Constitution,
  the Federal, founders of, displayed distrust of democracy, 33-34;
  despite error of Federalists, has proved an instrument capable of
      flexible development, 34-35;
  legal restrictions in, 35;
  defect of unmodifiability of, 36;
  on the whole a successful achievement, 36-37;
  an accomplishment of the leaders of opinion rather than of the body of
      the people, 38;
  sanctioning of slavery by, 72;
  power bestowed on lawyers by, 132-134;
  immutability of, regarded as a fault in the American system, 200;
  serious changes in, not to be thought of, at present, 316;
  in all respects but one is not in need of immediate amendment, 351;
  distinction made in, between state and inter-state commerce is
      irrelevant to real facts of industry and trade, 351-352;
  will in the end have to dispense with the distinction, 356-357.

Constitutions of states, 119.

Constitutional Unionists,
  belief of, concerning slavery, 78;
  present-day lawyers compared to, 137.

Corporation lawyers, 136.

Corporations,
  growth of big, 110-116;
  dealings between big, 113-114;
  fights between, prelude closer agreement, 114;
  decrease in wastes of competition by, 115;
  profits of, disproportionate to their services, 115;
  equivocal position in respect to the law, 115-116;
  unprecedented power wielded by, 116;
  political corruption and social disintegration the result of, 117;
  the political “Boss” and the, 122-124;
  similarities and dissimilarities of labor unions and, 130-131, 386;
  agitation against and its varying character, 143;
  Federal regulation of, advocated by W.J.  Bryan, 158;
  problem of control of, 351 ff.;
  interference of state governments with railroad, insurance, and other
      corporations, 352-355;
  exclusive Federal control of, an essential to their proper conduct,
      355-356;
  two courses that may be followed in policy of central government toward,
      357;
  W.J.  Bryan’s suggested policy toward, 358;
  the Roosevelt-Taft programme, of recognition tempered by regulation,
      358-360;
  tendency of, to substitute cooeperation for competition, 359;
  supervision of, by commissions, 360-361;
  danger of impairing efficiency of, by depriving them of freedom, 362-363;
  laws which should be made for, on repeal of Sherman Anti-Trust Law, 364;
  the proposed remedy for management of, is one more way of shirking the
      ultimate problem, 367;
  disposal of question of excessive profits of, 370;
  state taxation of, one means of control, 370;
  American municipal policy toward public service corporations, 372-373;
  the question of public ownership, 375-379 (see Public ownership);
  necessity for uniformity in taxation of, 385.
  See Municipal corporations and Public service corporations.