F. W. Taussig, Principles of Economics, Vol. II, pp. 397-418;
Clyde L. King, The Regulation of Municipal Utilities, pp. 3-55;
H. G. James, Municipal Functions, pp. 246-281 (Public Utilities); pp. 282-295 (Municipal Ownership);
Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918, Bulletins, No. 22 (Municipal Ownership in the United States);
E. M. Phelps (editor), Government Ownership of Railroads (Debaters’ Handbook Series). Contains material on both sides of the question. See also K. B. Judson (editor), Government Ownership of Telegraphs and Telephones, and J. E. Johnson, Municipal Ownership, in the same series;
F. C. Howe, The Modern City and its Problems, pp. 149-164.
Group Problems
1. Government ownership of telegraphs and telephones. History of the wire services. How the telegraph and telephone companies are organized. Present methods of regulation by the national, state, and local authorities. Public ownership of telegraphs and telephones in Europe. The results of European experience. American experience during the war. Summary and conclusions. References: K. B. Judson (editor), Government Ownership of Telegraphs and Telephones (Debaters’ Handbook Series); A. N. Holcombe, Government Ownership of Telephones in Europe, pp. 441-463; H. R. Meyer, Public Ownership and the Telephone of Great Britain, pp. 239-268; W. W. Willoughby, Government Organization in War Time, pp. 191-198.
2. State regulation of public utilities. References: H. G. James, Municipal Functions, pp. 246-281; C. L. King, Regulation of Municipal Utilities, pp. 253-263; G. P. Jones, State Versus Local Regulation, in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, LIII (May, 1914), pp. 94-107; Proceedings of the Conference of American Mayors, 1915, pp. 123-162; H. M. Pollock and H. S. Morgan, Modern Cities, pp. 225-249.
3. Municipal ownership in Europe. References: G. B. Shaw, The Common Sense of Municipal Trading, pp. 17-42; Leonard Darwin, Municipal Ownership, pp. 33-66; Douglas Knoop, Principles and Methods of Municipal Trading, pp. 95-106; F. C. Howe, European Cities at Work, pp. 37-67; Yves Guyot, Where and Why Public Ownership Has Failed, pp. 55-71; W. H. Dawson, Municipal Life and Government in Germany, pp. 208-259; C. D. Thompson, Municipal Ownership, pp. 15-25; National Civic Federation Report (1907), Part I, Vol. I, pp. 261-302.