By Logan G. McPherson, author of "The Working of the Railroads." 8vo. With maps, tables, and a full index. $2.25 net, by mail, $2.42.
This study of the freight rate structure is so comprehensive and thorough as not only to be exceedingly valuable to anyone having to do with railroad freight traffic either as a railroad official or as a shipper, but it is also a most fascinating exposition for the general reader of a subject which has not hitherto received a popularly intelligible presentation. It offers to younger men the only means of knowing how the present freight rate system has been evolved.
"An exceedingly important book.... Not only the best existing account, but it is easily the best book on American railway traffic.... We have little hesitation in expressing the opinion that it will stand as the standard reference work for a good many years, and from the standpoint of public policy we are exceedingly glad that the book has been written. The country would be better governed if the legislator, state and national, had to pass an examination upon it before taking His oath of office."—Railroad Age Gazette.
"A book the nation has needed."—New York Sun.
McPherson's The Working of the Railroads
By Logan G. McPherson, Lecturer on Transportation at Johns Hopkins. 12mo. $1.50 net; By mail $1.63.
"Simply and lucidly tells what a railroad company is, what it does, and how it does it. Cannot fail to be of use to the voter. Of exceeding value to the young and ambitious in railroad service."—The Travelers' Official Railway Guide.
"The most important contribution to its branch of the subject that has yet been made."—The Dial.
"The author's connection with practical service gives this a value which no other book quite equals. Up-to-date, informing, ... an excellent piece of work."—Wall Street Journal.
Carter's When Railroads Were New