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We believe that the time has come when the railroad corporations will either own the people or the people must own the railroads ; and should the government enter upon the work of owning and managing all railroads , we should favor an ...
We believe that the time has come when the railroad corporations will either own the people or the people must own the railroads ; and should the government enter upon the work of owning and managing all railroads , we should favor an ...
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Anti - monopoly parties are formed in many states to regulate railroad rates and grain elevator rates . 1876 Supreme Court in Munn vs. Illinois upholds a state law controlling grain elevators . 1877 Large scale strikes against railroads ...
Anti - monopoly parties are formed in many states to regulate railroad rates and grain elevator rates . 1876 Supreme Court in Munn vs. Illinois upholds a state law controlling grain elevators . 1877 Large scale strikes against railroads ...
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The railroads still may have an influence in politics , but the railroads do not rule . ... For the trust problem , as distinguished from the railroad problem , the Populists had no very definite solution .
The railroads still may have an influence in politics , but the railroads do not rule . ... For the trust problem , as distinguished from the railroad problem , the Populists had no very definite solution .
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Contents
Populist Ideology | 7 |
A Cross of Gold | 23 |
Utopian Conceptions | 29 |
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