | 8.38| 6.99| 6.52| 6.05|13 |11.74|11.28|16.6 | 1.44| 1.03 | .77
115 | 8.52| 7.11| 6.63| 6.15|13.25|11.95|11.44|16.9 | 1.48| 1.045| .785
120 | 8.66| 7.23| 6.74| 6.25|13.5 |12.16|11.6 |17.2 | 1.52| 1.06 | .80
125 | 8.8 | 7.35| 6.85| 6.35|13.75|12.37|11.8 |17.5 | 1.55| 1.075| .815
| | | | | | | | | | |
130 | 8.94| 7.46| 6.96| 6.45|14 |12.58|12 |17.8 | 1.58| 1.09 | .83
135 | 9.08| 7.57| 7.07| 6.55|14.25|12.79|12.2 |18.1 | 1.61| 1.105| .845
140 | 9.22| 7.69| 7.18| 6.65|14.5 |13 |12.4 |18.4 | 1.64| 1.12 | .86
145 | 9.36| 7.79| 7.29| 6.75|14.75|13.21|12.6 |18.7 | 1.67| 1.135| .875
150 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 6.85|15 |13.42|12.8 |19 | 1.70| 1.15 | .89
| | | | | | | | | | |
155 | 9.63| 8.01| 7.5 | 6.95|15.25|13.63|13 |19.3 | 1.73| 1.165| .905
160 | 9.79| 8.12| 7.6 | 7.05|15.5 |13.84|13.2 |19.6 | 1.76| 1.18 | .92
165 | 9.89| 8.23| 7.7 | 7.15|15.75|14.05|13.4 |19.9 | 1.79| 1.195| .935
170 |10.02| 8.34| 7.8 | 7.25|16 |14.26|13.6 |20.2 | 1.82| 1.21 | .95
175 |10.15| 8.45| 7.9 | 7.35|16.25|14.47|13.8 |20.5 | 1.85| 1.225| .965
180 |10.28| 8.56| 8 | 7.44|16.5 |14.68|14 |20.8 | 1.88| 1.24 | .98
185 |10.41| 8.67| 8.1 | 7.53|16.75|14.89|14.2 |21.1 | 1.91| 1.255| .995
190 |10.54| 8.78| 8.2 | 7.62|17 |15.11|14.4 |21.4 | 1.94| 1.27 | 1.01
195 |10.67| 8.89| 8.3 | 7.71|17.25|15.32|14.6 |21.7 | 1.97| 1.285| 1.025
200 |10.8 | 9 | 8.4 | 7.8 |17.5 |15.53|14.8 |22 | 2.00| 1.30 | 1.04
| | | | | | | | | | |
210 |11.07| 9.23| 8.61| 8 |17.87|16 |15.22|22.3 | 2.04| 1.32 | 1.06
220 |11.34| 9.46| 8.82| 8.2 |18.25|16.47|15.64|22.7 | 2.08| 1.34 | 1.08
230 |11.61| 9.69| 9.03| 8.4 |18.62|16.95|16.06|23.1 | 2.12| 1.36 | 1.10
240 |11.88| 9.92| 9.24| 8.6 |19 |17.42|16.48|23.5 | 2.16| 1.38 | 1.12
250 |12.15|10.15| 9.45| 8.8 |19.37|17.89|16.9 |23.9 | 2.20| 1.40 | 1.14
| | | | | | | | | | |
260 |12.42|10.37| 9.66| 8.99|19.75|18.37|17.32|24.3 | 2.24| 1.42 | 1.16
270 |12.69|10.59| 9.87| 9.18|20.12|18.84|17.74|24.7 | 2.28| 1.44 | 1.18
280 |12.96|10.81|10.08| 9.37|20.5 |19.32|18.16|25.1 | 2.32| 1.46 | 1.20
290 |13.26|11.03|10.29| 9.56|20.87|19.79|18.58|25.5 | 2.36| 1.48 | 1.22
300 |13.53|11.25|10.5 | 9.75|21.25|20.26|19 |25.9 | 2.40| 1.50 | 1.24
| | | | | | | | | | |
310 |13.8 |11.48|10.71| 9.95|21.6 |20.53|19.13|26.7 | 2.44| 1.52 | 1.25
320 |14.07|11.71|10.92|10.15|21.95|20.79|19.25|27.1 | 2.48| 1.54 | 1.26
330 |14.34|11.94|11.13|10.35|23.3 |21.05|19.37|27.5 | 2.52| 1.56 | 1.27
340 |14.61|12.17|11.34|10.55|22.65|21.32|19.5 |27.9 | 2.56| 1.58 | 1.28
350 |14.88|12.4 |11.55|10.75|23 |21.58|19.62|28.3 | 2.60| 1.60 | 1.29
| | | | | | | | | | |
360 |15.15|12.62|11.76|10.94|23.35|21.84|19.75|28.7 | 2.64| 1.62 | 1.30
370 |15.42|12.84|11.97|11.13|23.7 |22.11|19.87|29.1 | 2.68| 1.64 | 1.31
380 |15.68|13.06|12.18|11.32|24.05|22.37|20 |29.5 | 2.72| 1.66 | 1.32
390 |15.94|13.28|12.39|11.51|24.4 |22.63|20.5 |29.9 | 2.76| 1.68 | 1.33
400 |16.2 |13.5 |12.6 |11.7 |24.75|22.89|21 |30.3 | 2.80| 1.70 | 1.34
| | | | | | | | | | |
410 |16.47|13.72|12.81|11.89|25.1 |23.15|21.12|30.7 | ....| .... | ....
