The heart of the railroad problem / The history of railway discrimination in the United States, the chief efforts at control and the remedies proposed, with hints from other countries

by Frank Parsons

[421]. While this book is on the press, the eighth report, covering 1902 and 1903, has come to hand. More than half the 180 new complaints filed in the 2 years directly relate to questions of discrimination—undue preference, rebates, denial of facilities accorded to others, excessive charges as compared with other rates, etc., and nearly all the 180 cases involve discrimination directly or indirectly. (See Appendix [B].)

[422]. From the Progressive Review, vol. II, no. 11, pp. 441, 442, where a number of facts relating to import rates are condensed from the testimony before Parliamentary committees.

[423]. See “The Railway Act” 1903.

[424]. This and other phases of the problem relating to the comparison of private management, government control, and government ownership, are more fully dealt with in “The Railways, the Trusts and the People” by the same author. Oct. 1905, Equity Series, 1520 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

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THE RAILWAYS, THE TRUSTS AND THE PEOPLE.

By Prof. FRANK PARSONS, Ph.D.

Edited and Published by C. F. TAYLOR, M.D., Editor and Publisher of Equity Series, 1520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

THE CONTENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: