Railroads and Regulations, 1877-1916

Gabriel Kolko

Published by Princeton University Press 1965

Railroads and Regulations, 1877-1916

Gabriel Kolko

Volume 2329 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400878741

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This examination of the relationship of the economy to political process in the United States from 1877 to 1916 shows how the railroad industry encouraged and relied on national politics to solve its economic problems, and created a precedent for government regulation of the economy in the twentieth century. The continuity in governmental regulation from 1877 to 1900, in the Progressive Era, and in the administrations of Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson are pointed out. The origin of each major federal railroad act and contending forces is analyzed. Federal regulation of the railroads, probably the most important example of federal intervention in the economy from the Civil War to World War I is used as a key in reassessing the motives behind Progressivism.

Originally published in 1965.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. IN QUEST OF STABILITY 1877-1883 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
II. AGITATION FOR A FEDERAL RAILROAD LAW 1884–1886 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
III. FORMATIVE YEARS OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 1887–1890 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
IV. COMPETITION AND CRISIS: THE FAILURE OF REGULATION 1891–1897 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
V. THE MOVEMENT FOR REFORM 1898 THROUGH THE ELKINS ACT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
VI. PRESSURES FOR RAILROAD LEGISLATION 1903–1905 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
VII. THE HEPBURN ACT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
VIII. THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND REGULATION, 1906–1908 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
IX. FREIGHT RATES, POLITICS, AND THE PRESIDENT 1909–1912 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
X. WOODROW WILSON AND THE TRIUMPH OF FEDERAL CONTROL 1913–1916 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265