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not abolition but control, and the control he advocates involves 

 what we should call a violent interference by the state with all the 

 operations of industry. For instance, he proposes that the United 

 States shall buy up all the railroads in the country, paying for 

 them with three per cent bonds, and then lease them to private 

 companies. All fares and freight tariffs are to be fixed by gov- 

 ernment commissioners, and the government is also to have a 

 share in the directorship of the companies. Mining and gas com- 

 panies are to be treated in a similar way, but on the subject of 

 manufacturing monopolies Mr. Baker speaks with more hesitation, 

 the principal measure he proposes being a requirement that all 

 such associations as the " trusts " shall sell to all persons at the 

 same price. Such are his remedies for the evils of monopoly; but 

 to our mind they involve altogether too great an interference with 

 the natural course of industry, and we believe the American people 

 will agree with us in this opinion. New laws will doubtless be 

 needed to remedy the abuses that Mr. Baker has here set forth ; 

 but such a widespread interference with industry as he advocates 

 would, we feel sure, result disastrously. 



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