INDEX
A
- Accidents, industrial, 411-412
- Admission of new states, 227-228
- Agriculture, the federal Department of, 299 n
- Agricultural bloc, in Congress, 282 n, 350-351
- Alaska, government of, 229 n
- Albany Congress, 248
- Ambassadors, appointment and duties of, 591-595
- Amendments, to state constitutions, 232
- to national constitution, 260-262
- American Federation of Labor, 403-404
- Americanization, the public schools as agencies of, 28
- purpose and methods of, 33
- “American Plan” in industry, 409
- Anti-Trust Law. See Sherman Act
- Appointments to office, methods of, 99-101
- Appeals, judicial, 311-312
- Appropriations in Congress, 463-465
- Arbitration, of labor disputes, 409-410
- Aristotle, classification of governments by, 66-67
- Armaments, the cost of, 563-564
- Army, various divisions of the, 567-571
- control of, in war, 571-572
- Army in peace, 572-573
- Articles of Confederation, 249-251, 287
- Assessments for taxation, 456-457
- Athletics, value of, in training citizens, 86-88
- Attorney-General, office of, 299 n
- Australian ballot, 132
B
- Balance of power in Europe, 629
- Ballot, history of the, 131-132
- Banks, functions of, 434
- Bargaining, collective, 405-406
- Billboards, regulation of, 214-215
- Bill of Rights, 261
- Bimetallism, the controversy over, 428-430
- Blacklists, industrial, 407
- Blackstone’s Commentaries, 314 n
- Bloc. See Agricultural bloc
- Blue-sky laws, 446 n
- Boards, in counties, 169-170
- Bonds, defined and explained, 445 n
- Bonaparte, Napoleon, on the qualities of a good constitution, 258
- Bosses, political, their origin, 29
- their methods, 160-161
- Boycotts in labor troubles, 407
- Brindell Case, 404 n
- Bryan, William J., on free silver, 430
- Budgets, how made, 462-463
- in Congress, 463-465
- Buildings, public, in cities, 212-214
- Bureau of Animal Industry, 347
- Burke, Edmund, on the function of a representative, 98-99
- Business taxes, 222
C
- Cabinet, organization and functions of, 297-303
- Campaign funds, 161-162
- Capital, as a factor in production, 48-50
- Center of population in the United States, 21
- Chancery. See Equity
- Charters, municipal, 186-190
- Checks and balances, 232-234
- Child labor, the restriction of, 414-415
- Chief justice, duties of, in presidential impeachments, 270 n
- China, economic resources of, 335
- open door in, 618-620
- Circuit courts, 313
- Cities, drift of population to, 22-23
- City councils, 193-194
- City government, development of, 182-184
- present organization of, 184-199
- See also Municipal problems
- City-manager plan, 197-198
- City planning, 206-298
- Citizenship, rights of, 79
- Civil liberty, origin and nature of, 78-81
- relation of direct legislation to, 111
- Civil War, effect of, on relations between nation and states, 227
- Civil service, federal, 104
- in counties, 173
- See also Merit system
- Clayton Act, 391, 408
- Cleveland, adoption of city manager plan in, 197 n
- Grover, use of armed forces in labor troubles by, 572-573
- Closed shop, the question of, 408-409
- Coal, the conservation of, 329-330
- Codes of law, 315 n
- Coinage in the United States, 427-430
- Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, on the art of taxation, 455 n
- Collective bargaining, 56, 405-406
- Colleges, training for citizenship in, 87-88
- Commerce, purposes of, 356-357
- Commission government, in cities, 194-196
- in states, 241-242
- Commissions, public service, 480-481
- Committees, party, 156-158
- Communism, economic aspects of, 650-652
- Common law, 314-315
- Companies, commercial, 50-51
- See also Holding companies
- Competition, the nature of, 54
- among public utilities, 475-476
- Conciliation in labor disputes, 409-410
- Confederation, Articles of, 249-251
- Confirmation of appointments, 100
- Congress, of the Confederation, 248-252, 257
- Conservation of natural resources, 326-336
- Consular service, 373-374
- Constitution of the United States, events leading to, 246-253
- Constitutions, state, 230-232
- Consumption of wealth, 39-40
