"A thorough treatise by an able mind. The authorities quoted are the best in print."—Coming Nation.
"By far the best work on the popular side of the railroad question."—Gen. M. M. Trumbull in the Open Court.
"Gov. Larrabee's book will rank among the greatest productions of the day on that question."—Cedar Rapids Gazette.
"The book is the result of extraordinary observation, great reading and careful study. * * * This element of completeness, of massing so much information between the covers of a book of ordinary size, makes it invaluable for reference. Of all the many books called out by the agitation of the railroad question, this one will be oftenest referred to, not so much for its opinions as for its stores of facts."— Davenport Democrat.
"Governor Larrabee has always been a careful and conscientious student of the railroad question, and in exposing the abuses to which the railroad system has committed itself he renders a service from which the public may derive great benefit."—Good Roads.
"The high character and well known reputation of the author will create a demand for this book, aside from the fact that it contains a vast amount of information as well as sound reasoning on the railroad question."—American Journal of Politics.
"The author's attitude, while firm, is by no means a sinister or fantastic one. He writes obviously from honest conviction, and he writes with skill and force."—Philadelphia Press.
"A temperate and instructive contribution to railroad literature."—Chicago Times.
"A mine of facts gathered by a man who has made a specialty of his subject and who is evidently in earnest in his desire to lessen the burdens of the American people."—San Francisco Chronicle.
"In point of authenticity the book is absolutely to be relied upon."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.