serious changes in, not to be thought of, at present, 316;
in all respects but one is not in need of immediate amendment, 351;
distinction made in, between state and inter-state commerce is
irrelevant to real facts of industry and trade, 351-352;
will in the end have to dispense with the distinction, 356-357.
Constitutions of states, 119.
Constitutional Unionists,
belief of, concerning slavery, 78;
present-day lawyers compared to, 137.
Corporation lawyers, 136.
Corporations,
growth of big, 110-116;
dealings between big, 113-114;
fights between, prelude closer agreement, 114;
decrease in wastes of competition by, 115;
profits of, disproportionate to their services, 115;
equivocal position in respect to the law, 115-116;
unprecedented power wielded by, 116;
political corruption and social disintegration the result of, 117;
the political "Boss" and the, 122-124;
similarities and dissimilarities of labor unions and, 130-131, 386;
agitation against and its varying character, 143;
Federal regulation of, advocated by W.J. Bryan, 158;
problem of control of, 351 ff.;
interference of state governments with railroad, insurance, and other
corporations, 352-355;
exclusive Federal control of, an essential to their proper conduct,
355-356;
two courses that may be followed in policy of central government toward,
357;
W.J. Bryan's suggested policy toward, 358;
the Roosevelt-Taft programme, of recognition tempered by regulation,
358-360;
tendency of, to substitute cooeperation for competition, 359;
supervision of, by commissions, 360-361;
danger of impairing efficiency of, by depriving them of freedom, 362-363;
laws which should be made for, on repeal of Sherman Anti-Trust Law, 364;
the proposed remedy for management of, is one more way of shirking the
ultimate problem, 367;
disposal of question of excessive profits of, 370;
state taxation of, one means of control, 370;
American municipal policy toward public service corporations, 372-373;
the question of public ownership, 375-379 (_see_ Public ownership);
necessity for uniformity in taxation of, 385.
_See_ Municipal corporations _and_ Public service corporations.
Council,
legislative and administrative, suggested for state governments, 329-330;
appointment of an executive council or cabinet by the governor, 338.
Courts,
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