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Failures and Possibilities in Railroad Regulation

Failures and Possibilities in Railroad Regulation

Control of Railroads After the War

It might be asked why it should be assumed that there will be or should be a change after the war in the plan of railroad control in effect before the war. In other words, in what manner has the war-which has caused a temporary change to government operation to meet a serious emergency, but for that emergency onlymade it incumbent on the country to revise its method of regulating the common carriers? Most certainly it does not follow that, merely because there has been a change in methods to meet war conditions, there should be a permanent change. But just as certainly it is true that the exigencies of war have emphasized some of the weaknesses in our methods of regulation and that it would be folly not to cure them now that they have been so plainly exposed. And just as certainly it is true that the necessary war operation of the railroads by the government has demonstrated methods by which efficiency may be increased through their permanent application, and not to take advantage of this knowledge would be equally foolish. So, not as a natural consequence, but merely because we have already learned many ways in which our handling of the transportation problem may be improved, and will doubtless learn many more before the war is over, it does follow that after the war, when the railroads are returned as they should be to their owners, there must be some revision in the machinery by which they are regulated: this, both for their own benefit and that of the shipping public. No one ought to attempt to say now with any degree of exactness what the after-the-war method should be. We are going through a historic period in railroad regulation and the experiment of government operation is as yet too new to justify any definite attempt at permanent application of the lessons learned-at least as long as there is so little prospect of an early end to the course of study. Whether we agree with what the government has done or not, it is done, and government operation will continue to the end of the war. We have all that time for observation and consideration as to what should be done when peace comes. Within a cer131

Reconstituting Railroad Regulation

Reconstituting Railroad Regulation

FERGUSON, MAXWELL. State Regulation of Railroads in the South. Pp. 228. Price, $1.75. New York: Columbia University Press, 1916

FERGUSON, MAXWELL. State Regulation of Railroads in the South. Pp. 228. Price, $1.75. New York: Columbia University Press, 1916

Regulation of railroads and public utilities in Wisconsin. By Fred L. Holmes. New York: D. Appleton and Company

National Municipal ReviewVolume 5, Issue 3 p. 508-509 Book Review Regulation of railroads and public utilities in Wisconsin. By Fred L. Holmes. New York: D. Appleton and Company Delos F. Wilcox, Delos F. Wilcox New York CituSearch for more papers by this author Delos F. Wilcox, Delos F. Wilcox New York CituSearch for more papers by this author First published: July 1916 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4110050325AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume5, Issue3July 1916Pages 508-509 RelatedInformation

Regulation of Railroads and Public Utilities in Wisconsin. By Fred L. Holmes. (New York and London: D. Appleton and Company. 1915. Pp. xi, 375.)

Regulation of Railroads and Public Utilities in Wisconsin. By Fred L. Holmes. (New York and London: D. Appleton and Company. 1915. Pp. xi, 375.)

The Conflict Between State and Federal Regulation of Railroads

The Conflict Between State and Federal Regulation of Railroads

Interstate Commerce. Control by States. Railroad Regulation. Regulations by State Commission as to Demurrage

Interstate Commerce. Control by States. Railroad Regulation. Regulations by State Commission as to Demurrage

The Trust Problem

III. Difficulty of limiting the number and scope of trusts under a policy of regulation, 665. — Regulation implies fixing of prices or profits, or both, 668. — Difficulties of cost accounting, 670; of fluctuations in demand, 671. — Railroad regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission proves nothing for trust regulation, 672. — The policy a stepping stone to socialism, 675. IV. The alleged advantages of combinations, 677. — Desire to secure monopoly and promoter's profits in fact the cause of combinations, 678. — A monopolistic combination not necessarily more efficient than a limited one, 679. — Inductive evidence inconclusive, 680.General reasoning, on advantages from magnitude of operations, 685; from combination as such, 686; from elimination of competition, 689. — Monopoly tends to stagnation, 695. — Summary of conclusions, 696.

Interstate Commerce. Control by States. Railroad Regulation. Regulations by State Commission as to Demurrage

Interstate Commerce. Control by States. Railroad Regulation. Regulations by State Commission as to Demurrage

Interstate Commerce. Control by States. Railroad Regulation: Effect of Carmack Amendment on State Statute Requiring Carriers to Trace Shipments

Interstate Commerce. Control by States. Railroad Regulation: Effect of Carmack Amendment on State Statute Requiring Carriers to Trace Shipments

The Law of Railroad Regulation, with Special Reference to American Legislation. By Joseph Henry Beale, Jr., and Bruce Wyman. (Boston: William J. Nagel. 1906. Pp. lii, 1285.)

The Law of Railroad Regulation, with Special Reference to American Legislation. By Joseph Henry Beale, Jr., and Bruce Wyman. (Boston: William J. Nagel. 1906. Pp. lii, 1285.)

A Reply to Professor B. H. Meyer, Privy Councilor Von Der Leyen, Professor Willard Fisher

Next article FreeA Reply to Professor B. H. Meyer, Privy Councilor Von Der Leyen, Professor Willard FisherHugo R. MeyerHugo R. Meyer Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Journal of Political Economy Volume 14, Number 4Apr., 1906 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/251215 Views: 192Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1906 The University of Chicago PressPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Nicola Giocoli No Place for Law and Economics: The Controversy over Railroad Regulation before the Hepburn Act, (Jul 2016): 293–338.https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-41542016000034A009

Government Regulation of Railway Rates

Previous articleNext article FreeGovernment Regulation of Railway RatesB. H. MeyerB. H. Meyer Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Journal of Political Economy Volume 14, Number 2Feb., 1906 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/251196 Views: 122Total views on this site Citations: 3Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Tamires Saccharine Lico, Andreza Vellasco Gomes, Nicolle Oliveira Rocha, Eduardo Romero de Oliveira The growth of a research field: A systematic analysis of Brazilian theses and dissertations on railways (1974–2020), The Journal of Transport History 18 (Aug 2022): 002252662211128.https://doi.org/10.1177/00225266221112852Nicola Giocoli No Place for Law and Economics: The Controversy over Railroad Regulation before the Hepburn Act, (Jul 2016): 293–338.https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-41542016000034A009Jeff Biddle Statistical Economics, 1900–1950, History of Political Economy 31, no.44 (Nov 1999): 607–651.https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-31-4-607

Limitations Upon National Regulation of Railroads

The federal power over railroads is confined to their operations in respect to commerce with foreign nations, among the several states and with the Indian tribes. The courts have held that when an article of commerce begins to move from a point in one state to an ultimate destination in another state, or even to a destination in the same state, if it is to pass into another state in transit, interstate commerce with respect to that article begins. But there is still a very considerable movement of freight and passengers upon the railroads of this country which is confined within the limits of a single state and is entirely beyond the power of Congress to regulate.

National Regulation of Railroads

National Regulation of Railroads