420 |16.73|13.94|13.02|12.08|25.45|23.41|21.25|31.1 | 2.88| 1.74 | 1.36
430 |17 |14.16|13.23|12.22|25.80|23.67|21.37|31.5 | ....| .... | ....
440 |17.27|14.38|13.44|12.46|26.15|23.93|21.5 |31.9 | 2.96| 1.78 | 1.38
450 |17.54|14.60|13.65|12.65|26.5 |24.19|21.62|32.3 | ....| .... | ....
| | | | | | | | | | |
460 |17.80|14.82|13.86|12.84|26.85|24.45|21.75|32.7 | 3.04| 1.82 | 1.40
470 |18.06|15.04|14.07|13.03|27.2 |24.71|21.87|33.1 | ....| .... | ....
480 |18.33|15.26|14.28|13.22|27.55|24.97|22 |33.5 | 3.12| 1.86 | 1.42
490 |18.60|15.48|14.49|13.41|27.9 |25.23|22.12|33.9 | ....| .... | ....
500 |18.87|15.70|14.70|13.60|28.15|25.49|22.25|34.3 | 3.20| 1.90 | 1.44
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* Stock cattle or feeders and calves take 75 per cent. of fat cattle
rate; 31-foot car (internal measurement) is adopted as the standard for
minimum weight, as per heading in table; 28-foot cars, 90 per cent. of
above; 33-foot 6-inch cars, 108 per cent. of above; other lengths of
cars to take same proportion as above.
INDEX.
Abbett, Gov., 113
Absentee ownership, 287
Abuses, 101
cardinal, 134
for protection against, must resort to polls and not to courts, 332
increased, 129
of railroads, 124
origin of, 434
still practiced, 400
Accidents, 450
Acworth, Mr. W. M., 276
Adams, C. F., Jr., heresy, 260
difficulty not in legislation, 258
favors pooling, 260
on character of railroad men, 257
on Iowa law, 332
H. C., motive for ownership, 436
Africa, 61
roads constructed, 22
Agriculture among Babylonians and Assyrians, 19
Albany _Evening Argus_, 340
Albia, 324
Algiers, 62
Algona, 328
American colonies, 100
experience, 303
investments a reproach, 313
Americans would avail themselves of low rates, 445
American Transfer Company, 119
Amsterdam, 97
owes to canal, 32
Ann Arbor Strikers, 449
Area of land grants, 329
Argentine Republic, 68
Arrogance, 453
Asia, 59
early nations of, 18
Athens connected with Piraens, protected road, 24
Atkinson, Edward, 248
fallacious argument of, 249
relies upon a figurehead commission, 249
Atlantic nurseryman, 148
Attorney-General held that legislature had not the power to prescribe
rates, 330
Attorney, slow to accept fee, 402
Augustus instituted postal service, 27
Australia, 64
Austria, 54
Average fares per mile, 444
B. & M. Co., 324
Baker, C. W., 262
Balkan Peninsula, 59
physical features, important factor, 24
Ballou, H. S., 139
Baltimore and Ohio, watered stock, 172
_Bankers' Magazine_, 301
Banks and insurance, not private, 403
Barosz, M., 441
B., C. R. & N. Railroad Co., increased prosperity of, 344
Beach, C. F., Jr., 395
law of private corporations, 316
Bering Strait, 89
Belgium, 56, 409
cost of right of way, 370
Bessemer's invention, 374
Blackstone, T. B., 413
Blatchford, Justice, 213, 290
Blinkensop, 48
Board of Railroad Commissioners, 428
Bolles, A. S., 303
Bonded debt of M. & M. R. R., 322
Bonham, John M., 268
Boone, 327
Boston _Advertiser_, 340
Bradley, Justice, 213
Braithwaite, 49
Branch roads, 306
Brazil, 69
Brewer, Justice, 214, 215, 455
doctrine, 376
opinion of reasonable rates, 360
reply to ruling of, 364
Bridge across the Mississippi, 319
British railways, cost of right of way, 370
Brown, Justice, 214
Bryce, Prof., 391
on decadence of bar, 222
on lobby, 222
Budd vs. N. Y., 213, 290, 295
Buddha, commended roads to care of pious, 18
Burmah, 61
Burstall, 49
California railways, 122
Calmar, 328
Camden and Amboy charter, 113
Camden and Amboy Railroad Company, 102
Canada, 73
canals, 43
Canadian Pacific, 74
Canal, Erie, 40
from Bitter Lake to Red Sea, 23
Nicaragua, 44, 174
Canals, Canadian, 43
in Great Britain, 33
Italian, 34
private companies, 42
Spanish, 34
Candidates, railroad, 226
servile to railroads, 206
Cape Colony, 63
Capitalization of railroads, 86
Capital of Standard Oil Company, 121
Carey, H. C., 110
Carload lots, 386
rates, 140
Carthage, harbor, fleets, roads, 24
Carthaginians, 91
commerce of, constructed roads, 22
Cars refused, 120
Cassat, Mr., testimony of, 121
C., B. & Q. R. R. strike, 285
Cedar Rapids and Missouri River R. R. Co., 324
Central America, 70
Central Pacific, 175
scheme, 347
Ceylon, 61
Charlemagne repaired and built roads, 28
Chicago and Milwaukee system, cost of, 235
and Omaha pool, 194
convention, 224
Iowa and Nebraska Railroad, 328
third-rate lawyer, 222
Chile, 68
Chinese built roads before the Christian era, 21