- Constabulary, state, 217
- Constitutional Convention of 1787, 253-257
- Continental Congress, 248
- Contract, freedom of, 55-56
- Conventions, party, state, 129, 156-157
- national, 158-159
- Coroner, office of, 172
- Corporations, the nature of, 50-51
- Council, in cities, 193-194
- County districts, 177
- County government, 167-174
- County manager plan, 170
- Courtesy of the Senate, 270-271
- Courts, county, 170-171
- Courts-martial, 573-574
- Covenant. See League of Nations
- Credit, agricultural, 348-349
- relation of money to, 442-443
- Credit, relation of prices to, 443-444
- advantages and dangers of, 444-445
- Crime, classifications of, 550-551
- “Crime of 1873”, 429 n
- “Cross of Gold” campaign, 430
- Currency, paper, history of, 430-431
- Currency Act (1900), 430
- Custom, the influence of, 9-10
D
- Darwin, Charles, theories of, 2-4
- Debts, public, necessity of, 465-466
- Declaration of Independence, influence of John Locke on, 64-65
- Defence, national, cost of, 563-564
- Degeneracy as a cause of poverty, 542
- Demand and supply, relations of, 40
- Democracy, true and false types, 68
- Departments, in city government, 191-192, 205-206
- Diminishing returns, the law of, 343
- Diplomatic service, organization and functions of, 591-595
- Direct legislation, progress of, 107-108
- Disarmament, international, 576-577
- See also Washington Conference
- Disease, the germ theory of, 516-517
- District attorney. See Prosecuting attorney
- Divine right, theory of, 63-64
- Division of labor, 44-46
- Divorce problem, 557-560
- Domestic relations, courts of, 559
- Drug evil, the, 526
- Duties on imports, 459
- See also Tariffs and Tariff problems
E
- Economics, the subject-matter of, 38-39
- Education, relation to democracy, 492-493
- Educational tests for voting, 122-124
- Elections, in counties, 169
- Emergency Fleet Corporation, 375
- Employers’ liability, 411-412
- England, local government in, 227
- cabinet system in, 301
- Environment, the influence of, 5-9
- Equity, origin and nature of, 316-317
- Espionage Act, the, 581
- Europe, relations with, 613
- Evolution, theory of, 1-5
- in political institutions, 66
- Excess profits, taxation of, 458-459
- Exchange, the theory of, 53
- Expatriation, the doctrine of, 83
F
- Factories. See Industry
- Family, as a fundamental social group, 11-12
- its place in the evolution of government, 66
- Far East, American interests in the, 617-618
- Farm Loan Banks, 348-349
- Farmers’ Alliance. See National Farmers’ Alliance
- Institutes, 350
- Farmer-Labor party, 351
- Federalism, the nature of, 67-68
- Federalist, The, 257
- Federal reserve banks, organization and work of, 437-439
- Trade Commission, 341-392
- Filibusters, 278-279
- Filtration of water supplies, 530-531
- Fire prevention, the need for, 217-218
- methods of, 218-219
- Fisheries, economic importance of, 333
- Fittest, survival of the, 3-4, 11
- Food, the inspection of, 525-526
- control of, in war time, 582
- Foreign policy, American traditions relating to, 606-607
- Forests, economic importance of, 331
- See also Reserves
- Four Power Treaty, 619-620
- Fourteen Points, the, 609-610
- France, local government in, 227
- Franchises, taxation of, 456
- public service, 477-480
- Freedom of speech in war time, 581-582
- Free silver, the fight for, 428-430
- Free trade, arguments for and against, 370-372
G
- Garbage, disposal of, 527-528
- Gary system, 506-507
- General property tax, 455-456
- “Gentlemen’s agreement”, with Japan, 32
- in industry, 386
- Geography, influence of, 8-9, 333-336
- George, Henry, social views of, 461 n
- Germany, social insurance in, 419
- Gerrymander, origin and use of, 273
- Gladstone, W. E., opinion of the national constitution, 256-257
- Gompers, Samuel, 405
- Government, the importance of, 13
- Governor, position and powers of, 237-238
- Grand jury, 318
- Granges. See Patrons of Husbandry
- Greenbacks, the, 431
- Guidance, vocational, 396-397
- Guild operation, 488-489
H
- Habeas corpus, the writ of, 317 n
- Habit, influence of, 10
