CONTENTS

I MARKETS AND PRICES.

1. Origin of exchange-Herbert Spencer .

2. Origin of markets and market prices-Henry C.

3. Odd prices and bargains in retail trade-Robert C.

Brooks

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4. Some seasonal price-variations-Henry C. Taylor

5. Marketing of farm products-Frank Andrews

6. Farm products and consumers' prices-Secretary

7. An unsalable food surplus-The New York Times 58

II WEALTH AND ITS USES.

8. Rentals of urban real estate-Richard M. Hurd.

9. Housing and rents in American towns-British Board

of Trade

11. Hauling from farms to shipping points-U. S. Depart-

ment of Agriculture

10. The farmer's woodlot-George F. Warren

12. Land from the waters-Nathaniel S. Shaler

13. Conservation of National resources-National Conser-

vation Commission

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III CAPITAL AND INVESTMENT.

15. Capitalization and urban land-values-Richard M.

Hurd

16. Some examples of increasing land-values-C. B. Fille-

brown

17. The New York exchanges-Governor Hughes' Commis-

sion

IV LABOR AND POPULATION.

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18. Differences in efficiency of weavers-Tariff Board

19. Conservation of human life-Irving Fisher

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20. Wages of farm labor-George K. Holmes

21. Real wages in American towns-British Board of

Trade

22. Immigration and conditions of labor-J. W. Jenks and

W. J. Lauck .

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187

23. Wages and cost of living-British Board of Trade. 199

24. Cotton mill efficiency and machinery-Tariff Board. 206

25. The minimum rate policy-D. A. McCabe .

214

V COSTS, PROFITS AND MONOPOLY.

26. Prices and farm management-Henry C. Taylor. 228

27. Some findings on cotton manufactures-Tariff Board 233.

28. Cost of production in the steel industry-Commis-

sioner of Corporations

247

29. The Standard Oil trust-Commissioner of Corpora-

tions

255

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30. Water-power development in the United States-Com-

missioner of Corporations

265

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PRIVATE INCOMES AND SOCIAL WELFARE.

31. The standard of life-Mrs. Bernard Bosanquet

32. The influence of income on standards of life-Robert

C. Chapin

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284

33. Economic causes as affecting political history-W.

M. Daniels

34. Gold production, 1890-1910-Director of the Mint 303

35. The National banks-Comptroller of the Currency 314

36. Plan for monetary legislation-National Monetary

Commission

37. The trade balance of the United States-George Paish 337

38. Some findings on wool-Tariff Board

347

39. Findings on the wool tariff-President Taft

40. The Interstate Commerce Act-Act of Congress . 361

41. Railroad values and rates-Interstate Commerce

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