THE STRONG GRASP OF CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL UPON AMERICAN LEGISLATION -BEECHER ON REFORMATION OR REVOLUTIONA RADICAL CHANGE DEMANDED IN THE ADMINISTRATION Page 230, nineteenth line from top, for "twelve" read six. 346, seventh line from top, for " arrest" read wrest. 346, seventh line from bottom, for “in” read is. 347, in eighth and tenth lines from top, for "imports" read imposts. MONOPOLIES -AND THE PEOPLE. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. IN treating of the topics discussed in this work the author addresses himself to the task with no partisan bias. His purpose is to draw aside the veil, and let the facts speak for themselves. He writes, as he believes, in the performance of duty. Serious dangers are threatening the people. There is a power in the land, possessing elements destructive not only of the industrial and producing public, but of the very form and spirit of republican government. It will be the aim of the author to show forth the progress and present attitude of this power in its relations with the people; and to suggest, if not to advocate, such measures of relief and protection as the exigency demands. It is a fact to be admitted by every candid thinker, that of late years, corporations, rings, and single speculators have, by united and persistent efforts, obtained control of the government; that their interests are guarded, and protected by the legislative, executive, and judicial departments of the government, both state and national. The men who are thus combined in opposition to the people do not belong to any one political division; they are fo all parties; they are firmly united for the purpose of grasping power, of controlling the government in their own interest, of |