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
N
- National banks, organization and work of, [435-439]
- Naturalization, requirements for, and procedure in, [81-82]
- Natural monopolies, [474-475]
- Navy, growth and organization of, [575-576]
- See also Disarmament
- 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]
- poverty in, [541]
- New Zealand, compulsory arbitration in, [409 n]
- Nominations, history of, [120-121]
- methods of making, [127-129]
- See also [Conventions], [Primary]
- 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]
- of labor, [401-405]
- 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]
- old age, [419]
- 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]
- organization of, [216-217]
- 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]
- “Pork barrel”, in Congress, [464 n]
- Porto Rico, government of, [229 n]
- Poverty, extent and causes of, [540-545]
- methods of dealing with, [545-549]
- 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]
- arguments against, [371-372]
- Public buildings, in counties, [168]
- in cities, [212-214]
- 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
R
- Races in the United States, [19-33]
- Radicalism, growth of, [646-647]
- Railroads, the beginnings of, [362-363]
- 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]
- political and economic, [646-661]
- 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]
- in county elections, [174]
- Sinking funds, [468]
- Smith, Adam, on the canons of taxation, [455]
- Smoke abatement in cities, [531]
- Social contract, theory of, [65]
- 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]
- exhaustion of, [345]
- 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]
- 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]
- See also [Guidance, vocational]
- Volunteers, use of, in war, [569-570]
- Voting, preferential, [133-134]
- qualifications for, [122-125]
- absent, [138]
- compulsory, [138-139]
- by machine, [139-140]
- in Congress, [278 n]
- See also [Registration of voters], [Suffrage]
W
- Wages, factors affecting the rate of, [47-48]
- War, the cost of, [563-564]
- the causes of, [566-567]
- preparedness for, [578-581]
- the laws of, [588-589]
- humanizing of, [601]
- measures for the prevention of, [635-636]
- See also [Arbitration], [Hague Conferences], [League of Nations], [Washington Conference]
- 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]
- 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]
- See also [Fourteen Points], [League of Nations], [World War]
- 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]
- Writs at law, [317 n]
Y
- Year Book of the Department of Agriculture, [347]