SMITH, J. E. A pioneer of Spokane county. Wash. Hist. Quart., Oct., 1916. Reminiscences by the author.

TAYLOR, R. G. Industrial history in the standard high school course. Hist. Teachers' Mag., Nov., 1916.

THOMPSON, W. M. When Washington toured New England, 1789. Mag. of Hist., Sept.-Oct., 1916. Pp. 11.

The purpose of this tour, according to Washington, was "to acquire knowledge of the face of the country, the growth and agriculture thereof and the temper and disposition of the inhabitants towards the new government."

Reminiscences of John Davidson, a Maine pioneer. N. E. Hist. & Geneol. Register, July, 1916.

Economic History, Foreign

(Abstracts by Clive Day)

ABBOTT, E. Charles Booth, 1840-1916. Journ. Pol. Econ., Feb., 1916. Pp. 6. CLAPHAM, J. H. The Spitalfields acts, 1773-1824. Econ. Journ., Dec., 1916. Pp. 12.

Organization and regulation of the silk manufacture.

COLANÉRI, A. La situation industrielle et sociale en Angleterre. Rev. Sci. Pol., Dec., 1916. Pp. 15.

Summary of a recent study of the Garton Foundation.

DORLAND, A. G. The royal disallowance in Massachusetts. Bull. Depts. Hist. & Pol. Sci., Queen's Univ., Jan., 1917. Pp. 33.

An essay in constitutional history with some economic bearings. HUNTINGTON, E. Climatic change and agricultural exhaustion as elements in the fall of Rome. Quart. Journ. Econ., Feb., 1917. Pp. 35.

An interesting and able contribution, suggestive rather than conclusive.

MCROBERTS, S. Russia and the United States. Econ. Wld., Jan. 27, 1917. Pp. 4.

NARODNY, I. Russian markets offer a great opportunity for American foreign trade. Journ. Am. Bankers Assoc., Mar., 1917. Pp. 4.

NARODNY, I. Russian economic and financial conditions under the new régime. Journ. Am. Bankers Assoc., Apr., 1917. Pp. 4.

DE NOUVION, G. La Japon. Sa situation financière et économique (1915-1916). Journ. des Econ., Feb. 15, 1917. Pp. 4.

PRICE, L. L. The economics of the war and its sequel. Econ. Journ., Dec., 1916. Pp. 15.

A review of various contributions.

RAFFALOVICH, A. Les relations économiques et financières avec la Russie. L'Econ. Franç., Jan. 6, 13, 1917. Pp. 2, 2.

RAFFALOVICH, A. Revue du marché financier en 1916. Journ. des Econ., Jan., 1917. Pp. 18.

SCHLESINGER, A. M. The uprising against the East India Company. Pol. Sci. Quart., Mar., 1917. Pp. 19,

A paper read at the Cincinnati meeting of the American Historical Association describing the American revolt of 1773.

SCOTT, W. R. The mystery of the medieval draper. Econ. Journ., Dec., 1916. Pp. 6.

Review of Johnson's History of the London Drapers.

TURRONI, C. B. Relazioni fra sconto e prezzi durante i cicli economici. Giorn. d. Econ., Nov., 1916. Pp. 54.

A study of rhythmic changes in cost of production and their bearing upon prices, profits, and the discount rate.

WALLIS, B. C. Central England during the nineteenth century: the breakdown of industrial isolation. Geog. Rev., Jan., 1917. Pp. 24.

A study in the distribution of population as influenced by industrial development, with maps and charts.

WRIGHT, A. The unused capital of the Empire. Finan. Rev. Rev., Dec., 1916. Pp. 16.

A project for the development of investment by the natives of India. Mexico: a review and a forecast. Bull. Pan Am. Union, Jan., 1917. Pp. 17. Post-Kaiser economics. Scottish Bankers Mag., Jan., 1917. Pp. 12. A review of Kirkaldy's Labour, Finance and the War.

Commerce

AUSTIN, O. P. The part taken by manufactures in our exportations. Econ.

Wld., Feb. 17, 1917.

BENEDICT, W. The Pacific mail. Forum, Nov., 1916.

CUSHING, G. H. The coal problem emphasized. Am. Rev. Rev., Feb., 1917. GIDE, C. The commercial policy of France after the war. Econ. Journ., Dec., 1916.

