A Populist Reader: Selections from the Works of American Populist LeadersGeorge Brown Tindall Harper & Row, 1966 - 231 pages |
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... railroads and the overcapitalization of railroads in general . -4- THE RAILROAD PROBLEM by N. B. Ashby In 1890 the 152,689 miles of railway in the United States were capitalized at $ 10,100,000,000 in round numbers , an average of about ...
... railroads and the overcapitalization of railroads in general . -4- THE RAILROAD PROBLEM by N. B. Ashby In 1890 the 152,689 miles of railway in the United States were capitalized at $ 10,100,000,000 in round numbers , an average of about ...
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... Railroad takes $ 8,000,000 annually from the people living along its lines in overcharges . The over- charges upon ... railroad managers . All the principal railroads in Iowa for years carried on just such a warfare against the towns of ...
... Railroad takes $ 8,000,000 annually from the people living along its lines in overcharges . The over- charges upon ... railroad managers . All the principal railroads in Iowa for years carried on just such a warfare against the towns of ...
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... railroad stocks ; and the railroad man- agers have endeavored to create the impression that it was so doing . They put forward the claim that the Inter - State Law is bankrupting the roads , and hence insist upon its repeal . But ...
... railroad stocks ; and the railroad man- agers have endeavored to create the impression that it was so doing . They put forward the claim that the Inter - State Law is bankrupting the roads , and hence insist upon its repeal . But ...
Contents
TOWN AND COUNTRY | 1 |
IIPOPULIST GRIEVANCES | 11 |
LAND MONOPOLY | 18 |
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