N
- National banks, organization and work of, 435-439
- Farmers’ Alliance, 350
- Guard, relation of federal authorities to, 568-569
- Naturalization, requirements for, and procedure in, 81-82
- Natural monopolies, 474-475
- resources, 326-336
- selection, the principle of, 3-4
- Navy, growth and organization of, 575-576
- Near East, American interests in, 620
- Negroes, migration of, to the United States, 27
- Neutrality, laws of, 589
- American contributions to the rights of, 601
- New England town, the government of, 175-176
- New York City, population of, 23
- New Zealand, compulsory arbitration in, 409 n
- Nominations, history of, 120-121
- Normal schools, 504
- Northern Securities Case, 365-390
O
- Oil, the conservation of, 329-330
- Old age pensions, 419
- Open shop, controversies over, 408-409
- Optional charter system, 189 n
- Oregon, direct legislation in, 110
- Organization, of industry, 50-51, 384-385
- Ownership, public. See Public ownership
P
- Pacific, problems of the, 618-620
- Panama Canal, the, 617
- Pan-American Congress, 617
- Parks and recreation grounds, 212
- Parole system, 555-556
- Parties, political, nature and functions of, 145-150
- Partnerships, business, 50
- Patents, 55
- Patrons of Husbandry, 350
- Pauperism, nature of, and remedies for, 540-549
- Pavements, 210-212
- Peel, Sir Robert, first civil police system established by, 216 n
- Penn, William, plan of colonial union proposed by, 248
- Pensions, the cost of, 583
- Petitions, for direct legislation, 109
- Picketing during labor troubles, 407
- Playground, training for citizenship on the, 86
- Philippines, government of the, 229 n, 230 n
- Plumb Plan, 366, 489
- Pocket veto, 294
- Police, history of, 215-216
- Poll taxes, 456
- Pools in industry, 386-387
- Poor relief, history and methods of, 540-549
- Popular sovereignty, 94-95
- Population, growth of, 19-20
- distribution of, 20-21
- center of, 21
- drift of, to the cities, 22-23
- “Pork barrel”, in Congress, 464 n
- Porto Rico, government of, 229 n
- Poverty, extent and causes of, 540-545
- President of the United States, position and powers of, 286-297
- Preparedness for war, the true nature of, 578-580
- Price-fixing by governments, 391
- Prices, relation of, to value, 53-54
- Primary, the different forms of, 127-129
- Prisons and prison reform, 554-555
- Private property, regulation of, 214-215
- Probation system, 556-557
- Production, economic, 41-42
- Profit sharing, 394-395
- Profits, nature and basis of, 51
- Property, private. See Private Property
- Proportional representation, 134-136
- Prosecuting attorney, 171-172
- Protective tariffs, arguments for, 370-371
- Public buildings, in counties, 168
- Public domain, 327-328
- Public health, importance of, 514-515
- Public Health Service, federal, 534-535
- Public libraries, 504-505
- Public opinion, nature and influence of, 94-96
- Public ownership, in Europe, 482
- Public service commissions, 480-481
Q
- Quantity theory of money and prices, 444
- Quarantine, methods of, 522-523
R
- Races in the United States, 19-33
- Radicalism, growth of, 646-647
- Railroads, the beginnings of, 362-363
- relation of, to Sherman Act, 364-365
- in war time, 365-366
- government operation of, 366-367
- return to private operation of, 367
- future of, 368
- Railway Labor Board, 367
- Ratio of representation, 272
- Recall of officers, 113-114
- Recess appointments, 271
- Reciprocity with Canada, 373
- Reconstruction, economic, in Europe, 614-615
- Redistricting, 273
- Refunding of public debts, 468
- Registration of voters, 125-126
- Regular army, 567-568
- Removals from office, 106
- Rent, its nature, 43
- Representation, proportional, 134-136
- Representatives, effect of direct legislation on the quality of, 112
- Reserves, forest, 332-333
- Restraint of trade, 389-390
- Resources, natural, 326-336
- Revolution, American, as a unifying factor, 248
- Rings, political, 160-161
- Rome, ancient, prestige of citizenship in, 80-81
- Roosevelt, Theodore, on national defence, 565 n
- in Venezuela controversy, 590
- Rule of reason, the, 390
- Rural exodus, the, 351-352
- Russia, the new government in, 647-652
S
- Sales tax, as proposed, 462
- Schools. See Education
- Second jeopardy, 320
- Secret diplomacy, 595-596
- Selective service in war time, 570-571
- Selectmen, boards of, in towns, 176
- Senate of the United States, organization and powers of, 267-272
- rejection of treaties by, 631
- Senatorial courtesy. See Courtesy of the Senate
- Sewage, collection and disposal of, 527-528
- Sheriff, office of, 171