GOEMANN, W. P. Coöperative selling vs. the middleman in the upbuilding of our foreign commerce. Econ. Wld., Apr. 21, 1917. Pp. 5.

HERNDON, J. C. South Carolina's bureau of marketing. Mo. Rev. U. S. Bur. Lab. Stat., Jan., 1917.

MATTHEWS, J. Credit conditions in South American countries. Journ. Account., Dec., 1916.

TRUEMAN, C. D. The Great Lakes, their commerce and equipment. Commerce, Jan., 1917.

Weld, L. D. H. Marketing functions and mercantile organizations. Am. Econ. Rev., June, 1917. Pp. 12.

Importance of South American trade. Bull. Pan Am. Union, Dec., 1916.

Report of the National Foreign Trade Council on coöperation in foreign trade. Econ. Wld., Jan. 27, 1917.

Some foreign buyers criticise American sellers, Greater N. Y., Mar. 5, 1917.

World shipping conditions and the American merchant marine. Econ. Wid., Feb. 10, 1917.

Public Utilities

(Abstracts by Ralph E. Heilman)

BAUER, J. Brooklyn Edison case decided. Am. Econ. Rev., June, 1917. Pp. 2.

BLOOD, W. H., JR. Some problems in the operation of public utilities. Stone & Webster Journ., Mar., 1914.

Considers how far scientific management is applicable to the operation of public utilities.

BRYAN, F. A. Finance and economics in the engineering profession. Pub. Service, Mar., 1917.

Mere cost of reproduction is inadequate, and existing methods of computing depreciation are erroneous.

ELLIS, N. R. The San Francisco water rate cases. Utilities Mag., Jan., 1917. Description of the valuation for rate purposes of the Spring Valley Water Company system. The magnitude of the questions involved, methods of conducting the case, the allowance made for real estate, structural values, water rights, rights of way, and going concern value. GALLOWAY, J. D. Is utility regulation on the right basis? Engg. Rec., Nov. 4, 1916.

Urges that competition is needed, rather than protected monopoly. GRAY, J. H. How does industrial valuation differ from public utility valuation? Utilities Mag., Jan., 1917.

Regulation limits profits. This removes public utilities from the realm of value, for value is measured by earning power. Therefore, to attempt to discover value, as a means of fixing rates, is to reason in a circle. The investment constitutes the proper basis for rates.

MCFALL, R. J. The problem of terminal rates. Utilities Mag., Jan., 1917.

A condemnation of the present system, upon the ground that it artificially stimulates the growth of industrial centers, to the disadvantage of the agricultural sections.

METCALF, L. Some observations upon public regulation of water works. Journ. Am. Water Wks. Assoc., Mar., 1917.

Urges the necessity of greater liberty in commission determinations of value, and the establishment of returns which will offer inducement to and compensation for superior management.

WHALING, H. B. Regulation of public utilities. Quart. Journ. Univ. N. Dak., Jan., 1917.

A general summary of existing methods of control, with particular reference to existing conditions in North Dakota.

A. S. C. E. valuation report prepared. Elec. Ry. Journ., Jan. 13, 1917.

An abstract of the report of the special committee of the American

Society of Civil Engineers on the valuation of public utilities.

Central station growth and rate reductions. Elec. Wld., Feb. 3, 1917.

Deseription of the plan of the Union Electric Street Railway and Power Company of St. Louis, which voluntarily offers certain rate reductions when a certain number of customers is obtained. The results accomplished by this plan in a year and a half.

Chicago traction estimates for 5,000,000 in 1950. Elec. Ry. Journ., Mar. 10, 1917.

Chicago Traction and Subway Commission states that it is safe to assume Chicago will have a population of 5,000,000 by 1950, and that such a population will produce gross revenue for a unified transportation system of $104,000,000.

Fares in annexed districts. Elec. Ry. Journ., Jan. 13, 1917.

The United States Supreme Court holds that annexation of outlying suburban districts does not involve the extension of the city fare, of an electric railway, when such annexation is subsequent to the agreement between the city and the railway.

How a commission works. Elec. Wld., Feb. 3, 1917.

A description of the organization and operation of the departments of statistics, accounts, capitalization, and tariffs of the New York Second District Public Service Commission.

