 | American Academy of Political and Social Science - 1918 - 352 páginas
...public paid in wages and salary to the 1,700,000 men who operated these railways, in the year 1916, the sum of $1,500,000,000. For the use of capital...however, does not actually represent the number of dollars employed in the public service, but represents merely the par value of the securities which... | |
 | 1918 - 354 páginas
...public paid in wages and salary to the 1,700,000 men who operated these railways, in the year 1916, the sum of $1,500,000,000. For the use of capital...however, does not actually represent the number of dollars employed in the public service, but represents merely the par value of the securities which... | |
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... continental United States. This proportion of the total population is therefore more directly interested in the solution of railway problems than the rest of the entire citizenry of the country. The public paid in wages and salary to the 1,700,000... 