Classification, 363
rule, 361
unjust features, 151
Clay, Mr., 303
Clews, Henry, 304
pictures evils, 404
"Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street," 185
Clear Lake, 328
Clerk of U. S. Court, 217
Cleveland, President, 359
Clinton, 328
Club address of C. F. Adams, Jr., 257
C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co. vs. Minn., 213
Coal and kindred articles, 386
Coffin, Mr. L. S., 452
Colbert, idea of postal service, 30
Coleridge, Lord, 454
Combinations, 189
regulate, 299
Commission evil, 420
Commission received, 119
Commissioner system, 246
Commission, Interstate, reviews Judge Brewer's rule, 365
Commissions acquire expert knowledge, 384
Commission's decisions, 359
acts subject to judicial review, 381
become a pliant tool, 429
character of, 359
Commission system adopted in Iowa, 335
Committee bill passed, 354
Commodities, character of, 373
Common law, sufficient in theory but fails in practice, 268
Competition, 190, 196
a great educator, 260
and enhanced rates, 352
in United States depended upon, 129
the death of trade, 298
vicious, 300
Communism, strength of, 454
Conduit company, 117
Confiscation of railroads, 293
Conflicts between labor and capital, 448
Congress, appropriations for improving rivers, 44
in three camps, 352
responds to demand of Pacific road, 183
to cease futile attempts 299
Congressmen imposed upon, 17
Connecticut railroad construction, 288
Conscientious managers cannot retain business, 399
Consolidation of C., R. I. & P. R. R. Co., 323
tendency to, 262
Conspiracies should not be legalized, 260
Conspiracy, 296
Constitutions made for, 457
Contests, expense of in Great Britain, 371
Contributions to Pacific roads, 180
Control, suggestions for, 425
Cooley, Judge, 315, 359
in reference to State and National Commissions, 426
Corporations, danger from, 223
willing to pay for questionable services, 222
Corrupt practice act in Mass., 223
Cost of American roads, 187
of building roads at present, 186
of existing railway system, 422
of operating M. & M. R. R., 322
of railroads, 172, 370, 417
Council Bluffs, 324
line completed to, 323
Courteous employes, 447
Courts ordered restoration of Erie securities, 170
should not aid, 381
C., R. I. & P. Railroad, 284
Crosby, J. O., story of tramp, 178
Crusaders, 92
Cuba, 70
Cullom committee report, 131
Senator, 353
Customs laws, 15
Dabney, W. D., drift toward railroad centralization, 261
favors pooling, 261
favors State control, 261
Darius I., work on canal, 23
Dartmouth College case, 315
decision, 259
Davis, C. Wood, 413
on cost of roads, 187
Dows, David, & Co., 138
Davis, Jefferson, plea, 276
Delegates to conventions, 224
Demand in other States for reform, 331
Denmark, 35, 58
first-class passenger rates, 439
Depew, Mr., 138
Depew says all railroad men are politicians, 366
Devices, various, 296
Differentials, 296
Discriminations, 118, 137, 143, 156, 147, 160
damaging, 248
in classifications, 148
in Iowa, 337
practiced openly, 331
Dillon, Judge, 411
Sidney, 273
on cost of Pacific roads, 185
Directors and officials of corporations, 316
character of, 406
with personal interests 317
Director-General, 431
should have power to remove managers, 432
Distance disregarded, 331
Dividends, 164, 187
by fluctuations, 302
Standard Oil Company, 121
Donations, 329
for benefit of public, 376
made by railroad companies, 446
to Pacific roads, 176
to railroads, 125
Donation to road completed, 320
Doud amendment, 331
Dual government, 401
Dual sovereignty must be recognized, 425
Dubuque & S. C. Co., 324
Dutch East India Company, 97
Duties of common carriers, 315
Duty of state, 456
Earnings diverted, 403
of first Iowa railroad, 320
gross, larger in United States, 281
of C., B. & Q., 175
of Iowa roads increased, 264
of Massachusetts railroads, 175
of Lake Shore, 175
Earnings of Liverpool and Manchester, 50
of Terre Haute, 175
of railroads, 86
per employe, 372
per train mile in the United States and United Kingdom, 270
per train mile larger in United States, 281
East India Company, 99, 303
Economy of fuel, 375
Editors, 221, 231
controlled by counting-room, 339
Egyptians, commerce of, constructed roads, 22
Electoral Commission, 215
Eminent domain, 314
Spelling on, 317
Employes fare better under Government management, 412
in Iowa, compensation, 344
in Iowa, number, 344
number of, in various countries, 371
number of, per mile of road, 269
