Its Fateful Provisions.
Troubles in Consequence.
The Reciprocity of 1854.
Repeal in 1865.
New Troubles.
Reciprocity by Treaty of Washington, from 1871.
Repealed in 1885.
Why
Friction in 1886.
Strict Enforcement by Canada of Convention of 1818.
Severities.
Their Animus.
Pleas of the United States Government.
Threat of Retaliation.
Commission to Draft New Treaty.
Indecisive Result.
Northwestern Fisheries Question Settled.

CHAPTER IV. THE SOUTH.

The Results of Congressional Reconstruction.
Restoration of White Rule.
Ku-Klux-Klan.
Improvement.
Loyalty at the South.
Prosperity.
Cotton.
Manufacturing.
Iron.
Marble.
Southern Cities.
Country Parts.
State of Florida.

CHAPTER V. THE WEST.

New States and Territories.
Alaska.
Its Resources.
Both Sides of the Rockies Filling Up.
Pacific Railways.
Colorado.
California.
Great American Desert.
Tabular View of the West's Growth.
Western Cities.
Minnesota.
St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth.
Duluth and Chicago.
Statistics of Immigration.

CHAPTER VI. THE EXPOSITION OF 1876.

Origin of the Plan.
Organization.
Financial Basis.
Conclusion to Make it a World Affair.
To be at Philadelphia.
Building.
Opening Exercises.
The Main Building.
Arrangement and Contents.
The American Exhibit.
Machinery Hall.
The Corliss Engine.
Agricultural Hall.
Memorial Hall.
The Art Exhibit.
Horticultural Hall.
Minor Arrangements and Structures.
The Fourth of July Celebration.
Original Copy of the Declaration of Independence Read.
Interest in the Philadelphia Exposition.

CHAPTER VII. ECONOMIC POLITICS

Reduction of National Debt.
Refunding.
Surplus.
Tariff.
Its History since the War.
Policy of the Political Parties.
Tariffs of 1890 and 1894.
Trusts.
The Dollar of the Fathers.
Resumption of Specie Payments.
The Promissory Greenback.
Fiat Greenback Theory.
And Party.
Great Strike of 1877.
Labor Movement and Labor Question.
Corporations.
Their Evil Influence.
Counter-organizations.
Growth of our Urban Population.

CHAPTER VIII. THE MARCH OF INDUSTRY.

Progress in Cotton Manufacturing.
In Woollen, Iron, and Other.
In Travel.
New Submarine Cables.
First Pacific Railway.
Others.
Consolidation of Railways.
Electric Lighting.
Brooklyn Bridge.
Elevated Railways and New Modes of Surface Traction.
Telephone.
Black Friday.
Chicago Fire.
Boston Fire.
Hard Times of 1873.
Material Betterment for Last Two Decades.

CHAPTER IX. END OF THE PERI