- Hague Conferences, the, 577
- Hamilton, Alexander, 255, 257
- Report on Manufactures, 370
- Hawaii, government of, 229 n
- Hayes-Tilden election, 290 n
- Highways in counties, 168
- Hobbes, Thomas, defender of absolutism, 65
- Holding companies, 387
- Holy Alliance, 598-599
- Home rule, municipal, 187-190
- House of Representatives, federal, organization and work of, 272-283
- Housing, municipal control of, 531-533
I
- Ideals, national, economic influence of, 327
- effect of urban growth on, 184-186
- Illiteracy in the United States, 502 n
- Immigration, the course of, 23-24
- Impeachments, federal, 269-270
- Income taxes, 458-459
- Increasing returns, law of, 388
- Incidence of taxation, 451-452
- Individualism as an economic system, 14, 73
- Index numbers, 443 n
- Industrial accidents, 411-412
- Industry, definition of, 383
- Inheritances, taxes on, 458
- Initiative and referendum, origin and spread of, 107-108
- Injunctions, use of, in labor disputes, 407-408
- Insular possessions, government of, 229-230
- Insane, problem of the, 549-550
- Insects as disease carriers, 518-519
- Insurance, against accident, 413
- Interest on invested capital, 49-50
- Interior Department, its work, 299 n
- International, The, 651-652
- International law, nature and scope of, 588-590
- Interstate commerce, growth of, 359-361
- Interpretation, development of the constitution by, 259-260
J
- Jackson, Andrew, removals from office by, 102
- Japan, relations with, 618-620
- Japanese, problem of the, on Pacific slope, 32-33
- Jefferson, Thomas, believer in social contract theory, 65
- Johnson, Andrew, impeachment of, 270 n
- Judicial procedure, 317-323
- Judicial supremacy, the doctrine of, 310-311
- Judges, selection and removal of, 239-240
- Jukes, the, 542-543
- Junior high schools and colleges, 502-503
- Jury, grand, 318
- Justice, Department of, its work, 299 n
- Juvenile delinquency, 557
K
L
- Labor, as a factor in production, 43-44
- Labor in agriculture, 349
- Latin-America, relations with, 615-617
- Law, branches of the, 314-315
- League of Nations, origin of the, 625-630
- Legislative reference bureaus, 237 n
- Legislatures, state, decline of confidence in, 108
- organization of, 235-237
- L’Enfant, Major, planning of Washington by, 207
- Liquor traffic, its effect upon the public health, 526-527
- Loans to European countries, 613-614
- See also Debts
- Lobbying, 237 n
- Local government in Europe and America compared, 178-179
- Locke, John, his theory of political obedience, 64
- Lockouts, industrial, 407
- Lockwood Committee, its investigations, 55 n
- London, first civil police established in, 216
- poverty in, 541
- Los Angeles, origin of recall in, 114
- Louisiana Purchase, 228
- Lusitania, sinking of the, 609
M
- McCulloch v. Maryland, the case of, 435 n
- Machines, political, 159-160
- Madison, James, on the need of national defence, 564
- contributions to The Federalist, 257
- Magna Carta, 79, 323, 495
- Maine, Sir Henry, on the rise of men from status to contract, 56
- Management, industrial, as a factor in production, 50-51
- Mandate (mandamus), the writ of, 317 n
- Mandates, the system of, 636-637
- Martial law, 574-575
- Mayor, position and powers of the, 190-191
- Mentally defective, the problem of the, 549-550
- Merchant marine, 375-376
- Mergers in industry, 387
- Merit system, origin of, 103-104
- Metropolitan counties, 173-174
- Mexico, relations with, 615-617
- Military government, 575 n
- Military law, 573-574
- Militarism, the encouragement of, 565-566
- Milk, inspectors of, 524-525
- Mines and minerals, economic importance of, 329-340
- their relation to conquest, 334-335
- Minimum wage laws, 416-417
- Minor political parties, 152-153
- Mints in the United States, 428
- Money, origin of, 424-425
- functions and characteristics of, 425-427
- Money, forms of, in the United States, 427-433
- Monopolies, types of, 54
- Monroe Doctrine, origin and nature of, 596-599
- present status of, 600-601
- Municipal problems, 203-222
- See also City government