number of, as related to gross earnings, 269
organized for political work, 277
quasi-public officers, 447
should have passes, 209
England, 99
roads maintained by statute and parish labor, 32
English landlords, 287
Entrance into railway service regulated, 448
Ericsson, 449
Erie Canal, 40
Railroad, 170
European and American investments compared, 371
European history began in Greece, 24
Evans, Oliver, 47
Executive charged with construction and maintenance of roads and
canals, 22
Executives influenced, 225
Experiments with wooden rail, 46
Extortion, effects of, 111
Farmers' Alliance, 300
Farmers' pool, 300
Federal agencies, need of improved, 430
Federal courts, influence of, 212
Ferocity of public opinion in the West, 312
Feudal features, 455
Field, Justice, 214, 269
Fink, Albert, 200
First rail tracks, 46
First railroad survey in Iowa, 319
Fort Dodge, 325
Fortunes, great, 400
made, 301
France, 54
duty of employes, 447
first system of roads, first artificial waterways, 30
large number of canals, 30
rates on freight and passengers, 293
Frederick the Great built turnpikes and canals, 31
Frederick William IV., 53
Free competition, 407
Freight agents, 383
Freight carried by railroads in the United States, 292
Friction under Iowa law, 341
Galena and Chicago Union, 164
Gallatin advocated roads and canals, 38
Garfield, President, 224
on Dartmouth College case, 316
Garrett, J. W., 83
Germany, first mail service, 31
first railroad, 53
German instructions to employes, 447
Georgia prescribed rates, 289
Glenwood, 337
Gibbon, 92
Gibbon concerning postal service, 27
Goodman, Mr., testimony of, 138
Gospel of wealth, 404
Goeta canal, 35
Gould's bulldozing, 452
Gould, Jay, 212, 224, 269
on cost of Pacific roads, 184
Governor called extra session of General Assembly, 321
importuned, 228
of Iowa, 311
influenced, 227
Government ownership drawbacks, 412
Granger cases, 212
Granger, Judge, 229
Granger law did not retard construction, 335
of Iowa, 332
Granger laws, moderate, 322
repealed, 246
Granger movement, 84
a necessary one, 258
spread, 332
Granger system in Wisconsin, 245
Grant and Conkling, 224
Grant, Judge, 411
Great Britain, canals, 33
crossed by Roman roads, 27
recent origin of public roads and postal service, 32
Great Northern Railroad Co., 185
Grecian civilization passed to Romans and then to other nations, 24
Greek geographers, praise of highways of Hindostan, 19
Gresham, Judge, 212
Grinnell, Hon. J. B., 411
Gross and net earnings in Iowa, 344
earnings, increase in Iowa, 287, 293
earnings of Iowa roads, 265
Hadley, Prof. A. T., 245
on passenger rates, 278
on State legislation, 286
Hadley's address before Bankers' Association, 284
ignorance, 287
mistake, 290
Hadrian improved postal service, 27
Hagar, Mr., 109
Hackworth, 49
Hale, Lord Chief Justice, 316
Harrison, President, 214
on watered stocks, 174
on Nicaragua Canal, 44
Hanseatic League, 94
object, extent, power, 95
Haul, length of, compared, 372
Hayes-Tilden contest, 215
Hayti, 71
Hepburn committee, 137, 146
Hindoo culture and broad statesmanship, 18
Hoe printing-press, 231
Holland, 98
largest canal of, 31
Hoyt, J., & Co., 138
Hudson, J. F., 250, 266, 407
Hudson River Railroad accident, 451
Co., 167
stock watering, 167
Humboldt said of roads of Incas, 36
Hungary, 54
Hungarian zone system, 282, 440
Huntington, C. P., 347
letter of, 346
Illinois canals, 42
Granger laws, 331
Importance of transportation facilities, 17
Improved appliances should be used, 450
Income of railroads, 128
per capita, 292
Increase of traffic under zone system, 442
India supplied Nineveh and Babylon, Greece and Rome, 18
Individual entitled to full use, 392
Inflation, 163
Influences at work to create public sentiment, 294
Iniquitous taxation, 307
Injunction asked for, 323
Inspection service should be established, 432
Insurance provided for, 451
Interchangeable 1,000-mile tickets, 445
Interstate Commerce Act, 85, 319
amended, 358
approved, 354
Interstate Commerce Commission, sixth annual report, 160
Interstate Commerce law attacked, 162
Intimidation of railroad employes, 226
Inventors, 126
Investments, none pay so well, 248
Iowa attorney, 210
Bill of Rights, 445
Central Air Line, 324
City, road built to, 319
Commissioners enjoined, 343
Commissioners' valuable service, 336
Falls & S. C. Co., 325
General Assembly passed maximum tariff act, 264
