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the earth were not governed as these people are�察�for then there would be 

no    need    of  battleships    and   the   kindly   earth    would    slumber     lapped    in 

Universal Laws。 



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                             CHAPTER IX。 



                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE。 



     On inquiring at the Department of   Commerce I was informed that   it 

had charge of all vessels engaged in internal traffic as well as in foreign 

trade�察  �and   operated   lines   of   steamers   running   to   all   ports   of   the   globe�察�

carrying   freight   at   a   rate   between   home   and   foreign   ports   that   defied 

competition�察�but they did not carry freight between foreign countries。 The 

men for the Mercantile Marine were furnished by the Army and had the 

same   pay。   They   were   required   to   load   and   unload   cargo   in   every   port 

where they took on or discharged freight�察�and shippers did not have to pay 

wharfage charges or pilot fees�察�for everyone took his ship into port and out 

without     a  pilot。  The   department     also  had   charge   of   all  Government 

warehouses�察     �wharves    and   docks    and  appointed     all  consuls  to  foreign 

countries and received their reports�察�which were published in the National 

Gazette。 

     The    business   of  the  Department      was   run  on   the  principle   of  the 

greatest good to the whole people�察�so that whenever the profits any year 

exceeded the expenses and the sinking fund�察�freight rates were reduced。 



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                               CHAPTER X。 



                          DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS。 



     I went from there to the Department of Railroads and was given a copy 

of   freight   and   passenger   rates   which   on   examination   proved   to   be   very 

simple and that required no great lawyers with legal cunning to draw up as 

they did in my country in making tariff schedules to fool the people and 

open a wider door for graft rebates and special privileges。 The passenger 

rate   was   five   mills   per   mile   for   any   and   every   distance�察  �with   children 

under     seven    years   of   age   free�察 �with    but   one   exception´all     children 

attending the District High School were carried free to and from school。 

     Sleeping      cars  were    provided     for   all  persons    traveling    over    one 

thousand      miles   on   the   train�察 �but  no   person    under    that  distance    was 

permitted to occupy one。 There were no Pullman or Palace Coaches and 

no special train was allowed save only to the President or member of his 

Cabinet     on   official  business。    The    railway   lines   were   run   through    the 

country so as to bring the produce of the people to market and to bring all 

the   people   in   touch   with   one   another。   Hundreds   of   short   lines   were   in 

operation that by themselves did not pay operating expenses�察�but as they 

formed   a   part   of   the   whole   railway   system   of   the   Republic   under   one 

management�察�they were beneficial to the people。 The rate for all kinds of 

freight�察�except grain and vegetables�察�was five mills per ton per mile for all 

distances�察�and for grain�察�fruit and vegetables two mills per ton per mile。 

     All Government freight and employees were carried free�察�but a strict 

account     was    kept   so  as  to  prevent    fraud。   No   discrimination      between 

persons or places was allowed。 Everyone was placed on the same footing�察�

but to prevent conspiracies in restraint of trade if a person in any district 

shipped   goods   into   another   district   and   offered   them   for   sale   for   a   less 

price�察�with the freight added�察�than he sold them for in his own district�察�he 

was   punished   by   six   months'   imprisonment   at   hard   labor   in   the   district 

where he violated the law�察�and if any person�察�either of his own account or 

acting    as  agent    for  another   party�察  �sold   goods    brought    from   a  foreign 

country for a less price than the wholesale price of the goods at the place 



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where they  were produced   or   manufactured with   twenty per   cent。   added 

for freight and other expenses�察�was punished by six months' imprisonment 

at hard labor�察�and if not a citizen of the Republic of Eurasia�察�was expelled 

from the country after serving out his sentence�察�for�察�as a prominent officer 

remarked   to   me�此   �We   do   not   permit   any   Standard   Oil   methods   in   our 

country。;   There   were   no   tariff   duties   levied。   Every   article   produced   or 

manufactured ��except those produced or manufactured by the Government�察�

which were prohibited�� were admitted free�察�provided the Government of 

that country admitted articles produced or manufactured in Eurasia free�察�if 

not�察�then a non´intercourse decree was issued by the President of Eurasia 

to   be   in   force   until   the   other   country   accepted   free   trade。   The   railways 

were built directly by the Government�察�employing soldiers to do the work�察�

and no contracts were allowed�察�Government superintendents and foremen 

bossing theconstruction�察�even to getting out ties in the Government forests 

and the rails made in Government mills and foundries。 The Government 

built railroads at less cost than they were built for in any other part of the 

world and politicians had no chance to get their political friends into soft 

berths at the expense of the taxpayers。 No money was paid by the General 

Government for right of way。 

     All claims for damages arising out of the building of railways had to 

be presented to the District Court�察�and the law provided that the District 

Court could grant such compensation as was just�察�but in no case could it 

exceed the assessed value of the land per acre that the owner had sworn to 

previously as the full value of his land�察�to be paid out of the funds of the 

district。 There were only two forms of taxation in Eurasia�察�a land tax and a 

graduated   income   tax。   There   was   no   tax   on   improvements   of   any   kind�察�

either   on   city   or   country   property�察  �but   on   the   land   only�察  �by   this   wise 

system of taxation encouraging the people to improve their property and 

beautify   and   discouraging   land   speculation�察  �and   when   the   Government 

wanted land owned by private parties who were citizens of the Republic 

��for no foreigner was permitted by law to own land directly or indirectly�察�

so that the curse of Absentee Landlordism which was the ruin of Ireland�察�

should never blight the happiness of the peo
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