Volume Iv Part 4 (1/2)

Statistics of Immigration.

CHAPTER VI. THE EXPOSITION OF 1876.

Origin of the Plan.

Organization.

Financial Basis.

Conclusion to Make it a World Affair.

To be at Philadelphia.

Building.

Opening Exercises.

The Main Building.

Arrangement and Contents.

The American Exhibit.

Machinery Hall.

The Corliss Engine.

Agricultural Hall.

Memorial Hall.

The Art Exhibit.

Horticultural Hall.

Minor Arrangements and Structures.

The Fourth of July Celebration.

Original Copy of the Declaration of Independence Read.

Interest in the Philadelphia Exposition.

CHAPTER VII. ECONOMIC POLITICS

Reduction of National Debt.

Refunding.

Surplus.

Tariff.

Its History since the War.

Policy of the Political Parties.

Tariffs of 1890 and 1894.

Trusts.

The Dollar of the Fathers.

Resumption of Specie Payments.

The Promissory Greenback.

Fiat Greenback Theory.

And Party.

Great Strike of 1877.

Labor Movement and Labor Question.

Corporations.

Their Evil Influence.

Counter-organizations.

Growth of our Urban Population.