Stewart Syndicate-Purchase of gov- ernment bonds by, 452-4. Stock issues-Object of wide distribu- tion, 511.
Stock ownership and the producers of wealth, 412.
Stock watering on western railroads, 398.
Subject peoples in the Philippines,
Sugar interests and the Hawaiian Revolution, 90.
Sugar prices-And the trust, 495-8; Controlled by the trust, 38. Sugar production-Hawaii and Lou- isiana, 37; Of Hawaii, 50; Pos- sible production in Hawaii, 41-4. Sugar trust-Activities of, 29; And Hawaiian annexation, 32; Business of, 38; Capitalization of, 481-2; Competition of beet sugar with, 56, 61-2, 484-5; Composition of, 480-1; Control of, over retail trade, 486-7; Effect of, on industry, 479; Effect of, on prices, 495-8; Extent of con- trol by, 486; Interest in sugar trade, 38; Methods of business, 486; Newspapers and, 33; Over capitali- zation of, 508-9; Plants operated by, 482; Political power of, 38; Power of, in Congress, 498; Price- fixing by, 487, 491; Profits of, under protection, 498; Profits of, 491-2; Relation of, with independent re- finers, 487; Reorganization of, 481; Typical of trust methods, 500. Sultan of Sulu-American dealings with, 305; American Treaty with, 306-8; Contract with, concealed, 274; Dealings of Spain with, 305; Political power of, 305-6; Salary of, paid by United States, 308. Sulu Forms of slavery in, 310, 312, 313; Government of, in 1894, 314-5; Perpetuation of slavery in, 350; Re- ligious beliefs in, 312.
American relations with, 307-8; History of, 305.
Tariff-As an aid to the Trust, 492- 3; Rates of, on important items, 521-2; Unimportance of, as a politi- cal issue, 528.
Taxation-Incidence of, 545. Taxes-Amount of, paid by rich and
poor, 555. Temperature-Effect of, on popula- tion, 185.
Territorial acquisition-Gen. Grant on, 174; Tradition of, in the United States, 172-3. Territorial aggrandizement Limita- tions of, for America, 171. Timber rights-Reservation of, de- manded on public domain, 372. Torture-As practised in Hawaii, 130; Detail of, as employed by Ameri- cans, 282-3.
Trade-And the flag, 328-9; With Hawaii, 27-8.
Transportation-Costs of, mail and express, 436-7. Transvaal-Economic conditions in, 653; Natural character of, 632; Population of, 632-3.
Treason and the Hawaiian Revolu- tion, 121.
Tropical colonies-Failure of Euro- peans in, 182.
Tropical populations And repre- sentative government, 163; Density of, 181. Trusts-Control of government by, 472; Control of prices by, 577; Definition of, 474; Development of, in United States, 476; Effect of, on employment, 516-8; Extent of con- trol by, 523-4; Free trade as a remedy for, 472; Future of, 524; Historic opposition to, 478-9; In- crease of prices through, 473; Methods of, in destroying compe- tition, 527; Objections to, 478; Opposition of, to competition, 473; Price-fixing by, 508; Provision for elimination of, 474; Purpose of, to limit production, 476-7; Relation of, to political campaigns, 506; Results of, on prices, 477; Statistics of, 518-9; Suggested methods for deal- ing with, 526.
Unalaska-Geography of, 158; Stra- tegic position of, 138; Temperature of, 145.
Union Pacific Railroad-Early busi- ness methods, 401; Finances of, 406;
Plan for government purchase, 400- 1; Proposed capitalization of, 398; Proposal for purchase of, 396; Re- habilitation of, by the government, 405; Reorganization of, and the public interest, 400; Reorganizers of, 399.
United States Beginnings of imperial policy, 169; Change of policy of, 178; Distribution of wealth in, 548; Marines and the Hawaiian revolu- tion, 100; part played by, in Hawaiian Revolution, 84; Position of, in East, 187.
United States Leather Company-His- tory of, 514.
United States Rubber Company-His- tory of, 515.
Vested interests-Control of, over the press, —; Presence of, in political campaigns, 558.
Volunteer Army-Difficulties of rais- ing, 278.
Wages-In Hawaii, 64. Warfare-Methods of, in the Philip- pines, 295.
Water Cure in the Philippines, 281, 285-6.
Watered stock-As a source of exploi- tation, 412; Issue of, by sugar trust, 481. Wealth-Accumulation of, and ex- ploitation, 573; As a source of power, 567; Labor as the source of, 412, 516; Protection of, by Con- gress, 557. Distribution
of Causes of, in United States, 578; Detail of, in United States, 550-1; In England, 554; In United States, 548; In- equality of, 581; Inequality of, in ancient society, 579; Tables of Holmes on, 550; Tables of Shear- man on, 551; Tables of Spahr on, 552. Wealth estimates
549. Wood-Quoted, 48.
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