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The original franchises, granted fifty years ago, and all subsequent grants, were subject to the ordinance of 1857, reserving to the city the right to purchase at original cost, and putting on the companies certain obligations, 233–236.—Rights of the public were also protected by a dividend tax (236–238) and by the ordinances of 1893–94 stipulating that the companies shall remove overhead trolley wires whenever required to do so by ordinance, 238–241.—An ordinance of 1907 frees the companies from all old restraints and obligations, (241–246).—The original franchises have acquired great value, 246–248.—Capitalization was much increased during the period of consolidation and stock-watering, 248–257.—Market values suffered during the recent depression (257–259), but capitalists have too much at stake to permit the over-capitalized system to disintegrate, 259–260.

General considerations leading to a change in the method of assessment, 196–198.—Origin and history of former methods, 198–200.—Working of the new method, 201–203.—Further possibilities, 203–207.—Summary, 207–209.

The Cleveland Referendum on Street Railways1 Edward W. Bemis Edward W. Bemis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 23, Issue 1, November 1908, Pages 179–183, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883973 Published: 01 November 1908

The Currency Legislation of 1908 A. P. Andrew A. P. Andrew Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 22, Issue 4, August 1908, Pages 666–676, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884923 Published: 01 August 1908

Journal Article A Proposal for Securing the Maintenance of Bank Reserve Get access Charles W. Mixter Charles W. Mixter University of Vermont Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 22, Issue 2, February 1908, Pages 300–303, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883843 Published: 01 February 1908

Journal Article Professor Carver's Concept of an Economic Quantity Get access George Ray Wicker George Ray Wicker Dartmouth College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 22, Issue 4, August 1908, Pages 645–652, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884921 Published: 01 August 1908

Journal Article The Chicago Street Railways: A Supplementary Note Get access John A. Fairlie John A. Fairlie Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 22, Issue 3, May 1908, Pages 476–479, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883743 Published: 01 May 1908

I. The national banks on a greenback basis from 1863 to 1879, 602.—Attitude of different sections of the United States towards banking and currency in 1870, 603.—Pacific States continued on a gold basis, 604.—II. The Gold Bank Act of 1870 authorizing gold notes, 608.—Intended for foreign traders in East and to introduce national banking system into Pacific States, 609.—III. The gold banks in California, 612.—Promised success, 1872 to 1875, 613.—Panic of 1875 discredited the gold notes, 615.—Decline of the gold banks, 617.— IV. Further causes of the failure of the system, 619.—Analysis of the law and of banking under it, 620.

Reductions in prices made only to increase sales, 626.—Absolute and relative responsiveness of sales, 627.—Factors determining the absolute responsiveness of sales, 628.—Absolute and relative responsiveness as differentiating competitive and monopolistic price-making, 630.—The law of increasing returns and price-making, 631.—Consumers' leagues and limitation of monopoly prices, 632.—Responsiveness of business, the law of increasing returns, and discrimination, 633.—Detailed statement of the elements to be considered in price-making and mathematical expression of these elements, 634.

Journal Article The Massachusetts Anti-Stock-Watering Law Get access Grosvenor Calkins Grosvenor Calkins Boston, Mass. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 22, Issue 4, August 1908, Pages 640–645, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884920 Published: 01 August 1908