The Conflict over Railroad Regulation in Alabama

James F. Doster

Business History Review, 1954, vol. 28, issue 4, 329-342

Abstract: A half century ago the conflict over state regulation of railroads was the chief issue in Alabama politics. Two staunch advocates led the rival forces. Both leaders were in agreement on the need to develop the industrial capacities of the state, but each sponsored violently opposing concepts of how this could best be done. The present article, by presenting the two sides of the Alabama controversy, provides us with insights into the national dilemma over government regulation of business which developed after the Civil War.

Date: 1954
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