The measurement of vessels and traffic -- The history of the ocean carrier -- the sailing vessel -- The history of the ocean carrier -- the steamship -- Ways and terminals of ocean transportation -- The ocean freight servisse -- Passenger service -- Ocean mail service -- International express service – Organization of ocean transportation -- Monopoly and competition in the ocean transportation service -- Rate and traffic agreements, pools, and consolidation of ocean carriers -- Cooperation and combination of ocean and rail carriers -- Ocean fares and rates -- Marine insurance -- Aid and regulation by the national government -- Aid and regulation by the sate and municipal governments -- Port and terminal charges and the taxation of shipping -- The mercantile marine policy of the United States -- Condition of the American shipbuilding industry -- Causes of the decline of the American marine in the foreign trade -- Government aid to shipping and navegation in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan -- The Merchant marine question -- The future outlook for American shipbuilding and maritime interests -- The inland waterways in the United States -- The improvement and maintenance of inland waterways in the United States -- The organization of the service and the equipment employed on inland waterways -- Traffic on the inland waterways of the United States -- The relations of inland waterways and railroads as carriers -- The future of inland water transportation in the United States.

JOHNSON, Emory R. Ocean and inland water transportation. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1906. (Appletons' business series).