The Promise of American Life eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 620 pages of information about The Promise of American Life.

The Promise of American Life eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 620 pages of information about The Promise of American Life.

Non-union laborers, 387-389;
  effect on, of proposed constructive organization of labor, 395.

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Old age pensions in England, 239.

Opportunity,
  necessity of enjoyment of, by individuals, 203.

Order,
  maintenance of, as a state function, 344-345.

Oregon,
  the initiative in, 328.

Ore lands,
  lease of, to United States Steel Corporation, 114.

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Pan-Americanism, 313-314.

Parker, Alton B., 163.

Paternalism, German, 250.

Patriotism,
  national, 2;
  American, contrasted with that of other nations 2-3.

Peace,
  democracy and, 308 ff.

Pensions,
  old age, in England, 239;
  military, in United States, 274.

Philippines,
  questions concerning American acquisition of, 308-309.

Poland,
  partition of, 222.

Police force,
  state, 344-345.

Political specialist.
  See “Boss.”

Politics,
  separation of the business man from, 117;
  specialized organization of, 118-121.

Popular sovereignty,
  Stephen A. Douglas’s theory of, 84-86;
  criticism of democracy defined as, 176-178;
  principle of, as represented by French Revolutionaries, 223-224;
  principle of national sovereignty not to be confused with, 265-266;
  the essential condition of democracy, 269-270;
  definition of the phrase, 279 ff.;
  is equivalent for Americans to the phrase “national Sovereignty,” 280;
  misconceptions of, notably Douglas’s error, 281.

Porto Rico,
  relations between United States and, 308.

Poverty,
  as a social danger in a democratic state, 205.

Prisons,
  improvement of, as a function of the state, 345.

Profits of corporations,
  disposal of question of excessive, 370.

Property,
  preservation of institution of private, 209.

Protection,
  Whig policy of, and its defeat, 68;
  Bismarck’s policy of, 250.

Public ownership, 366-367;
  municipal, 372-375;
  the portion of railroad property properly subject to, 376-377;
  another plan of, regarding railroads, 377-378.

Public Service Commissions of New York State, 360-361;
  principal objection to, 368.

Public service corporations holding municipal franchises,
  should be subject to cities only, 349;
  municipal policy toward, 372-373.

Pure Food Bill,
  class discrimination in, 191.

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