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Page xvi
... Government ownership of railroads the motive to make such discriminations between places disappears . Others , in alluding not only to the discriminations in favor of larger towns , but to those between certain cities and sections ...
... Government ownership of railroads the motive to make such discriminations between places disappears . Others , in alluding not only to the discriminations in favor of larger towns , but to those between certain cities and sections ...
Page xxxvii
... Government and private service . - Professor Parsons asserts that the general principle of rate - making under private ownership of natural monopolies is to fix the charges at the point that will secure the maximum profit , which is not ...
... Government and private service . - Professor Parsons asserts that the general principle of rate - making under private ownership of natural monopolies is to fix the charges at the point that will secure the maximum profit , which is not ...
Page xxxviii
... Government ownership . - In spite of his argu- ments as to the benefits of Government ownership , Professor Parsons does not believe that the United States is ripe as yet for public ownership of railroads . We need to become more ...
... Government ownership . - In spite of his argu- ments as to the benefits of Government ownership , Professor Parsons does not believe that the United States is ripe as yet for public ownership of railroads . We need to become more ...
Page xl
... government ownership . He claims , however , that by sending the address and signature free the Western Union ... Government's telegraph has been operated at a deficit constantly , the aggregate deficit since 1870 being nearly ...
... government ownership . He claims , however , that by sending the address and signature free the Western Union ... Government's telegraph has been operated at a deficit constantly , the aggregate deficit since 1870 being nearly ...
Page xlii
... Government business , but that many brokers and others have leased wires over which the telegraph com- panies have no control . The advocates of Government ownership further maintain that the system of grant- ing franks to public ...
... Government business , but that many brokers and others have leased wires over which the telegraph com- panies have no control . The advocates of Government ownership further maintain that the system of grant- ing franks to public ...
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