William Larrabee,
Late Governor of Iowa.
12mo, cloth extra, gilt top (488 pages), $1.50.
I.—History of Transportation. II.—The History of Railroads. III.—History of Railroads in the United States. IV.—Monopoly in Transportation. V.—Railroad Abuses. VI.—Stock and Bond Inflation. VII.—Combinations. VIII.—Railroads in Politics. IX., X.—Railroad Literature. XI.—Railroads and Railroad Legislation in Iowa. XII.—The Inter-State Commerce Act. XIII.—The Rate Question. XIV.—Remedies. Appendix:—Tables and Statistics. There is also a bibliography on the subject of Railroads, embracing ninety-eight titles, and a carefully prepared alphabetical index.
Opinions of the Press.
"No work has ever before told so completely and clearly what the public want to know, and ought to know, about the secret management and true legal status of railroads. What journalists and magazine writers have studiously left unsaid, whether from lack of knowledge or from motives of 'revenue only,' Governor Larrabee has said, and said it well."—Western Rural.
"This book is evidently the result of long study and experience and much thinking. While it is radical in its treatment of the question, no side of it has been overlooked. It deserves careful reading by every person who is interested in this great question. No subject is more worthy the profound study of the statesman, the man of affairs, the scholar and the citizen. Surely all who are trying to understand the good and evil of railroads can turn to the pages of this book with the certain expectation of learning much both in the way of fact and suggestion."—Bankers' Magazine.
"Perhaps the most interesting chapters are the two in which the author reviews and criticises former publications on railway questions, and the one in which he reviews the various remedies which have been from time to time advanced for railway abuses. The book is concisely and clearly written."—Engineering News.
"Ex.-Gov. Larrabee of Iowa has written a highly meaty book on the railroad question. It is a topic he is well qualified to handle, viewing that he was no small part of the movement in former days to repress railroad abuses in the West, and particularly in his own State."—Chicago Tribune.