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149; how to destroy monopoly of,
380-394, 407, 408, 409, 410-412; mo-
nopoly of, in ancient Greece, 355-
356; in Rome, 364-365, 366, 367; in
France before Revolution, 372-373.
Lawson, Thomas W., on evil business
methods, 60, 250; political corrup-
tion, 250, 261.

353; in Greece, 356-357, 362; in
Rome, 368-370; acts against the
press, 271.

Mill, John Stuart, slaves of toil, 138-
139; obsolete in the universities,
295; tax on rent cannot be shifted,
385; taxation of unearned fortunes,
386.

Lawyers, employed by, 176-177, 407- Mitchell, John, plea for organization
408.

Lecky, W. E. H., marriage and divorce

in Rome, 371-372.

Lighton, William R., Western land
stealings, 36-37.
L'impôt unique, 385.

Lincoln, Abraham, returning mon-

archy, 101-102; equal rights, 106,
150; capital not superior to labor,
149-150.

Mackay fortune, sources and uses of,
33-35, 65, 68.
Mæcenas, 368.

Mahaffy, Professor J. P., Greek social
and political conditions, 353-356,
357, 361.

Marriage, changed views respecting,

81-85, 100-101; degradation in
Rome, 371-372; and in France, 375-
376.

McClure, S. S., increase of murders
and homicides, 138.

McGlynn, Rev. Edward, excommuni-

cation and reinstatement, 308-312.
McKinley, President, and Cœur
d'Alene trouble, 333; the Hawaiian
Islands, 339.

of wage-earners, 115-116, 161; on
injunctions, 175.

Mommsen, Theodor, relaxing of family
life in Rome, 371.

Moody, John, estimate of country's
wealth, 8, 236.

Morals, deterioration of public and
private, 9-13, 25, 26, 44, 51–62, 73-87,
104-106, 123-125, 129-130, 135-140,
162-172, 229-246, 247-263, 266-321,
325-326, 327-328, 338, 353; how to
improve, 409-413; morals in ancient
Greece, 355-358, 359, 360, 361-362;
in Rome, 362-372; in France before
the Revolution, 374-376.
Morgan, J. Pierpont, his business
methods, 51-62, 366; patron of lib-

eral arts, 69-70.

Morton, Paul, railroad rebates, 239-243.

Ostrogorski, Moissei Yakovlevich, cen-
tralization in politics, 263, 330–331.
Order, the natural, 409-413.

Parkhurst, Rev. Charles H., Philadel-
phia "comfortably rotten," 258.
Parry, David M., president Citizens'
Industrial Association, 170.

Meade, Professor E. S., Steel Trust Peabody, Gov. J. H., of Colorado, 200,

finance, 52.

202-203, 206, 207–212, 329.

Meat Trust, based upon railroad privi- Pericles, Golden Age of, 354-355; fu-
leges, 401-402.

Military, distrust of civil government, |
100-101; in strikes, 189, 201-212,
213-226, 329, 333, 380, 412-413; to
lesson use of, 412-413; in Hawaiian
Islands, 338-339; in Santo Domingo,
340, 341; in Panama, 344; in the
Philippines, 347-348; centralization
of, 351; use of marines in peace
time, 351-352; the spirit of, 352-

neral oration of, 360–361.
Perkins, George W., insurance com-
panies in politics, 58, 59, 234.
Philippines, our conduct in, 104, 346-
348.

Plato, philosophy of, 355, 356.
Pliny, great estates ruined Italy, 364,
366.

Political Economy, the true, 287-288;
as taught in the universities, 288–302.

Politics, Privilege in, 43, 58-59, 201-202,
211-212; attacks upon suffrage, 100-
103, 210-211, 212, 326-327, 352, 361;
courts and, 199-200, 207-209, 211,
216, 226, 348-350; in Greece, 356-
357, 362; in Rome, 367, 368-369;
purification of, 412.

Porto Rico, the insular cases, 348-350.
Post, Louis F., principles of marriage
and divorce, 84; Colorado injunc-
tion, 199–200; "chair of economics,"

293.

Poverty, little, in early days of Repub-
lic, 1, 4-6, 7; present extent, 8-9, II,
12; cause of, 14-26, 77-78, 105, 109-
120; penalties of, 103-106, 121-140.
Press, its bondage to Privilege, 267–
285, 306, 412.

Privilege, meaning, 16-17, 379; various
kinds of, 17-25; classified, 24-25, 62,
380, 409; types of Princes of, 29-62;
how Princes of, live, 63–72, and their
amusements, dissipations and mari-
tal relations, 73-87; breeds the aris-
tocratic idea, 88-106; despoils the
masses, 105-106, 109-120; causes
deterioration, 121-140; not to be
confounded with capital, 149-150,
412; compels laborers to organize,
143-155, 156, 157, 159; treaties with
labor unions, 165–168, 172; engages
"Free Companies," 168-169; Citi-
zens' Alliances and, 169-172; the
courts and, 175-185, 186-200; uses
soldiers, 201-212, 213-226; corrupts
politics, 229-246, 247-263, 330-332,
337; the press and, 267-285; the
university and, 286-305; the pulpit
and, 306-321; influence on legisla-
tion, 326-327, 328, 329; favors foreign
aggression, 338; civilizations gone
before and, 354-376; remedy for,
379-413.
Pulpit, dependence of Privilege, 306-
321; to free the, 412.

