Abstract

Transportation and the Tariff

The article focuses on transportation policy and the tariff. The new movement will not become a real political force until it is based on a calm and rational view of the facts of the situation. First and foremost among these is the difficulty of successfully managing a great railroad. This does not seem very formidable to an excited orator at an anti-monopoly meeting, but it is nevertheless, one of the most difficult feats of modern civilization. It is indeed so difficult that the supply of persons equal to the task is very small. The States might doubtless obtain cheap transportation at once by an amendment to the Constitution that would enable them to seize on all the railroads, and compel the managers to work them at low rates.