General Assembly passed act authorizing commissioners to make _prima
facie_ rates, 264
law, features of, 341
misunderstanding of, 342
vindicated, 266
legislation, 319
politics, 311
prosperity accelerated, 345
railroad construction, 288
the queen, 348
Irish tenants, 287
Iron strap rail, 46
Itaki Atabeck, road seen to this day, 19
Italy, 57
canals, 34
Jackson, President, 367
Japan, 60
Java, 61
Jeans, Mr. J. S., 269
on railroad revenues, 437
on state railroad, 410
Jefferson's inquiries, 37
Judges, servile, 162
use passes, 208
Jurists, eminent, 234
Kansas Midland, 187
Kent, 314
Kirkman, M. M., 239
Labor organizations, 448
Labor-saving causes, 375
Lake transportation, 453
Land grant policy, wisdom of, 320
to Dubuque & S. C. R. R., 325
Land grants to Iowa railroads, 320
value of, 325
Languedoc Canal, 30
Lawyer and farmer, 209
Lawyers, briefless, 219
political, 223
third-rate, 222
Legislation, 299
of California, 123
Legislative campaign of 1887, 339
reform needed, 405
reports, 110
Lincoln, President, 216
story of the Irishman, and the pig, 271
Lines projected, 288
Lobbies frowned out of legislative halls, 402
Lobby, 219
formidable, 339
Locomotive, early inventors, 47
reward for, 49
Long and short haul clause, 297
of Iowa law, 341
Louis XIV., 98
Louis XI. transferred postal service to state, 30
Lowest rates in Europe, 409
Mails carried free in France, 373
Managers arrogant, 331
concede necessity of regulation, 369
have lost influence, 230
make law odious, 333
naturally despotical, 151
of great parties, 144
M. & M. R. R. Co., 319
Marshall, Chief Justice, 350
Marshalltown, 324
Massachusetts Commission, 428
Mathews, Judge Stanley, 269
Maximilian established postal route, 31
Maximum charges, 331
McDill, Hon. J. W., as a lobbyist, 238
McGregor grant resumed, 326, 327
McGregor Western R. R. Co., 325
Means employed to control legislation, 218
Mesopotamia, inhabitants perfect cart, 19
Methods for control, 402
impracticable, 425
Mexico, 72
Mileage of the future, 389
to area, 112,389
to population, 292
Minneapolis and Chicago conventions, 224
Minnesota case, 295
Granger laws, 331
politics, 311
Missouri Pacific, 187
Mitchell, Alexander, 232
Modern doctrine, Kent's rule, 314
Monopoly, 317
in transportation, 90
Morgan, Appleton, 250
Mortgaging prohibited, 434
Munn vs. Illinois, 213, 290
Muscatine, branch line to, 319
Mushroom millionaires, 307
National banking system, 303
National bureau should be established, 431
National control, 424
Nation inclined to follow beaten tracks, 425
Nations should profit by experience, 367
Napoleon Company, 108
Navigation act, 98
Nebraska maximum tariff, 346
Net earnings increased in Iowa, 265
in 1890 and 1891, 187
Netherlands, canals, 31
Net profit of passenger traffic in United Kingdom, 270
Nevada, 324
New England railroad construction, 288
New Orleans Cotton Exchange case, 360
Newton, 47
New York canals, 41
New York Central, gross earnings, 167
stock watering, 165
New York delegation, 224
Nicaragua, 70
Canal, 44, 174
Nile, canals, roads, people, 23
Notice given when rates are changed, 388
Number of employes per mile, 372
of hours' work of employes, 372
Office of railroad public, 368
Officers of railroads should not be allowed to use proxies, 432
should take oath, 432
Officials not likely to resist temptation, 436
Ohio canals, 42
Oliver Cromwell, 98
Operating expenses reduced, 375
Pacific railroad, 81
diplomacy, 180
prejudice, 45
Pacific roads before boards of equalization, 186
comparative cost, 186
cost to duplicate, 185
easy grade, 185
indebtedness to Government, 184
Papin, constructed steamboat, 47
Parliament compelled British railways, 451
Party organs, 221
Pass abuse, ruling of commission, 362
Pass, purposes for which given, 209
should be discarded, 446
Passenger rate-making principle wrong, 439
Passenger rates not reduced, 375
Passenger rates too high, 438
Passengers carried by railroads in the United States, 292
Passengers, English third-class, 270
killed and injured, 450
third-class, 269
Passes, 207, 208
plentiful, 420
to delegates, 226
Pauper tickets for the clergy should be abolished, 446
Pausanias shown well-kept road, 19
Pedigree of a proverb, 298
Peik vs. Chicago, 213
Pennsylvania canals, 41
Pennsylvania Central R. R. Co., 171
People prone to believe, 245
People's parties called into existence, 404
People will not tolerate, 397
Perquisites abolished, 446
