Vlll CONTENTS. 



trol commerce What is the remedy? "Vested rights" and 

 "chartered privileges" considered from a moral standpoint 

 Popular objections to legislative control answered Danger of 

 centralized capital 598 



CHAPTER IX. MONOPOLY OF TRADE The tariff A tariff for 

 protection A tariff "for revenue only" Free trade Opin- 

 ions of Washington, Franklin, Hamilton, Clay, Jackson, 

 Adams and Webster Evils growing out of a high-protective 

 tariff Are we ready for free trade? How the tariff affects the 

 farmer The Democratic measure for relief The Republican 

 plan Pull Dick! pull Devil!! Table showing average tariff 

 duties for eacb year since 1791 History of the wool tariff 

 The tariff not the great and only issue 610 



CHAPTER X. MONOPOLY OF TRADE; Trusts How they are 

 formed Effect on trade Standard Oil octopus The sugar 

 trusts How they fleece the people More filibustering in 

 Congress 634 



CHAPTER XI. DEALING IN FUTURES The "bulls " and " bears " 



Gambling in prices T. V. Powderly on futures 04:3 



CHAPTER XII. MONOPOLY OF LAND Mortgaged indebtedness- 

 How debts lead to land monopoly The power of interest The 

 crime of usury The people burdened with debt History will 

 repeat itself Alien land holders I/and grants Will the 

 people become tenants? Opinions of the press Condition of 

 England and Ireland The lesson of the past Egypt, Babylon, 

 Persia, Greece and Rome 648 



CHAPTER XIII. THE PRESS Its power for good or evil Effects 

 of false teachings The mission of a newspaper What the 

 people should read Is it right to patronize subsidized news- 

 papers? The duty of the hour Agricultural papers Religious 

 papers Political papers The independent newspaper Farm- 

 ers and laborers should study questions of political economy. _ 683 



CHAPTER XIV. THE REMEDY How shall we apply it? The 

 necessity of more thorough education The effect of agitation 

 A popular mistake Strikes cannot settle the question 

 Obstacles to be overcome Sectional prejudice Party slavery 

 the power ot the party lash Ridicule Epithets The wiles of 

 politicians Political and moral cowardice More indepen- 

 dence needed The necessity of united action Monkeys and 

 men "Theboodlers came down like a wolf on the fold" 

 The duty of statesmen The responsibility of the citizen 

 Shall the people unite? The tariff not the great issue Laws 

 that we need About third parties Identity of interests 

 Monopoly must go The people shall rule Conclusion 700 



