ous unionism, 128-129;
revolutionary purpose of, in demanding class discrimination, 129-130;
parallelism between big corporations and, 130, 386;
divergence from corporations, 131;
legal recognition of, demanded, and discrimination in their favor by
the state, 386-387;
economic and social amelioration of laboring class by, 387;
association of laborers in, a necessity under present conditions, and
the non-union man a species of industrial derelict, 387-389;
conditions to which unions should conform, 390-391;
the correct policy towards, 390;
preference to be given to, by state and municipal governments, but
discrimination to be made between "bad" and "good" unions, 394;
effect of proposed constructive organization of, on non-union laborers,
395;
on farm laborers, 396.

Latin-American states,
cooeperation of, in establishment of a stable international system,
300-303;
necessity first for improvement in domestic condition of, 302-303.

Law,
big corporations and the, 115-116.

Lawyers,
function of, in American political system, 131 ff.;
tendency of, to specialize, 134-135;
those who now figure in political life, 135-136;
corporation lawyers, 136;
position occupied by, in relation to modern economic and political
problem, 137.

Legislative organization,
failure of American, 319-320;
causes, 321-324;
suggested remedy, 327-331;
quality of membership of, should be improved, 328-329;
preparation of measures for consideration by, 330-331.

"Letters of an American Farmer," 8-9, 10.

Liberty,
Hamilton's theory concerning, as contrasted with Jeffersonian Democrats',
44-45;
bearing of worship of so-called, on behavior of factions at time of
slavery crisis, 79;
responsibility of a democracy for personal, 193 ff.;
economic, of the individual, 201-206;
subordinated and made helpful to the principle of human brotherhood,
207-208.

Liberty and union,
Hamilton's idea of, 44-45;
prevailing view of, during "era of good feeling," 51.

Life insurance companies,
attempted regulation of, by various state governments, 355.

Lincoln, Abraham,
first appearance of, in debates with Douglas, 85-86;
service of, in seeing straighter and thinking harder than did his
contemporaries, 87;
makes the Western Democracy understand for the first time that American
nationality is a living principle, 88;