Railroads,
  conditions of growth of American, 109;
  the granting of rebates by, 110-111;
  public ownership of, advocated by W.J.  Bryan, 158;
  state ownership of, in Prussia, 250;
  constructive organization of, in United States, 351 ff.;
  domination of, in politics of states, 352-353;
  undesirability of state supervision of, and danger to roads themselves,
      353-354;
  ignorant and unwise legislation by states concerning, 354-355;
  substitution of control of central government for state control, 356-357;
  policy to be followed by central government toward 357 ff.;
  law should be passed providing for agreements between roads, and
      mergers, 364-305;
  freedom should be left to, to make rates and schedules, and develop
      their traffic, 365-366;
  public ownership of, 366;
  regulation of, by Federal commissions a doubtful step, 360-363, 368;
  process of combination among, and results, 375-376;
  value of monopoly possessed by, could be secured to the community by
      Federal government taking possession of terminals, right of way,
      tracks, and stations, 376-377;
  the alternative plan, of government appropriation of roads, and its
      working out, 377-378.
  See Corporations.

Real estate tax, 385.

Rebates, 109, 110-113, 357.

Recall,
  principle of the, 332-333;
  employment of the, in suggested administrative system, 338, 340.

Referendum,
  movement in favor of, in state governments, 320;
  pros and cons of the, 327-328.

Reform,
  course of the movement, 141-142;
  variety in kinds of, 142-143;
  variety found in exponents of, 143-144;
  function of, according to the reformers, 144-145;
  disappointment of hopes for, and reasons, 145-147;
  a better understanding of meaning of, and of the function of reformers,
      necessary to successful correction of abuses, 147;
  causes of need for, 148-150;
  wrong conceptions of, and intellectual awakening essential for, 150;
  true methods for accomplishing, 152-154;
  state institutional, 315 ff.;
  policy of drift should not be allowed in, 315-316;
  state administrative, 333 ff.;
  impossibility of accomplishing, by Australian ballot, direct primary
      system, and similar devices, 341-343;
  direct practical value of a movement for, may be surpassed by its
      indirect educational value, 408.

Reich, Emil, quoted, 1.

Religious wars,
  bearing of, on national development of European states, 219.

Republicanism,
  represented by Jefferson, 28-29, 30, 31;
  identified with political disorder and social instability by
      Federalists, 32-33;
  opposition of, to Federalism as represented by Hamilton, 42-46;
  alliance of Federalists and party of, 46-47;
  effects of combination, 50-51;
  Jefferson’s Republicanism contrasted with Jackson’s Democracy, 52;
  views held by supporters of, on slavery question, 78.