CONTENTS. XV 



CHAPTER XXXV. 



PAGE 



(By J. W. Midgley, Esq., Chicago, President s Secretary, Northwestern Railway.} 

 RAILWAY LEGISLATION AT HOME AND ABROAD. 406 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 



( Continuation of Mr. Midgley s Article.) 



CONCERNING RATES AND GOVERNMENTAL RAILWAYS 427 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 



(Conclusion of Mr. Midgley Article.) 

 THE BENEFITS CONFERRED BY RAILROADS 436 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. 



TRANSPORTATION AND THE MONEY-KINGS. The question from antagon 

 istic stand-points Legislation not the panacea for all evils We must 

 strike at the root, corruption One way of robbing the West How the 

 greo.t railroad corporations corrupt public morals Vanderbilt as a 

 phlebotomist The communism of capital 452 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 



MONOPOLIES AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES. What are monopolies ? The 

 communism of protected industries Examples of odious protection- 

 Railroads as protected monopolies Vested rights and politicians 

 Special privileges dangerous to the people at large The farmers not 

 inimical to railroads 464 



CHAPTER XL. 



CREDITS MOBILIER, FAST FREIGHTS, ETC. &quot; Credit Mobilier&quot; defined 

 The great Credit Mobilier Smaller Credit Mobilier associations 

 Wheels within wheels Watered stock. . 474 



