A simple but complete account of a terrible injustice.
The Christian Union.
Six or eight years ago there appeared in the North American Review an article entitled "The Lords of Industry," by Henry D. Lloyd, which set forth with such power the nature and extent of the combinations to diminish production and increase prices that its author may be said to have initiated the anti-trust agitation of the last few years. Since that time he has gone on in the work thus begun, putting heart and soul into it. The Strike of Millionaires against Miners carries perhaps less weight with our intellects than Mr. Lloyd's earlier work, but it appeals so strongly to our hearts that we are carried with him through the volume, and share with him his indignation over the wrongs he describes.
Concord, New Hampshire, October 22, 1892.
Dear Mr. Lloyd,—I am reading the Study you so kindly sent me. I have read most of it, including the "Word to Coal Miners," and what a "study!" What a lesson! What an apocalypse! Through it, "the voice of our brothers' blood cries to us from the ground," literally, and in tones scarcely ever heard before by human or heavenly ear!
Would that you could peal out all the seven thunders of Patmos. I wish your work might outsell in number Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Robert Elsmere combined, till its note filled the earth as the waters the seas. Print the whole of this hasty testimony over my name, if it will be of service to the working man and woman.
Faithfully and fraternally yours, for every good thought, word, and work,
Parker Pillsbury.
A BOOK FOR THE TIMES
THE RAILWAYS AND THE REPUBLIC.
By James F. Hudson. 8vo, Cloth, $2 00.
The author studies carefully the evils of the system, inquires into the power of legislation to cure them, and describes the remedies which will preserve the usefulness of the railways, and at the same time protect legitimate investors.—N.Y. Evening Post.
It is seldom the public is given a work at once so timely, so brave, and so able.... Mr. Hudson writes with the most exhaustive knowledge of his subject, and with an unusual ability in setting forth his ideas so that they are easily and clearly understood. There is hardly a more vigorous chapter in modern literature than that in which he discusses the rise and growth of the Standard Company.... The book is everywhere marked by unusual ability, accuracy, and fearlessness, which make it one of the most important contributions of the day to a subject which of necessity engages more and more attention every day. The political principles of the writer are thoroughly sound and practical.—Boston Courier.