The truth about the railroads
By: by Howard Elliott.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company; Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 1913
Place of publication: Boston; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Railroads -- United States; Railroads and state -- United States
Description: At the height of the debate about nationalizing the railroads, an effort to explain how government regulation impedes commerce, and therefore harms everyone.
Table of contents: title: Coöperation between the railway-owner, the railway employee, and the railway-user.; title: The individual, the corporation, and the government.; title: The conservation of railway service.; title: Rate-making and the government.; title: The relation between the farmer and the railroad.; title: Agriculture, banking, and the carrier.; title: Transportation in New England.; title: Public opinion: its effect on business.