QUARTERLY EDITED BY THE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Volume XIX] MARCH, 1904 [Number I Germany, Great Britain and the United States, J. W. BURGESS The International Mercantile Marine Company. . E. A. DODGE R. P. FALKNER E. S. MEADE T. N. CARVER H. L. OSGOOD W. W. WILLOUGHBY New England Colonial Finance . The Political Science Association The Administrative Law of the United States, F. J. GOODNOW Reviews: Hoar's Autobiography of Seventy Years-Hart's Actual Government under American Conditions Dewey's Financial History of the United States -Mitchell's History of the Greenbacks Johnson's American Railway Transportation - Meyer's Railway Legislation in the United States - Montague's Standard Oil Company - Morley's Life of Gladstone - Ashley's Tariff Problem-Sidney and Beatrice Webb's History of Liquor Licensing in England - Day's Policy and Administration of the Dutch in Java — King's Mazzini - Newman's Politics of Aristotle. Book Notes THE EDITORS GINN & COMPANY 29 BEACON STREET, BOSTON 70 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK 378-388 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO LONDON 9 ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE, W. C. BERLIN: PUTTKAMMER UND MÜHLBRECHT Entered at the Post-Office, Boston, Mass., as Second-Class Mail Matter A Review devoted to the historical, statistical and comparative study of politics, economics and public law. Plan. The field of the Quarterly is indicated by its title; its object is to give the results of scientific investigation in this field. The Quarterly follows the most important movements of foreign politics, but devotes chief attention to questions of present interest in the United States. On such questions its attitude is non-partisan. Every article is signed; and every article, including those of the editors, expresses simply the personal view of the writer. Editors. The Quarterly is under the editorial management of the Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University. Contributors. The list includes university and college teachers, politicians, lawyers, journalists and business men in all parts of the United States, and English and Continental professors and publicists. FRANCIS WALKER. JOHN BATES CLARK. ....E. V. ROBINSON. .FRANCIS H. WHITE. JAMES A. LEROY. JAMES HARVEY ROBINSON. Literature. - Each number contains careful reviews by specialists of recent publications. At least twice a year these reviews will be supplemented by a series of short Book Notes. Record. The Record of Political Events, published twice a year, gives a résumé of political and social movements throughout the world. Communications in reference to articles, reviews and exchanges should be addressed to Prof. MUNROE SMITH, Columbia University, New York City. Intending contributors are requested to retain copies of MS. submitted, as the editors disclaim responsibility for its safety. If accompanied by stamps, rejected articles will be returned, when requested. Subscriptions should be forwarded and all business communications addressed to GINN & COMPANY, 70 Fifth Ave., New York City; 378-388 Wabash Ave., Chicago; 29 Beacon St., Boston. Yearly Subscription, Three Dollars in America; Thirteen Shillings in England; Thirteen Marks in Germany. Single Numbers: 75 cents, 3s. 6d., M. 3.50. Back Numbers and Bound Volumes can be obtained from the publishers. QUARTERLY A REVIEW DEVOTED TO THE HISTORICAL STATISTICAL ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC LAW EDITED BY THE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY VOLUME NINETEENTH GINN AND COMPANY NEW YORK, BOSTON, CHICAGO, U.S.A., AND LONDON BERLIN: PUTTKAMMER AND MÜHLBRECHT CONTENTS. LEADING ARTICLES. . Legal Monopoly. Alton D. Adams The Monarchomachs. Wm. A. Dunning. The Electoral System. J. R. Doolittle Cleveland School Administration. S. P. Orth. The Street Trades. J. C. Goldmark The Cession of Louisiana to Spain. Egypt and England. Wm. M. Sloane The Courts on Restrictive Labor Laws. H. R. Seager |