Word: offing
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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This evening at 7.30 in Harvard 1, Mr. George McAneny will talk informally, under the auspices of the Civil Service Reform Club, on the present problems of civil service reform, with special reference to the young college graduate's field of usefulness. Mr. McAneny's long experience as secretary of...
Professor Jenks of Cornell, delivered the last of his series of lectures on trusts last night, on the subject of "Social Effects and Legislation."
Many writers on trusts think that the worst evil connected with them is their introduction of corruption into politics, but it is questionable whether trusts do this any more than corporations such as gas companies and railroads. The real evil lies in the legislative system, certain members of which introduce...
The social evils are of greater consequence. The democratic system of government needs individual self-reliance, and the competitive system in business develops this. Trusts bring about the opposite result, setting aside competition, and saving the weak by sheltering them in combinations. This makes little difference in the industrial world...
There are many remedies to palliate the evil. The Interstate Commerce Act may be enforced so as to prevent discrimination of freight rates. Patent laws could be changed to leave the manufacture of any article free, but provide a royalty for the inventor, thus securing a reward for the right...