Municipal electric plant at Columbus, Ohio, a loser. Pub. Service, Mar., 1917. Results of a survey of the operation of the municipal plant, conducted by the Bureau of Municipal Research of New York. The report claims there are many defects and shortcomings in the operation of this plant.

Railways and Transportation (Abstracts by Julius H. Parmelee)

ALLIX, G. Le réseau de l'état en 1915. Journ. des Trans., Jan. 27, 1917. Pp. 3.

BIGGAR, E. B. Government ownership v. private ownership of railways in Canada. Journ. Pol. Econ., Feb., 1917. Pp. 35.

BUELL, D. C. The man problem on the railroads. Pro. Ry. Club of Pittsburgh, Jan. 26, 1917. Pp. 16.

BUTLER, P. Some features of the federal valuation of railroads. Western Ry. Club Pro., Dec. 18, 1916. Pp. 23.

COTTERILL, R. S. Southern railroads and western trade, 1840-1850. Miss. Valley Hist. Rev., Mar., 1917. Pp. 14.

CUNNINGHAM, W. J. The separation of railroad operating expenses between

freight and passenger services. Quart. Journ. Econ., Feb., 1917. Pp. 32. Analysis of growth of railway cost accounting in its various phases. DELANO, F. A. The railway problem of the United States. Econ. Wld., Jan. 20, 1917. Pp. 5.

Dow, M. A. Accident prevention. Pro. N. Y. R. R. Club, Jan. 19, 1917. Pp. 15. EMERY, J. A. Government investigation of railway disputes. Am. Industries, Feb., 1917. Pp. 3.

ERICKSON, H. What are fair rates of return? Elec. Ry. Journ., Mar. 31, 1917. Pp. 2.

Net earnings sufficient to attract necessary capital is the standard

set up.

FROELICK, L. D. Building China's railroads. Asia, Mar., 1917. Pp. 8.

Illustrated.

GRAY, J. H. How does industrial valuation differ from public utility valuation? Utilities Mag., Jan., 1917. Pp. 15.

HINES, W. D. Who, then, shall run our railroads? Nation's Business, Feb., 1917. Pp. 3.

A plea for adequate federal regulation.

JOHNSON, E. R. Coördinating the operation of the railroads with the conduct of a great war. Econ. Wld., Feb. 17, 1917. Pp. 3.

LANE, F. W. Our railway and public utilities regulators. Ry. Age Gaz., Mar. 30, 1917. Pp. 5.

Analysis of membership of railway commissions, state and federal. MCCABE, D. A. Arbitration awards under the Erdman and Newlands acts. Am. Econ. Rev., Mar., 1917. Pp. 3.

MCFALL, R. J. The problem of terminal rates. Utilities Mag., Jan., 1917. Pp. 7.

MCMANAMY, F. The locomotive inspection laws and rules; their purposes and achievements. Pro. St. Louis Ry. Club, Feb. 9, 1917. Pp. 14.

By the chief locomotive inspector of the Interstate Commerce Com

mission.

MATHERS, G. S. A. An Indian trans-Asiatic railroad. Indian Journ. Econ., Sept., 1916. Pp. 29.

NAY, F. Railway accounting. Western Ry. Club Pro., Jan. 15, 1917. Pp. 19. With especial reference to federal accounting requirements.

NELSON, J. P. Federal valuation of carriers under act of March 1, 1913. Kentucky Law Journ., Mar., 1917. Pp. 16.

PESCHAUD, M. Les chemins de fer aux Etats-Unis et les dernières menaces de grève. Rev. Pol. et Parl., Mar. 10, 1917. Pp. 19.

First article in a series on the trainmen's strike threat of 1916. PYLE, J. G. The facts of the Northern securities case.

Pp. 7.

Additional pages from a life of James J. Hill. SAKOLSKI, A. M. The progress of federal valuation. 1917. Pp. 6.

Wld. Wk., Apr., 1917.

Am. Econ. Rev., Mar.,

SELEKMAN, B. M. Nine years of the Canadian act. Survey, Mar. 31, 1917. Pp. 9.

Analysis of Canadian industrial disputes investigation act of 1907. SMITH, M. A. A rule for testing tax valuations of railroads. Am. Econ. Rev., Mar., 1917. Pp. 15.