THE JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY

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Lowe's The International Protection of Labor (Groat), 139.-WILCOX's The Electric Railway Problem
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Industry (Hitchcock), 144-WALTER'S The Retail Charge Account (Hodge), 147.-BUCK'S Budget
Making (White), 148.-HAYES' Rural Community Organization (McKenzie), 149.-BURCH AND
PATTERSON'S Problems of American Democracy (Hill), 150.-CAPPER's The Agricultural Bloc
(Duddy), 152.

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