Persian Empire, magnitude, 20
Peru, 67
roads, 35
Phoenicians, 90
built great roads,
traders of antiquity, 20
first great maritime nation, 19
Pipe line, 116, 119
Plan capable of being improved, 433
Policy of delay, 381
Political campaigns in Iowa, 339
Politicians as railroad employes, 229
Pooling, 261, 398
committee does not recommend prohibition, 354
contracts void, 317
grave effects of, 268
means of swelling railroad earnings, 267
should be prohibited, 203
Pools, 85, 194, 195, 251, 297
defended by Mr. Hadley, 247
defended by Mr. Morgan, 250
maintained in Iowa, 336
suppress competition, 198
Poor's, H., opinion, 187
estimate of cost, 86, 173, 247
Poor's estimate of watered stock, 186
Porter, Horace, _North American Review_ article, 290
Porter, John, 104
Portugal, 58
Portuguese, 96
Postal communication, royal road from Susa to Sardes, 21
Postal service not carried on by state, 30
Potential value of interstate law, 367
Powderly, T. V., 449
Prediction of Mr. Walker, 299
Predictions of railroad men, 332
Press abuse, 221
Press, efforts of railroads to control, 271
servile to railroads, 228
_Prima facie_ rates, 341
Prize worth contending for, 380
Procopius, statement of, concerning Via Appia, 27
Problem would be solved if abuses, 297
Providence, 136
Psammitichus cuts canal, 33
Ptolemaic kings built canals, 24
Public at mercy of managers, 381
not unreasonable, 450
Public opinion dormant, 400
efforts to influence, 273
rules, 400
Publicity advantageous, 402
Purchasers of land made the donation, 321
Question not settled until settled right, 377
Railroad attorneys, 214
Railroad-building after 1873, 246
Railroad business not private, 403
safe, 436
changes in Iowa, 393
company public agent, 388
competition, 190, 338
consolidation, 82
construction, 287
diplomate, 228
first line, 77
first steam engine, 47
improved highway, 339
like common road, 391
literature, 231
magazine literature, 273
managers do not do things by halves, 223
managers' opportunities to speculate, 399
men always oppose reductions of rates, 283
officials, 257
papers, 340
precursor of, 46
president's letters, 229
Railroads, abandoned, 79
bonded for more than cost, 175
capitalization of, 86
but few that do not pay, 52
cost to build, 186
earnings of, 86
in Asia, 59
in Austria, 54
in Belgium, 56
in Denmark, 58
in France, 54
in Germany, 53
in Granger States did not comply with law, 246
in Hungary, 54
in Italy, 57
in politics, 205
in Portugal, 58
in Russia, 58
in Switzerland, 56
in Spain, 57
in the Balkan Peninsula, 59
in the Scandinavian Peninsula, 58
in the United States, 76
in Turkey, 60
land grants to, 80
partake of two natures, 392
propitiate judiciary, 211
public tax collectors, 396
rebelled against Iowa law, 344
Railroad stations, number of, 190
Railroad tax, amount of, 393
Railway acts, first in England, 127
_Railway Age_, 288
Railway benefits, 231
employes in politics, 308
first act, 49
organs, 229
Pan-American, 88
Railways, highways, 13
weakened their arguments, 237
Railway system, growth of, 87
length of in the world, 87
Rate-making a legislative and not a judicial function, 332
Rate-making difficult, 244
not a judicial question, 378
Rate of 1870, 248, 249
per ton per mile on Camden and Amboy Railroad, 109
question, 370
Rates, fixing of by commission demanded, 430
fundamental principles in making, 385
in France, 293
lower will prevail, 256
lower, reason for, 374
might be reduced, 417
on Milwaukee road, 233
reduced by zone tariff in Austria-Hungary, 283
should be lower here than in Europe, 373
should be referred to National and State boards, 379
under Granger laws, 246
under Wisconsin Granger laws, 236
what are reasonable, 376
Reagan, John H., bill of, 352
Reform demanded, 295
Reasonable rates, 376, 387
fixing of, 361
Rebates Standard Oil Company, 115
Redfield, J. F., 312
Reduced rates on Government business in France, 293
increased business, 282
Refineries closed, 116
Reforms needed, 438
Remedies, 389
proposed by committee, 352
Remedy proposed by Mr. Hudson of doubtful efficiency, 268
Reorganization of the M. &. M. R. R., 322
Report of Cullom committee, 353
Reports of Interstate Commission, 366
Revenues increased by Granger law, 246, 332
uniform, 437
Revolution and anarchy, 299
Rhenish League, 94
Ricks, Judge, 449
Ridgeway, Jacob, 106
Right of control rests upon firmer ground, 318
Right of way, cost of, 370
