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Best general references: James F. Hudson in N. A. Review, vol. 144, p. 277 (Mar. 1887); Albion W. Tourgee in N. A. Review, vol. 157, p. 30 (July 1893); Nation, vol. 47, p. 125; vol. 44, p. 381; vol. 45, p. 68; vol. 48, p. 108; vol. 49, p. 186; Unitarian Review, vol. 26, p. 522-529; H. D. Lloyd, Wealth against Commonwealth...
...Trusts are an economic evil. - (a) Limit natural production: Nation, vol. 49, p. 186 (Sept., 1889). - (b) Destroy competition. - (1) Absorb all large producers. - (2) Crush smaller rivals; Pop-Science Monthly, vol. 34, p. 19 (Mar., 1889). - (c) Raise prices: N. A. Rev. vol...
Best general references: Popular Scientific Monthly, xxx, 296, 520 (Jan., Feb., 1887); No. Am. Rev., vol. 137, 218 (Sept., 1883); A. D. White in Forum, x, 357 (Nov., 1890); C. W. Eliot in Forum, xii, 153 (Oct., 1891); A. P. Wilder, Municipal Reform...
Best general references: Bryce, American Commonwealth, I, chs. 51, 52; H. C. Adams, Public Debts, 343-375; A. P. Wilder, The Municipal Problem; Johns Hopkins Studies, extra vol. II, 264-295; Joseph Chamberlain in Forum, XIV, 267; Report of National Conference for Good City Government, 1894; Bibliographies of Municipal Government in preceding report, and in Providence Public Library Bulletin...
...Existing municipal evils do not justify a radical change in the suffrage. - (a) Improvement is being made on other lines: Bryce, Vol. 1, 619. - (b) Existing evils are due chiefly to causes apart from the suffrage. - (1) To the absence of municipal ideals. - (2) To the indifference of the "better classes." - (3) To mixing national and state with city politics. - (4) To excessive interference by legislatures in local affairs. - (5) To unsatisfactory charter arrangements. - (6) To corrupt influence of property owners, corporations and rich men: Adams, Public Debts, p. 365. - (c) Businesslike administration and present broad suffrage are not necessarily...