A. W. STILL, Editor "Gazette," Birmingham, England.-A Criticism CLEM STUDEBAKER, Manufacturer, South Bend, Ind.-The Economic H. H. SWAIN, Montana State Normal School.-The Relation of an HOWARD S. TAYLOR, Prosecuting Attorney, City of Chicago.-Ad- ...... 146 575 537 ROBERT S. TAYLOR, Member Indiana Bar.-The Main Problem- How Shall We Distinguish Among Corporations?.... F. B. THURBER, President United States Export Association.—The Bogey Monster: A Thing to Be Regulated and Encouraged.... 124 BENJAMIN R. TUCKER, Editor New York "Liberty."-The Attitude of Anarchism Toward Industrial Combinations.. JAMES R. WEAVER, Professor Political Economy de Pauw University. A. Leo WEIL, Member Pennsylvania Bar.-The Combination in His- HENRY WHITE, General Secretary United Garment Workers of 323 C. D. WILLARD, Los Angeles Board of Trade.—The Trust as a Logi- DUDLEY G. WOOTEN, Member Texas Legislature.-Principles and 42 427 PREFACE. The discussion of the general subject of trusts and trade combinations during the past summer occupied seemingly more than any other the public mind. The greatest need in such discussions seemed, to use the happy expression of Lyman Abbott, to be light and not heat. For the purpose of eliciting the fullest possible discussion of such subjects from all standpoints, the Civic Federation of Chicago invited the Governors of the various states and the leading commercial, industrial and labor organizations to send delegates to a conference to be held in Chicago from the 13th to the 16th of September. A considerable number also of students of economics from the various colleges and universities were invited to give expression to their views upon the same general topic. The response to this invitation was gratifying, and a most able and intelligent body of men from all parts of the country assembled for such conference. The delegates appointed by the governors represented every interest in the respective states, including congressmen, excongressmen, ex-governors, ex-supreme court judges, attorneysgeneral, presidents of banks, presidents of railroads, manufacturing and commercial organizations, and representatives of labor, agricultural and educational interests. In the arrangement of the program especial care was taken that every side of the general subject should be represented in the discussion by its ablest advocates. At the opening of the conference there seemed among the delegates to be a widespread suspicion as to the fairness of the discussions, and a feeling that some political motive might be |