- Sherman Act, 364-365, 389-390, 391 n
- Shipping Board, 375
- Single tax, as proposed, 461-462
- Short ballot, 132-133
- Sinking funds, 468
- Smith, Adam, on the canons of taxation, 455
- Smoke abatement in cities, 531
- Social contract, theory of, 65
- control, 14-15
- control, the limits to, 72-73
- insurance as a means of reducing poverty, 548
- Socialism, defined and explained, 652-653
- Socialist party, its rise and present status, 154
- Society, its origin and nature, 1-13
- Soil, economic importance of, 327-328
- Soviet system in Russia, 647-650
- Speaker, office of, 274-275
- Special assessments, 457
- Spoils system, 101-103
- in the consular service, 374
- State Department, its work, 591
- States, nature of, 62-63
- relation of local government to, 186-190, 219-220
- relation to national government, 226-227
- admission of, 227-230
- constitutions of, 230-232
- functions of, 232-233
- legislative organization in, 235-237
- executive organization in, 237-238
- judicial organization in, 239-240
- encouragement of agriculture by, 348
- control of corporations by, 392
- tax systems of, 457-458
- educational work of, 496-497
- supervision of public health by, 534
- Statutes and statutory law, 315-316
- Steam, revolution in industry caused by, 384
- Stock exchange, functions of, 445-446
- Streets, planning of, 208-209
- Strikes, how organized, 406-407
- Succession to the presidency, 296
- Suffrage, history of, 119-120
- Supreme Court of the United States, its constitutional functions, 259-260
- its organization and influence, 308-311
T
- Tariffs and tariff policy, 368-372
- Taxation, in cities, 220-222
- the burden of, 450-451
- the incidence of, 451-453
- special nature of, 453-454
- principles of, 454-455
- local, 455-457
- state, 457-458
- national, 458-459
- the two purposes of, 459-460
- exemptions from, 460-461
- the reform of, 461-462
- Taxes, on immigrants, 30
- as an element in the cost of production, 52
- Teachers, the training of, 503-504
- Tenements. See Housing
- Territories, the government of, 229-230
- Timber, the conservation of, 331-332
- Town government, 175-176
- Towner-Sterling Bill, 499 n
- Township government, 176-177
- Trade unions. See Organization of labor
- Traffic zones, 210
- Transportation Act, 364, 367
- Treasury, Department of the, 299 n
- Treaties, ratification of, by the Senate, 271
- Trial by jury, 318-321
- Tribe, its place in political evolution, 66
- Triple Alliance, 628-629
- Trusts, industrial, 387
- Tweed, William M., 161 n
- Typhoid fever, its cause and method of transmission, 517-518
U
- Unemployment, the problem of, 417-418
- Unions, labor, aims and methods of, 401-410
- Universal military training, merits and defects of, 578
- Usage, development of constitution by, 258-259
- Utility, the principle of, in determining demand, 40-41
- Utilities, public, 215
V
- Vaccination and inoculation, effects of 523-524
- Value, definition of, 53
- Versailles, Treaty of, 610, 631 n
- Vice president, election of, 288
- duties of, 270 n
- functions of the, 296-297
- Veto power, the President’s, 294-295
- Vocation, the choice of a, 396-397
- Vocational education, 507-508
- Volunteers, use of, in war, 569-570
- Voting, preferential, 133-134
W
- Wages, factors affecting the rate of, 47-48
- War, the cost of, 563-564
- War Industries Board, 582
- Washington Conference, 575 n, 577, 619-620
- Washington Conference, relation of League of Nations to, 640-641
- Washington, George, as a non-partisan President, 102
- on the weakness of the Confederation, 252
- at the constitutional convention, 254
- on two-house legislatures, 266
- advice on foreign policy, 597-598, 606 n
- Waste disposal, methods of, in cities, 527-528
- Water supply, sources and methods of, 529-530
- Wealth, definition of, 39
- Weather Bureau, importance of its work, 347
- Wellington, the Duke of, on the value of organized play, 87
- Wider use of the school plant, 505-506
- Whitehall, Indiana, center of population, 21
- Wilson, Woodrow, on the aims of America in the World War, 609-610
- Woman suffrage, the winning of, 262
- Women, in industry, the protection of, 413-414
- Workman’s compensation, 413
- World power, the United States in relation to, 606-621
- World War, rise of wages during, 48
- American agriculture during, 342-343
- American labor during, 419-420
- public debts resulting from, 466
- powers of the government during, 580-583
- America’s part in, 608-609
- cost of, 612
- problems created by, 646-661
- Writs at law, 317 n
Y
- Year Book of the Department of Agriculture, 347