This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1905. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX Act to regulate commerce passed to pro- mote, not throttle, trade, 440; forbade only unjust discrimination, 457-8 Agrarians opposed to the canals, 106 Agricultural and mining interests demanded lower transportation rates, 100 Agricultural interests of western Germany opposed to tapering rates, 31 Agricultural lands, Speculation in, by landed aristocracy of Prussia, 71; devel- opment of, in eastern Russia prevented, 168 Agricultural products, East-bound traffic in, 288-90 Agriculture in Prussia fostered by exception tariffs, 35 Alsace-Lorraine, Rates on iron ores of, 21; not lowered out of consideration for other iron centres, 24; large empty car mileage from, to the Ruhr, 28 American railway rate practices, Need of, in Russia, 175 Anthony Salt Co. et al. v. The Missouri Pacific Railway Co. et al., Orders in case of, 410-13, 416 Anti-Monopoly League forced New York Central to meet competition, 221; secured investigation of railroad abuses, 226 N, 227; doctrines of the, 381 Argentine Republic, Meat from the, in com- petition with American wheat, 212; wheat from the, a competitor of American in the Liverpool market, 339-40 Associated Railways of the Virginias and Carolinas, 291 Atkinson, Edward, Estimate of, as to saving in cost per bushel of wheat sent to Liver- pool, 212-3 Atlantic ports, Competition of the, reduces railway rates, 231 Atlantic seaboard. Struggle of, with Central West for trade with Southeastern States, 306-10; for Pacific coast trade, 315-7; railroads of, fail to defeat the Gulf roads, 251 Augusta, Ga., Competition between Cincin- nati and eastern cities for carriage trade of, 358-^1 Australia, s6o-aoo; railway competition in, a struggle of the terminal ports for su- premacy, 189; the Australian situation and the United States, 190-1, 313; ...
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