PREFACE.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

I. THE PROBLEM PRESENTED.

II. TRUSTS AND MONOPOLIES IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.

III. MONOPOLIES OF MINERAL WEALTH.

IV. MONOPOLIES OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION.

V. MUNICIPAL MONOPOLIES.

VI. MONOPOLIES IN TRADE.

VII. MONOPOLIES DEPENDING ON THE GOVERNMENT.

VIII. MONOPOLIES IN THE LABOR MARKET.

IX. MONOPOLIES AND COMPETITION IN OTHER INDUSTRIES.

X. THE THEORY OF UNIVERSAL COMPETITION.

XI. THE LAWS OF MODERN COMPETITION.

XII. THE EVILS DUE TO MONOPOLY AND INTENSE COMPETITION.

XIII. AMELIORATING INFLUENCES.

XIV. REMEDIES FOR THE EVILS OF MONOPOLY.

XV. THE SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE AND OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, THE GOVERNMENT.

XVI. PRACTICAL PLANS FOR THE CONTROL OF MONOPOLIES.

Transcriber's Notes and Errata

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