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his trust.
He has now gone through some of his
note books and, picking up threads here and
there of half-forgotten experiences, has
written book which affords a vivid view
of the dangers and the eXcitements and the
pleasures of the life of correspondent at
large First comes an interview with Pope
Leo XIII. Then. with a sharp change of
atmosphere follow four chapters devoted to
the scenes of the war between China and
Japan, with much blood and killing, smoke
and noise, the CRIME Of conflict. Two
chapters are devoted to Count Toll
stoi. including an interview with the
Russian writer and reformer on the mar
rage question, apropos of his "Kreutzer
sonata The scene changes to Cuba, and
Weyler the butcher" is described in the
height of passion against the correspond
ent, who has dared to ascertain the facts
of massacre of helpless Cubans. In this
connection Is given an account of the in
trigues of the New York newspaper he rep
resented at that time to foment the spirit
of American Intervention, including
statement of plan by that newspaper to
blockade the Suez canal with a Sunken
steamer in case Admiral Camara sailed
from Spain for the Philippines, in order to
give Admiral Dewey time to receive his
needed reinforcements The fight at Ell Ca
ney is picturesluely described, and then with
another sudden change the scene shifts to
Westminster Abbey, on the occasion of the
burial of Gladstone, and to Riverside Park,
New York, In presenting the scene at the
interment of Grant A talk with Kossuth,
a glimpse of Gar Alexander III buried in
/ personal grief, talk with King George of
Greece prior to the war with Turkey over
Crete, an interview with Sitting Bull, a
bit of Philippines fighting, an account of a
race for the cable at Manila with woman
correspondent, a sketch of the scene at
Port au Prince, Haiti, when several years
ago an American man-of-war appeared in
the harbor to enforce demand for the re-
lease of citizen of the United States, to-
gether with talk with President Hyppo
lite of the Black Republic and a thrill
ing description of balloon ascension lead
to the concluding chapter in the varied VOL
ume, telling of the death of Mckinley the
Forgiving.'
THE CONTROL OF TRUSTS: an Argument in
Favor Of Curbing the Power of Monopoly by a
Natural Method. By John Bates Clark profess
sor in Columbia University, author of 1.-The
Philosophy of Wealth. etc. New York: The
Macmillan Company. Washington Breutano's.
Prof. Clark depicts the trust as natural
development with possibly an evil influence
upon the industrial welfare of the people
He believes that as long as the trust does
not become monopolistic it is not necessa-
rily evil, but is merely an expression of the
law of Capitalization of capital But he
recognizes that it is the inevitable DISPOSE
ton of trust managers to become monopo-
lstic, by the crushing of competitors |
Therefore he holds that the surest way to |
prevent this development is to check the
crushing of competition actual or poten-
tial He lays stress upon the potential
competitor as deterrent upon the monop-
olistic tendencies of the trusts. That is, he
asserts that if the field is open to the possi- !
bic competitor the trust will not raise |
prices too high for the public welfare for |
fear that as soon as this is done rivals, at
Tod h,,t H.
into the field. Against this probability as
check upon the mOnopolistic tendency is
second probability that the trust will
crush the competitor by unfair means, such
as local rate-cutting, factors, agreements
with the retailers, and secret bargains with
the railroads. The possibility of such re-
pr1SalS deterS possible competitors from
entering the field. Therefore the author |
argues that the course of safety is for the |
state to provide a third probability in the /
form Of a threat of punishment in case
such methods of crushing competitors are |
employed. He believes that the common |
law prohibition of monopolies suffices to |
establish the principle and that with the |
aid of carefully drawn and ZealousIv exc
cuted statutes defining the illegal methods |
OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES such as those |
enumerated, the courts can hold the field
open to the actual or the potential rival
OF the trust. His presentation of the sub
Ject is instructive and in the main clear
He does not at times, however, sufficiently
elucidate all of his propositions, as for in
stance, he does not explain why as he as
serts, the revolutionary classes, socialists
anarchists, communists and the like favor
the trusts, leaving this point to the imagi-
nation of the reader. Nor, in dealing with
the potential competitor, does he sufficient
Iy take note of the difficulty of the rival in
securing raw materials to feed his mill
Again, he is somewhat difficult to follow
when, referring to reciprocal tariffs as a
possible remedy for the trust evil, he SAYS:
Nv Ill the trusts themselves favor it? viii
the general public do so? If mouopolies can
be curbed without changes in the tariff.
the answer to both of these questions is
Yes; II not, the answer in both cases is
NO The argument is temperate and the
author deprecates passionate discussion of a
subject so far-reaching and so complex
THE WAR OF THE CIVILIZATIONS: Being the
Record Of Foreign DEVILS Experiences
MIN MIN lhe Allies II china By George Lynch.
Illustrated. New York and London: LongInans
Green & Co.
Mr.. Lynch fastened to Tien Tsin for a
London newspaper as soon as the situation
at Pekin became acute, and arrived at the
former city just after the relief column
had started for the capital. He went I'D
country with the allies and entered Pekin
with the japanese troops. The burden of
his book is mainly loot" He scolds the
allied troops soundly for their cruel prac-
tices, points out case after case of wanton
destruction, outrage and slaughter and al
against the forces of civilization His svm-
pathies are evidently with the Chinese He
has few words of commendation for the
modern missionary in China, notes the evil
dences of commercial enterprise on the
part of some of those relieved and be-
speaks for the celestial the privilege of
leading his own life and pursuing his own
practices. There was undoubtedly much
more gross misconduct on the part of the
relieving armies than western civilization
cares to remember, save correctively and
Mr. Lynch does perhaps perform a service
IN thus setting forth some of the cases
which call for distinct reproof. But he an
pears to have allowed his Indignation over
the almost inevitable lapses of the mfxed
forces, assembled hastily and put through
dffhcult and dangerous task without \
proper degree OF supreme authority to I'm
away with his conception of the great
crime perpetrated by China. Wrongs there
may have been in the past on the pact of
the western powers, as in the opium war
but there can be no obscuring the dl1iv of
Christianity last year, when the very y:tals
OF modern progress Were threatened in CHI
ma and a situation impended watch would
have shocked the entire world and set hack
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