{"product_id":"role-of-the-state-in-the-provision-of-railways-the-by-h-m-jagtiani-hard-cover","title":"Role of the State in the Provision of Railways, The By H M Jagtiani Hard Cover","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003c!-- HTML Generated by Auction Wizard 2000 - http:\/\/www.AuctionWizard2000.com\/ --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- AW2KLOT#:30460 --\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:98%;padding:2px;margin:auto;border:5px outset #673434;background-color:#FDF3D0\"\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"border:1px inset #673434;margin:5px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border:0px;padding:5px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"padding:5px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial Black;font-size:1.5em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRailroadTreasures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial Black;font-size:1.5em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial Black;font-size:1.5em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eoffers the following item:\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\";padding:5px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eRole of the State in the Provision of Railways, The By H M Jagtiani Hard Cover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eThe Role of the State in the Provision of Railways By H M Jagtiani Hard Cover 1924 146 Pages  EX-Library Book England, Prussia, India.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eTo write a book in a language which is not one's own is in any case a considerable achievement. But for an Indian author to acquire such familiarity with the languages of two other great European countries as has enabled him to master the technical literature and to understand the institutions of those countries is an even greater achievement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eI first became acquainted with Mr. Jagtiani's work when, as examiner for the University of London, I had the pleasure of reporting that it was a Thesis more than up to the high standard required for the degree of M.Sc. (Econ.). In its revised form I am now glad to commend it to a wider circle of readers. It is to be hoped that further editions will be called for, and that the author will then take the opportunity of reviewing and extending his treatise. For did not a book as famous in its permanent form as Bryce's Holy Roman Empire take its origin as an Arnold Prize Essay ?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMr. Jagtiani discusses the role which the State should play in railway development in the light of the experience of three countries, England, Prussia, and India. One may summarise by saying that in England the State did nothing to help development; in Prussia the State and private enterprise worked side by side, and usually hand in hand, and in India the State bore the whole burden. For England the story has been told before, but the author has found a good deal that is new to say. For Prussia he has broken ground which as far as I am aware is new to English readers. For India it is safe to say that to English readers the history will come as new. Like other people who have seriously studied the subject, Mr. Jagtiani comes to the conclusion that the question, whether and how far the State should undertake railway development, admits of no general answer. The answer in each particular case depends on heredity, and on political, social, economic and financial conditions. Private enterprise was no doubt the right policy for England. The attempt to enlist private enterprise in India has consistently failed. And our author shows how facts and the policy of the wisest Indian administrators have constantly clashed with English opinion, which, as voiced both by the City and the India Office, thought that English methods might fitly be applied in India.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMr. Jagtiani's book raises, though it does not directly deal with, another important question. It may or may not be necessary for a certain Government to undertake railway development. But it is necessary that every Government should concern itself with railway control. And the history, alike of England, Prussia and India, shows that Governments have been in railway matters ill-informed and their policies unwise and vacillating. France alone has had a policy which, whether wise or unwise, has been, with few exceptions, logical and consistent throughout. What else was to be expected ? Railroading is a technical subject and the technicians were kept in a subordinate place. The policy was dictated by laymen, whether by Civil Servants or Parliamentary Committees, as in England -the Board of Trade never had on its staff a single man expert in railway matters, other than pure engineering and operation-or in India by Secretaries of State, Viceroys and Members of Council.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eOf late years Governments are coming to realise that the proper person either to control or to manage a railway system is a railway man. In countries where the State manages, the railway budget has been separated from the ordinary budget, and the railways have been released from the numbing grip of the Minister of Finance. Countries as far apart as Japan, Canada and South Africa have acted on these lines. Austria, Germany and India are the latest converts. In countries where the State only controls-England and the United States-special railway tribunals have been established, and the scope of their functions constantly grows, excluding in ever increasing measure the control both of the Legislature and the ordinary executive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMr. Jagtiani's book brings ample evidence that the change has come none too soon. 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