A QUARTERLY JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC
DISCUSSION OF ECONOMIC, POLITICAL
AND SOCIAL QUESTIONS

VOLUME FIFTH

MAY, 1896, TO FEBRUARY, 1897

NEW HAVEN, Conn.:

THE TUTTLE, MOREHOUSE & TAYLOR PRESS

LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD; PARIS: E. LEROUX;

BERLIN: PUTTKAMMER UND MÜHLBRECHT; ROME: E. LOESCHER

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EDITORS

HENRY W. FARNAM

ARTHUR T. HADLEY

WILLIAM F. BLACKMAN

EDWARD G. BOURNE

JOHN C. SCHWAB

IRVING FISHER

- The Economics of Improved Housing. E. R. L. Gould.

On Political Obligation. Edward V. Raynolds.

The Income Tax Decision. John K. Beach. .

Commercial Relations of the Poor. James B. Reynolds.

The American Economic Association: Economic Studies. (Note.)

The Manchester Ship Canal. (Note.)

Bulletin of the United States Labor Department.

(Note.)

Changes in English Poor Law Management. (Note.)

Populism in 1788 and 1896. (Comment.)

The Evolution of the Financial Planks in the Democratic Platforms.

(Comment.).

The New Issues of the Presidential Campaign. (Comment.)

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The Standard of Living of American Workingmen. Emile Levasseur.

Government Publications. W. E. Willoughby.

Stimson.

A Social Reformer of the XVth Century. Frank Goodrich.

International Bimetallism. Henry W. Farnam.

Land Tenure Among the Negroes. Pitt Dillingham.

The House of Commons Select Committee on the Unemployed.

A New Royal Commission. (Note.).

Recent Economic Publications. (Note.)

Laws Regulating Railroads. (Note.)

The George Junior Republic. (Note.)

European Comment on American Politics. (Comment.)

The Literature of the Campaign. (Comment.)

Gold and the Prices of the Products of the Farm. L. G. Powers.

Recent Economic and Social Legislation in the United States. F. J.

The Shifting of Taxes. T. N. Carver.

Recent Legislation in England. Edward Porritt.

Half a Century of Improved Housing Effort by the New York Association

for Improving the Condition of the Poor. I. W. H. Tolman.

International Bimetallism: A Rejoinder. F. A. Walker..
International Bimetallism: An Explanation. H. W. Farnam.

-The History of the Negro in the United States. (Note.).

The Negro Question. (Note.)

The Connecticut State Reformatory. (Note.)

Lexis' Present Monetary Situation. (Note.) .

Advanced Students in Political Science. (Note.)

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Insurance against Unemployment in Switzerland. (Note.)

Socialistic Congresses. (Note.)

Schäffle's Bau und Leben des Socialen Körpers. (Note.)

Congress of Criminal Anthropologists. (Note.)

The Indianapolis Monetary Conference. (Comment.)

Public Opinion and Legislation. (Comment.)

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The Tax Inquisitor Law in Ohio. (E. A. Angell.)

The Question of the Dardanelles. (J. G. Whiteley.)

Half a Century of Improved Housing Effort by the New York Association

for Improving the Condition of the Poor. II. (W. H. Tolman.)

The Currency of China. (Willard Fisher.).

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The Day Labor and Contract System on Municipal Works.

Commons.)

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Francis Amasa Walker. (Note.)

Opposition to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution. (Note.)

History of Political Studies in American Colleges. (Note.)

The English Local Rating System. (Note.).

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The Cost of the English Election Petition Trials. (Note.)

Notes on the Currency Question. (Note.)

Free Silverism in England. (Note.)

A Neglected Economist: John Rae. (Note.)

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