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Railroads and the farmer the financier and citizen
A didactic essay argues that railroads are broadly owned by insurance companies savings banks and trust firms and that high operation costs and investments press on profits. It notes wage growth and rising taxes while freight and passenger rates fall, placing farmers and consumers at the end of the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great American Railroad Trust
Samuel
United States
New Haven & Hartford
High Finance
New Haven
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Northwestern
Santa Fe
Marvin
Rockefeller
Vanderbilt
Gould
Great Britain
Europe
Asiatic
Russia
New Zealand
South Wales
Pioneer Roads
Inter- State Commerce Commission
New York
Chicago
Billings
Mont
New York City
Department of Agriculture