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Implication Of Recent User Charge Legislation For Barge Transportation Of Agricultural Commodities

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  • Binkley, James K.
  • Shabman, Leonard A.

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The view that the navigable waters of the United States should be toll free originated in the colonial period of U.S. history, and became explicitly stated federal policy in the 1884 Rivers and Harbors Act (Ashton et al.). At that time public expenditures for waterway improvements were small and the freight transportation industry was dominated by railroads. Therefore, public policy promoted water transportation as an inexpensive means of encouraging competition for the railroads.Since the early years of this century public expenditures for improvements of the waterways have risen while water, motor, air, and pipeline transportation have become effective competitors for the railroads. The conditions which justified a toll-free waterway policy changed, but the policy was not altered. Though every president since Franklin Roosevelt has recommended that Congress levy a charge on inland waterway users, legislators have been reluctant to implement such charges.
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  • Binkley, James K. & Shabman, Leonard A., 1980. "Implication Of Recent User Charge Legislation For Barge Transportation Of Agricultural Commodities," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 12(2), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:sojoae:29477
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.29477
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    1. Spilka, Walter Jr. & Kenyon, David E. & Shabman, Leonard A., 1978. "Water-Rail Rate Competition And The Competitive Position Of The Northeastern Poultry Industry," Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 7(1), pages 1-5, April.
    2. Spilka, Walter Jr. & Kenyon, David E. & Shabman, Leonard A., 1978. "Water-Rail Rate Competition And The Competitive Position Of The Northeastern Poultry Industry," Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 0(Number 1), pages 1-5, April.
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    2. Gervais, Jean-Philippe & Misawa, Takehiro & McVey, Marty J. & Baumel, C. Phillip, 2001. "Evaluating the Logistic and Economic Impacts of Extending 600-Foot Locks on the Upper Mississippi River: A Linear Programming Approach," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 40(4).
    3. Barnett, Doug & Binkley, James K. & McCarl, Bruce A., 1984. "Port Elevator Capacity And National And World Grain Shipments," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 9(1), pages 1-13, July.

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