River and harbor improvements, 453
Rivers, improvement of, 44
Robber knights, 93, 149
Robbers and feudal knights, depredations being tax, 29
Rob Roy, 258
policy, 102
Robinson, H. P., railway in politics, 308
Rocket, the, 49
Rogers, Thorold, 454
Roman Empire, after downfall roads destroyed, 28
Roman postal service, 27
Romans learned art of paving roads from Carthaginians, 24
Rome, 91
connecting link between antiquity and mediaevalism, 24
extent, population, roads, etc., 25
Roads built from proceeds of stocks and bonds, 373
Roads built only when immediately profitable, 328
early, 37
pioneers of enlightenment and political eminence, 17
subject to legislative control, 327
utility of good, recognized in colonial times, 36
Russia, 58
roads, 35
Rutter, J. H., agent of New York Central, 116
Salaries, American railways pay the highest, 420
Saloon men politicians, 366
San Domingo, 71
San Salvador, 70
Sanspareil, the, 49
Savings under Government management, 422
Scandinavian Peninsula, 58
Scandinavian roads and canals, 35
Schedule rates made by Iowa Commission, 342
Schedules should be submitted to bureau, 432
Scriptures, roads of the, 22
Second-class passenger rates,
why not successful, 282
Secrecy a source of evils, 402
Select committee, 353
Select Committee on Transportation, 351
Senate committee, 172
Senators and Congressmen raise campaign funds, 436
Servility of Interstate Commerce Commission, 203
Sesostris cut canal, 23
Shippers given favors, 219, 221
powerless, 382
Sioux City, 325
Smyth Judge, 229
South America, 66
Southern Pacific Railroad Company, 122
Southern pool, 200
Southern Railway and Steamship Association, 194
South Sea Company, 303
Spain, 57
canals, 34
Spain and Gaul, roads of, 27
Special arrangements, 295
Special-car aristocracy, 445
Special contracts, 137
rate agreement, 141
rates, 120, 138
Speed of railroads, 279
Spelling, T. Carl, 317
Speculative element should be removed, 433
Speculators and gamblers, 434
Spirit of Interstate Law, 369
Standard Oil monopoly, 114
discrimination, 160, 362
State control encourages building, 130
in Iowa asserted early, 330
Spelling on, 318
State, duty of, 391
management, advantages of, 410
ownership and regulation, 409
with private management, 422
railway system, 277
States to cease futile attempts, 299
Steam engine, first account, 47
Stephenson, 48
Stevens, Mr., 107
Stewart, A. T., & Co., 138
Stickney, A. B., criticises President Mitchell's letter, 23
his criticism of Iowa rates, 343
his error, 256
favors entire control by Nation, 255
on interstate law, 255
on national control, 424
Stock a bonus, 434
Stock and bond inflation, 163
Stockholders, 131
dissatisfied, 112
interested in publicity, 403
Stock market controlled by few, 308
Stocks, fluctuations of, 435
should be paid in full, 438
shrinkage of value, 284
Stockton, R. F., 103
Stock watered 50 per cent., 307
Stock-watering, 164, 165
in America, 270
English, 371
Stock wiped out, 326
Stone, Governor, 324
Subordinates have to suffer for superiors, 203
Subsidies, 329
to press, 271
Sunday trains restricted, 451
Superintendents responsible for uncivil subordinates, 447
Supreme Court, 215, 289
Switzerland, 56
Taney, Justice, 216
Tariff, a tax, 135
prepared by sworn officials, 381
Tariffs impeachable, 382
official, should stand until proved unreasonable, 382
Texas legislation, 346
Text books, 312
Thiers, M., 51
Third-class passengers in Europe, 443
_Times_, New York, 340
Tipping, 447
Traffic associations, 149, 300
Trainmen should be allowed rest, 451
Train mile earnings, 269
Trains, number of, per mile, per annum, 281
should connect, 451
Transportation not a commodity, 368
Trevithick, Richard, 48
_Tribune_, Chicago, 244
New York, 340
Turkey, 60
Turnpike, first American, 37
Turnpikes in Great Britain, 32
Turnpike tolls, 396
Twelfth General Assembly, 323, 330
Umpires, high-priced, 420
Unanimous vote on Iowa law, 341
Union Pacific, 175
United States Bank, 303, 366
Unscrupulous men attracted, 390
Value of land grants, 329
Vanderbilt, 82, 452
Vedas, testimony of, 18
Venetian council, 253
Venezuela, 66
Venice, 93
Via Appia and other roads, 26
Violations of law encouraged by courts, 430
Wabash Railroad, 212
Walker, A. F., 294, 295, 311
Wall Street, defense of, 340
managers, 346
method, 302
War, 399
War rule, 331
Washington among the first to advocate internal improvements, 39
Water courses as levelers, 453
