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The article presents books related to public finance, taxation and tariff. The book "The Tariff: An Interpretation of a Bewildering Problem," by George Crompton presents a study of the tariff question in the revival of protectionism in recent times. Crompton amplifies in his historical discussion of the dissemination of the industrial arts, the course of industrial development, industrial secrecy and the difficulties to be met in establishing manufactures. The other books presented in the article are "European Tariff Policies Since the World War," by O.D. Donne, "Progress Report of the Forest Taxation Inquiry," by F.R. Fairchild, "Das Internationale Schuldenproblem," by J. Friedrich, "Public Expenditure: The Present Ills and the Proposed Remedies," by H.W. Guest, "Guide to Income-Tax Practice," by A. Murray and R.N. Carter, "A Study in Public Finance," by A.C. Pigou, "The Tariff on Animal and Vegetable Oils," by P.G. Wright, "The Fiscal Problem in New York State," and "Fiscal Problems of the States."

The article presents a list of books related to social problems and reforms. Some of the books are "Getting and Spending at the Professional Standard of Living. A Study of the Costs of Living an Academic Life," by Jessica B. Peizotto, "The Financing of the Young Men's Christian Associations," by J.Q. Ames, "Historie de la Fortune Française. La Fortune Privée &agrave Travers Sept Siècles," by V.G. D'Avenel, "Standard Catalog, Social Sciences Section," 2nd ed., compiled by C. Bacon, "The Evolution of Penology in Pennsylvania. A Study in American Social History," by H.E. Barnes and "Problems of Social Well-Being," by J.H.S. Bossard.

The article presents a list of books related to capital and capitalistic organization. Some of the books are "Outlines of Public Utility Economics," by Martin G. Glaeser, "Main Street and Wall Street," by William Z. Ripley, "Industrial Combinations and Public Policy. A Study of Combination, Competition and the Common Welfare," by Myron W. Watkins, "Voting Trusts: A Chapter in Modern Corporate History," by H.A. Cushing, "The Menace of Federal Control," by J.A. Emery, "Monopolies, Cartels and Trusts in British Industry," 2nd ed., by H. Levy, translated by Gustav Fischer, "International Cartels, Combines and Trusts," by R. Liefmann, and "The General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, Annotated, With All decisions Construing the Law and the Statutes of the State of Delaware Pertaining to Receiverships, With Digest of Decisions," 3rd ed., edited by J. Marvel.

This article presents information about books related to labor and labor organizations. In the book "Sharing Profits With Employees: A Critical Study of Methods in the Light of Present Conditions," by James A. Bowie, the term "profit-sharing" is broadly construed to include bonus schemes, sliding scales and gratuities as well as the usual forms of profit-sharing. He divides his work into four parts, the first an analysis of the nature of the profits, the second, an analysis of profit-sharing under the usual narrow economic definition, the third on copartnership and the fourth on other methods of profit sharing. The objective of the book "The Industrial Code: a Survey of the Postwar Industrial Situation, a Review of Wartime Developments in Industrial Relations, and a Proposal Looking to Permanent Industrial Peace" is worthy of the best thought and effort of every intelligent citizen. W. Jett Lauck and Claude S. Watts may be congratulated in marshalling their facts for this purpose. The book is composed of fourteen chapters devoted to the main problem and ten appendices which bring together the important documentary evidence of a growth of opinion on the subject.

Confronted with the alternative of a prohibitive tax, the New York Cotton Exchange, after years of defiance, has reformed its future contract. Effective February 18, the exchange adopted a system of dealing in futures largely dictated by the terms of the United States Cotton Futures Act. This act, passed at the last session of the U.S. Congress, is in turn based largely on recommendations in the report of the Bureau of Corporations, made some years ago after an extended investigation. There is, however, this important exception, the Bureau of Corporations favored a reform of discredited methods by the exchange itself, whereas the Cotton Futures act subjects the exchange to constant and intimate regulation by the federal government through the Secretary of Agriculture. For this the exchange is chiefly indebted to those recalcitrant members who for years not only ignored the structures of the Bureau of Corporations but resisted the wishes of a large element of its own membership as well.