Northwestern University The Joseph Schaffner Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1891, by RAND, MCNALLY & Co., In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. 000480 The object of every intelligent, honest, and patriotic man is the attainment of that which is best. What I have to say in regard to railway rates and government control is actuated by this desire. It is based on what is practicable and true; on what is attainable. If it runs counter to the opinions of the public, or of those to whom the public looks for information, I am sorry. I do not write from the standpoint of the railways, but from that of an observer and student; from the standpoint of one interested in the prosperity of his country, and believing in the intelligence and uprightness of his countrymen. CONTENTS. IV. Railway rates-their bases and the influences V. Railway rates-discrimination-pools VIII. Railway rates and government control. Rates may be too low, they can not be too high. Railway enterprise. Unnecessary railroads -effect thereof. Proper scope of govern- mental supervision IX. Railway rates and government control. Rail- way growth in the United States. Present status. Methods of railroads. The limits X. Value of private ownership and interest. Gov- |