Watering stock, Mr. Jeans on, 270
methods of, 174
Water transportation, 145
Watered stocks, 172
Hadley on, 247
Watt and Stephenson's inventions, 126
Watt, James, 47
Weak roads helped, 344
Western candidates, 224
Water classification, 343
West Indies, 71
Western politician outwitted, 225
pool, failure of, 200
Traffic Association, 299
Union Telegraph Company, 127
White House, the, 215
Whitney, Asa, 81
Whitney's cotton gin, 231
Why Western people do not invest in railroad stocks, 308
Wells, David A., 374
Windom committee, 351
Wisconsin Granger laws, 331
Witnesses recusant, 134
Wrecking roads, 305
Wrought-iron rails patented, 47
_World_, New York, 340
Zone tariff, 409
ridiculed, 441
A Standard Book on an Important Subject.
THE
RAILROAD QUESTION.
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ON
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BY
=_William Larrabee_=,
Late Governor of Iowa.
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persistent and vigorous executive; and now he comes as the laborious
student upon a great economic and practical question who has aptly and
clearly put his views into a book."--_Dubuque Herald._
"A thorough treatise by an able mind. The authorities quoted are the
best in print."--_Coming Nation._
"By far the best work on the popular side of the railroad
question."--_Gen. M. M. Trumbull in the Open Court._
"Gov. Larrabee's book will rank among the greatest productions of the
day on that question."--_Cedar Rapids Gazette._
"The book is the result of extraordinary observation, great reading and
careful study. * * * This element of completeness, of massing so much
information between the covers of a book of ordinary size, makes it
invaluable for reference. Of all the many books called out by the
agitation of the railroad question, this one will be oftenest referred
to, not so much for its opinions as for its stores of facts."--
_Davenport Democrat._
"Governor Larrabee has always been a careful and conscientious student
of the railroad question, and in exposing the abuses to which the
railroad system has committed itself he renders a service from which the
public may derive great benefit."--_Good Roads._
"The high character and well known reputation of the author will create
a demand for this book, aside from the fact that it contains a vast
amount of information as well as sound reasoning on the railroad
question."--_American Journal of Politics._
"The author's attitude, while firm, is by no means a sinister or
fantastic one. He writes obviously from honest conviction, and he writes
with skill and force."--_Philadelphia Press._
"A temperate and instructive contribution to railroad
literature."--_Chicago Times._
"A mine of facts gathered by a man who has made a specialty of his
subject and who is evidently in earnest in his desire to lessen the
burdens of the American people."--_San Francisco Chronicle._
"In point of authenticity the book is absolutely to be relied
upon."--_St. Louis Post-Dispatch._
"Governor Larrabee came to Iowa before any railroad had reached the
Mississippi. Engaging in manufacturing, the inconveniences which he
suffered from want of transportation facilities instilled liberal
opinions concerning railroads. He made private donations to new roads
and he advocated public aid to them. As a legislator he introduced a
bill authorizing a 5 per cent. tax in aid of railroad construction. He
believed that the common law and competition could be relied upon to
correct abuses and to solve the rate problem. It has not been until
since these efforts were made that he has become convinced, as he says
in his preface, that 'where combination is possible competition is
impossible.' The object of this work is explained to be to set forth the
objections which lie against the management of railroads as private
property. They are used by their managers for speculative purposes. They
cannot perform their proper functions so long as they are used only for
the interests of their stockholders. In order to serve their real
purpose, 'they must become in fact what they are in theory, highways to
be controlled by the Government as thoroughly and effectively as the
common road, the turnpike and the ferry, the post-office and the
custom-house.'"--_Council Bluffs Nonpareil._
="THE RAILROAD QUESTION"=
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