ve, early inventors, 47
reward for, 49

Long and short haul clause, 297
of Iowa law, 341

Louis XIV., 98

Louis XI. transferred postal service to state, 30

Lowest rates in Europe, 409

Mails carried free in France, 373

Managers arrogant, 331
concede necessity of regulation, 369
have lost influence, 230
make law odious, 333
naturally despotical, 151
of great parties, 144

M. & M. R. R. Co., 319

Marshall, Chief Justice, 350

Marshalltown, 324

Massachusetts Commission, 428

Mathews, Judge Stanley, 269

Maximilian established postal route, 31

Maximum charges, 331

McDill, Hon. J. W., as a lobbyist, 238

McGregor grant resumed, 326, 327

McGregor Western R. R. Co., 325

Means employed to control legislation, 218

Mesopotamia, inhabitants perfect cart, 19

Methods for control, 402
impracticable, 425

Mexico, 72

Mileage of the future, 389
to area, 112,389
to population, 292

Minneapolis and Chicago conventions, 224

Minnesota case, 295
Granger laws, 331
politics, 311

Missouri Pacific, 187

Mitchell, Alexander, 232

Modern doctrine, Kent's rule, 314

Monopoly, 317
in transportation, 90

Morgan, Appleton, 250

Mortgaging prohibited, 434

Munn vs. Illinois, 213, 290

Muscatine, branch line to, 319

Mushroom millionaires, 307

National banking system, 303

National bureau should be established, 431

National control, 424

Nation inclined to follow beaten tracks, 425

Nations should profit by experience, 367

Napoleon Company, 108

Navigation act, 98

Nebraska maximum tariff, 346

Net earnings increased in Iowa, 265
in 1890 and 1891, 187

Netherlands, canals, 31

Net profit of passenger traffic in United Kingdom, 270

Nevada, 324

New England railroad construction, 288

New Orleans Cotton Exchange case, 360

Newton, 47

New York canals, 41

New York Central, gross earnings, 167
stock watering, 165

New York delegation, 224

Nicaragua, 70
Canal, 44, 174

Nile, canals, roads, people, 23

Notice given when rates are changed, 388

Number of employes per mile, 372
of hours' work of employes, 372

Office of railroad public, 368

Officers of railroads should not be allowed to use proxies, 432
should take oath, 432

Officials not likely to resist temp