- 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