Railroads, land grants to, 37-38; pub-
lic highways, 38-39, 40; rebates, 41-
44, 46-47, 48, 50, 317, 399-402; dis-
criminating rates, 39; centralization

of, 39-40, 55; in politics and legisla-
tion, 233-234, 238-246, 247-249, 251,
253-254, 258, 259, 260, 326-327, 328;
influence over the press, 282-283;
injunctions and, 334-335; futility of
attempts to regulate, 402-403; gov-
ernment operation of, 403-404, 408,
409, 412.

Rent, its nature and operation, 20-22,
117, 382-387, 389-394, 411-412.
Rockefeller, John D., his fortune and
its source, 41-44, 401; Chicago Uni-
versity, 297-299; foreign missions'
gift, 316-321; compared with Roman
rich men, 365.

Rockefeller, Jr., John D., telegram to
six senators, 238-239; the American
Beauty rose, 320, 373.

Rogers, Henry H., delicate finances,
60-61; railroad rebates, 316–317.
Rogers, Thorold, appropriation by
rent, 21.

Rome, land laws of, 16; destroyed by
Privilege, 362-372, 381.

Roosevelt, President, divorce laws, 83;
political corruption funds, 234; Little-
field anti-trust bill, 238; Morton re-
bate matter, 239-243; railroad passes,
245-246; exclusive orders, 335-337;
Santo Domingo, 340-342; Panama
Canal, 343-345; police duty on West-
ern Hemisphere, 345-346.

Root, Eliu, constitutional limitations,
333.

Ryan, Thomas F., insurance matters,
57-58.

Sallust, conditions in Rome, 362-363,
370.

Santo Domingo, protocol with, 339-
342.

Schiff, Jacob, high finance, 58.
Schurz, Carl, political "fat-frying,"
237; Panama, 344-345.
Schwab, Charles M., the State Trust,
52-53, 391, 405; his palatial resi-
dence, 64.

Seabury, Judge Samuel, on injunc-
tions, 181, 186-187, 190, 196-
198.

Shearman, Thomas G., distribution of
wealth, 9, 116, 117 n.
Single tax, see Taxation.
Slavery, industrial, among us, 360;
black, 19, 102; Russian serf, 19; in
Greece, 355-357, 359; among the
Romans, 363, 370; religious argu-
ment for negro, 315.
Smith, Adam, wages, 4, 120; pecun-
iary value of a child, 120, 126; law
of generation, 126-127; university
teaching, 293-294; his teachings
obsolete in universities, 294-295;
dependence of the clergy, 306-307.
Smith, Goldwin, growth of aristocratic
idea, 96; breakdown of municipal
politics, 262; government by com-
mission, 327-328.
Socrates, philosophy of, 355, 356.
Spahr, Charles B., distribution of
wealth, 8, 117 n.

Spitzka, Edward A., crime bred by

social conditions, 140.
Standard Oil Company, history of, 41-
44, 399, 401; privileges, 317, 383, 391,
397, 399, 401; in politics, 237-239,
250; influence on education, 296-

299.

Steel Trust, Directors of, 8 n.; its or-
ganization, 49-50, 51-55, 56-57, 366;
its privileges, 43, 391-392, 395, 396-
397, 399-400, 405; attitude toward
labor unions, 146, 168; promotion
syndicate earnings, 233; how to de-
stroy, 391-392.

Suffrage, attacks of, 100-103, 210-211,
212, 326-327, 352, 361; in Greece,
355, 356; in Rome, 364, 368.
Sugar Trust, in politics, 252, 255, 259.
Suicides, increasing percentage of, 133-
134, 412.

48, 50; does not raise wages, 144-
146; its operation, 395-397; influ-
ence on legislation, 233, 234-235, 236,
237, 259; influences on some univer-
sities, 296; the insular cases, 348-
350; should be abolished, 397, 399,
409, 411-412; Roman jus commercii,
365.

Taxation, upon the toil of labor, 24-25,
117, 386-387, 409; the way it helps
monopolies, 273-274; four maxims
of, 386; on land values, 24, 384-394,
407, 408, 411. See Tariff also.
Tolstoy, existing position of science,
292; inequity of private property in
land, 381-382.

Unions, labor, see Laborers.
Universities, influence of Privilege on,
286-305, 412.

Vanderbilt family, nature of fortune,
40; style of living, 66, 67, 71.

Wages, when high in America, 2, 4-5;

cause of falling, or stationary, 22, 143–
144; at present tend to a minimum,
115-116, 129, 144; law of, 143–144;
why higher in America than in Eu-
rope, 145, 146, 149; not increased by
tariff, 144-146; trade unions and
rate of, 150-154, 162; how perma-
nently to raise, 411-412.

Walker, F. Sydney, industrial old-age
limit in America and England, 148–
149.

Warner, John De Witt, expense of
college life, 303-304.
Washington, George, his fortune, 3, 4;
indentured laborers, 5; eagerness to
acquire land, 26.

Tacitus, military rule in Rome, 369- Wealth, great increase in production
370.

Taft, Secretary William H., trial by
jury, 104-105; labor injunctions, 104,
187.

Taine, H. A., ancient régime in France,
372-376.

Tariff, a form of privilege, 24, 43, 45,

of, 7, II, 12; its distribution in early
days, 1-6; unequal distribution be-
gins, 7; present distribution, 7-13;
cause of unequal distribution, 14-26;
types of those who have most, 29-62;
display of, 63-72; effects on owners
of great, 73-106; compared with

Rome, 367; how to effect more

equal distribution of, 379-413.
Whitney, Edward B.,

laws, 54-55.

corporation

Whitney, William C., high finance, 60; |

palatial residence, 63; great game
park, 67.

Young, Arthur, social conditions in
old France, 374.

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