Capital and labor . the Public. This means national ownership of all industries, oras many of them as the people wish to absorb collec-tively. This is a great question, and we will not taketime now to discuss it farther here, but will take it upmore fully in certain other chapters of this book. The foregoing are a few of the many remedies thathave been offered to cure the Trust evil. Concerningthe last remedy mentioned, there has been much oppo-sition expressed, and also much has been said in favorof it. It is, indeed, a burning question of the age as THE CAUSE OF LABOBs DISCONTENT. 135 to whi
Capital and labor . the Public. This means national ownership of all industries, oras many of them as the people wish to absorb collec-tively. This is a great question, and we will not taketime now to discuss it farther here, but will take it upmore fully in certain other chapters of this book. The foregoing are a few of the many remedies thathave been offered to cure the Trust evil. Concerningthe last remedy mentioned, there has been much oppo-sition expressed, and also much has been said in favorof it. It is, indeed, a burning question of the age as THE CAUSE OF LABOBs DISCONTENT. 135 to which is preferable, the public or private ownershipof the industries. We iavite you to wait until youhave read all the chapters of this book before youform ypur opiuion as to the reasonableness of the sev-enth remedy above given. That the Trusts and Monopolies in the United Stateshave caused great discontent and restlessness amongthe laboring class is quite apparent to the careful stu-dent of the times. CHAPTEE XI. Ma. We have referred mainly to the United States andpartly to England in our preceding statements con-cerning Trusts and Monopolies. The situation as it isnow seen in the United States is only a modificationof similar conditions that are prevailing in other partsof the globe. It is both interesting and profitable totake a birds-eye view of the Trusts, Monopolies andof the Labor agitations as they are playing theirchanging dramas on the great stage of the civilizedworld. The facts that we shall hereafter present inthis chapter have been gathered by original investi-gation, and from certain reports of consuls of theUnited States who sent special reports in answer toinstructions from the department of state. Let usfirst take a passing glance at 136 THE WOELD-WIDB STETTGGLB AGAINST MONOPOLT. 137 AUSTEIA. The city of Vienna is designated as the birthplace ofthe Trusts of Central Europe, and the 9th of May,1873, is mentioned as the day of their birth, becausefrom that time o
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