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In the light of the influence of the organic needs of our dynamic industrial institutions, of the inhibitions of the prevailing social.
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Excerpt from The American Railroad Problem: A Study in War and Reconstruction
In the light of the influence of the organic needs of our dynamic industrial institutions, of the inhibitions of the prevailing social.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from The American Railroad Problem: A Study in War and Reconstruction
The difficulties involved in this problem are neither new nor transient. From the very beginning of railroad transporta tion in the United States the American people have found them selves compelled to adopt a distinct public attitude toward the railroads. This attitude has varied, in difierent periods and with reference to difierent elements of the problem, from a policy of helpfulness to one of repressive regulation; but the necessity of intimate public concern in the status of the railroads has always been recognized. It is impossible to understand the post-war railroad situation without an understanding of its historical antecedents. Recent railroad experience, particu larly since the outbreak of the Great War, is deserving of spe cial consideration. Transportation difficulties were dramatic ally accentuated by the imposition of extraordinary war burdens upon the carriers; and the war-time administration of the rail roads, both through voluntary private cooperation and through Federal Control. Involved many striking departures from traditional methods, in operating practice as well as in public policy. A just evaluation of the significance of the war period nxessitates an impartial consideration of the outstanding facts of the experience. The current interpretations which are based upon a priori dogmas, whether prejudicial to the efiicacy of private enterprise or of governmental effort, must yield to the reasoned conclusions which spring from objective investi gation and rational analysis. Only through such an approachdevice can be relied upon to provide an automatic solution. Neither reversion to the vigorous individualism of the old days, nor acceptance of the tenets of forward-looking liberal ism can in itself solve the American railroad problem. The relative merits of public operation and private management. And the effectiveness of the traditional regulative approach in matters of service, rates, credit, capitalization, financial return, and labor relationships must receive detailed examination; and the essmtial facts in each of these fields must be interpreted in the light of the influence of the organic needs of our dynamic industrial institutions, of the inhibitions of the prevailing social mellow. And of the dictates of the dominant political W095!
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