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Smalley, Harrison S. " Railway Rate Control in its Legal Aspects," in 

 American Economic Association, Publications, series 3, vii. no. 2, pp. 

 327-473 (1905). The Granger cases are discussed at some length. 



Stanwood, E. " Farmers and Railroads," in Old and New, vii. 335-342 

 (September, 1873). A general consideration of railway abuses and their 

 effect on the farmer. 



Stickney, Albert B. The Railway Problem, St. Paul, 1891. 249 pp. The 

 author was president of the Chicago and Great Western Railway Com- 

 pany; but his book is a tremendous indictment of railway management, 

 and sustains many of the charges of the farmers as well as the justice 

 of the Granger legislation. 



Stickney, Albert B. State Control of Trade and Commerce by National or State 

 Authority. New York, 1897. xiv, 202 pp. Discusses the Granger 

 cases as establishing the right of the state to control public employment. 



Thompson, J. Q. The Farmers 1 Fight against the Railroads; an Impartial 

 View of the Merits of the Quarrel; Facts and Figures for the Calm Con- 

 sideration of Honest Men. Indianapolis, 1874. 16 pp. L.C. 



Van Oss, Steven F. American Railroads as Investments; a Handbook for 

 Investors in American Railway Securities. New York, 1893. 815 pp. 

 Railway abuses and the Granger legislation are summarized. The 

 treatment is fair in spite of some inaccuracies. 



Wells, David A. " How will the United States Supreme Court Decide the 

 Granger Railroad Cases ? " in Nation, xix. 282-284 (October 29, 1874). 

 Relying upon the Dartmouth decision and the fourteenth amendment 

 to the constitution, Mr. Wells expected the decision to be adverse to 

 the laws. 



Wharton, Francis. " Retrospective Legislation and Grangerism," in In- 

 ternational Review, iii. 50-63 (January, 1876). A judicial discussion 

 leading to the conclusion that the Granger laws were invalid. 



[Windom Committee.] Report of the Select Committee on Transportation 

 Routes to the Seaboard. Washington, 1874. 2 vols. (43 Congress, 

 i session, Senate Reports, no. 307.) The second volume, " Testimony," 

 contains statements of W. C. Flagg, President of the Illinois State 

 Farmers' Association and Samuel P. Tufts, both representing the 

 Northwestern Farmers' Convention which met at Chicago, October 

 22-23, 1873. The entire proceedings of this convention are also incor- 

 porated in the volume. On the report proper see above, pp. 220-222. 



Yesterday and Today; a History of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway 

 Company. Chicago , 1 90 5 . 1 24 pp . Contains extracts from the annual 

 reports relative to the Granger legislation. 



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Gordon, J. H. Illinois Railway Legislation and Commission Control since 

 1870. Urbana, 1904. 81 pp. (University of Illinois, Studies, i. no. 6.) 

 Valuable, but does not exhaust the material. 



Newton, Fred E. Railway Legislation in Illinois from 1828 to 1870. (Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, Ms. theses, 1901.) U.I. 



