Question
This is an excerpt from an article written by F. B. Tracy for the Forum in October 1893.
Nothing has done more to injure the [western] region than these freight rates. The [rates] have [slowed] its growth as much as they first hastened it. The rates are often four times
as large as Eastern rates.... The [overpriced] character of the freight rates has been recognized by all parties, and all have pledged themselves to lower them, but no state west of
the Missouri has been able to do so.... These freight rates have been especially burdensome to the farmers, who are far from their selling and buying markets, thus robbing them
in both directions.
Which solution to the problem discussed in this excerpt did the Populist Party support?
• public ownership of the railroads
O adoption of a graduated income tax
O direct election of senators
O continued use of protective tariffs
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Answer
The solution to the problem discussed in this excerpt that the Populist Party supported was public ownership of the railroads.