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Promotion from Without

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 36(1), 154
Journal Article Promotion from without Get access Anna Bezanson Anna Bezanson University of Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 36, Issue 1, November 1921, Pages 154–161, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883784 Published: 01 November 1921

The Railroads Under Government Operation. I. The Period to the Close of 1918

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 35(2), 288
Events preceding federal control, 290. — Decline in net income, 291. — Roads unprepared for the traffic of 1915, 293. — Voluntary unification through Railroads' War Board, 293. — Results not satisfactory, 297. — Railroads taken by the government, 300. — Reasons for federal control, 301. — Organization under federal control, 303. — Contract between Director General and railroad companies, 306. — The first period: unification and standardization, 309. — Joint use of terminals and other facilities, 310. — Utilization of motive power, 313. — Joint use of freight cars, 313. — Freight in solid train lots, 314. — Disregard of shippers' designation of routes, 314. — Diversion of exports to southern ports, 315. — Consolidation of ticket offices, 315. — Standardization of locomotives and cars, 316. — Simplification of accounting, 319. — Standardization of operating statistics, 321. — Reductions in passenger train service, 323. — "Sailing day plan" for less than car load freight, 326. — Abolition of "off-line" freight agencies, 327. — Increases in rates, 327. — Adjustment of complaints, 329. — Uniform classification, 329. — Labor problems and wage increases, 330. — Extent of freight congestion in December, 1917, 332. — Movement of foodstuffs for export, 332. — Bituminous coal situation, 333. — Movement of troops, 334. — Volume of tonnage moved in 1918, 335. — Operating results and operating efficiency; statistics, 336. — Financial results, 338.

Reciprocity with Canada. The Canadian Viewpoint

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 35(4), 574
The reciprocity agreement of 1911, 574. — Its rejection by Canada, 578. — Reciprocity and the Underwood tariff, 582. — Canadian tariff amendments, 1911–20, 582. — The trade between the two countries, 1910–20, 585. — The present status of reciprocity in Canada, 588. — Conclusions, 591.

The Literature on the Sales Tax

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 35(4), 618
The Literature on the Sales Tax Get access K. M. Williamson K. M. Williamson Wesleyan University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 35, Issue 4, August 1921, Pages 618–633, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882429 Published: 01 August 1921

The Meat-Packaging Investigation: A Reply

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 35(3), 412
History of the investigation. Growth and position of the packing companies, 414. — The stockyards situation, 417. — Fluctuations in the price of live stock, 420. — The charge of combination, 421. — The Palmer-Packer agreement, 429.

A Statistical Analysis of the Relation Between Cost and Price

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 35(2), 264
Marginal cost and price, 265. — Bulk-line cost, 267. — Dispersions of costs in different interests, 268. — Relations of price, cost, and gross profit on investment, 270. — Difficulties in using the Commission's costs, 271. — Book paper, 273. — Newsprint paper, 278. — Canned salmon, 281. — Sugar beets, 283. — Copper, 285. — Conclusions, 286.

Generating Cycles of Products and Prices

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 35(2), 215
The major features of economic cycles are traceable to three primary laws: (1) the law of the generating cycle of raw materials, which is due to a non-economic cause; (2) the law of demand for raw materials, in consequence of which the generating cycle of products originates a derived cycle of prices for raw materials; and (3) the law of competitive price, according to which the prices of finished goods in an open market tend to correspond with the cost of production. Correlation of crop yields and crop prices, 218. — Generating cycles of products. 224. — The derived cycle of prices, 226. — Cycles in the products of mines, 228. — Cycles in raw materials, 231. — Concluding observations, 233.

The Government of the Fabian Socialist Commonwealth

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 35(3), 431
I. The need of reform in the government of Great Britain. II. The Webbs' novel plan, 434. — The Political and Social Parliaments, 438. — Revival of the separation of powers, 440. — III. A new system of checks and balances; its defects, 441. — IV. The “bureaucratization” of politics, 447; the dictatorship of the “Intellectuals,” 451. — Analogies in the Sankey and Plumb plans, 454. — V. The collapse of capitalism, 456; Fabianism vs. Communism, 459.

William Benbow and the Origin of the General Strike

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 35(3), 491
William Benbow and the Origin of the General Strike Get access Niles Carpenter Niles Carpenter Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 35, Issue 3, May 1921, Pages 491–499, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884099 Published: 01 May 1921