Sourcebook in economics
Content of the book
I MARKETS AND PRICES.
1. Origin of exchange Herbert Spencer 3
2. Origin of markets and market prices Henry C. Maine 8
3. Odd prices and bargains in retail trade Robert C. Brooks 15
4. Some seasonal price-variations Henry C. Taylor. 25
_ 6. Marketing of farm products Frank Andrews . . 34
C. Farm products and consumers' prices Secretary Wilson *8
7. An unsalable food surplus The New York Times. 58
II WEALTH AND ITS USES.
8. Rentals of urban real estate Richard M. Hurd . . 81
9. Housing and rents in American towns British Board
of Trade 68
10. The farmer's woodlot George F. Warren .... 75
11. Hauling from farms to shipping points U. S. Department of Agriculture 81
12. Land from the waters Nathaniel S. Shaler . . .91
13. Conservation of National resources National Conservation Commission 102
14. Depreciation in cotton factories Tariff Board. .117
III CAPITAL AND INVESTMENT.
16. Capitalization and urban land-values Richard M. Hurd 120
^ 18. Some examples of increasing land-values C. B. Fille brown 130
17. The New York exchanges Governor Hughes' Commission 138
IV LABOR AND POPULATION.
18. Differences in efficiency of weavers Tariff Board. 157
19. Conservation of human life Irving Fisher . . .163
20. Wages of farm labor George K. Holmes . . . .176
21. Real wages in American towns -British Board of Trade 184
22. Immigration and conditions of labor J. W. Jenks and W. J. Lauck 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
IV 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 Commissioner of Corporations 247
29. The Standard Oil trust Commissioner of Corporations 255
30. Water-power development in the United States Commissioner of Corporations 265
VI PRIVATE INCOMES AND SOCIAL WELFARE.
31. The standard of life Mrs. Bernard Bosanquet . . 275
32. The influence of income on standards of life Robert C. Chapin 284
33. Economic causes as affecting political history W. M. Daniels 292
VIII THE STATE AND INDUSTRY.
34. Gold production, 1890-1910 Director of the Mint. 303
35. The National bank's Comptroller of the Currency. 314
36. Plan for monetary legislation National Monetary Commission 324
37. The trade balance of the United States George Parish 337
38. Some findings on wool Tariff Board 347
39. Findings on the wool tariff President Taft . . .358
40. The Interstate Commerce Act Act of Congress. .361
41. Railroad values and rates Interstate Commerce Commission 368
42. Railroads as national assets Interstate Commerce Commission 379
43. Sherman Anti-trust law Act of Congress . . . .383
Author: Frank A. Fetter
Publication: 1912