The Making of America (Volume 10) (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Excerpt: ... Pasteur VII 34 Plant life V 4 Railroads, used by VII 85 U.8. and VII 84 (See also electricity) Chemicals Truste, statistics of III 164 Chicago Astronomy and VII 78 Buildings, high, originated in I 289 Crime in II 109 Grain speculation, center of III 385 Immigrants and trades unions in VIII 226 Isthmian canal Pacific trade II 189 Lumber market III 361 Packing center, its rise as V 176 Population, Its heterogeneous II 113 Western industry, and III 368 Chicago (U. 8. cruiser) IX 292-3 Chicago & Great Western railroad... Ownership of III 332 Chicago, University of, (see Univer- sity of Chicago) Chickens Production V 30 Child labor VIII 15 Abuses of VIII 82 America, and VIII 15 Coal mines and VIII 354 Education and I 104 Education, compulsory VI.I 60 Employers, requirements of VIII 59 Exploited by machinery VIiI 373 Factory acts, lprovoked VIII 73 Hours VIII 61 Ideal law VIII 65 Illiteracy laws VIII 60 Law, evading VIII 63 Laws, in various states VIII 57 Inadequacy of VIII 62 Legislation, early VIII 64 Legislation, (Florence Kelley)...VIII 56 Massachusetts laws VIII 56 Night work VIII 62 South, in the VIII 83 Children '. Aiding poor X 162 Charity and X 6 Cost of homes X 32 Criminal statistics of X 132 Crippled X 159 Cruelty to X 165 Defectives, care of X 157 George junior republic X 166 Girls, reform schools for X 166 Public nurseries X 34 Race suicide and X 208 State aid for poor X 163 Summer colonies for X 169 (See also orphans) China Agreement between and the powers II 227 America the friend of II 260 American geographical advan- tages II 262 American rights to open door II 133 As buyer of American cotton IV 115 British and American trade with IV 8-9 Commercial interest in II 248 Cotton, American supplies of, to, .III 100 Cotton mills of: .. ..II 251 Europe, compared industrially with I...