. Review of reviews and world's work. nd combinations, in-tended to restrict business, create monopolies, andcontrol prices, should be effectively points to publicity as a helpful influence, andsuggests uniformity of legislation in the severalStates. * Combinations of capital which controlthe market in commodities necessary to the gen-eral use of the people, by suppressing natural andordinary competition, thus enhancing prices tothe general consumer, he considers obnoxiousto the common law and the public welfare ; callsthem dangerous conspiracies, and says they ought to be subjec
. Review of reviews and world's work. nd combinations, in-tended to restrict business, create monopolies, andcontrol prices, should be effectively points to publicity as a helpful influence, andsuggests uniformity of legislation in the severalStates. * Combinations of capital which controlthe market in commodities necessary to the gen-eral use of the people, by suppressing natural andordinary competition, thus enhancing prices tothe general consumer, he considers obnoxiousto the common law and the public welfare ; callsthem dangerous conspiracies, and says they ought to be subject to prohibitory or penallegislation. Mr. McKinley calls attention tothe importance to the working-man of thatgeneral condition of prosperity which givesabundant-employment and makes possible goodwages ; and he intimates his belief in short payment in high-standard money. As to•civil-service reform, he declares that the future?of the merit system is safe in the hands of party. He says that this system, so. PASTING IT IN HIS HAT. The American working-man agrees with Mr. the St. Paul PUmecr-Prcss. far as practicable, is made the basis for appoint-ments in our new territory. He further calls at-tention to those modifications of the civil-servicerules that were made in May, 1899, and to whichmuch exception was taken at the time, and de-clares that the changes have been vindicated byexperience. Very much the greater part of Mr,^Inoubit^ McKinleys letter is devoted to a dis-cussion of what has been attemptedand accomplished in the islands which have comeinto close relations with us in consequence of thewar with Spain. That which relates to Cuba isso compact a statement that we may properlyquote it all. It is as follows : We have been in possession of Cuba since the 1st ofJanuary, 1899. We have restored order and establisheddomestic tranquillity. We have fed the starving,clothed the naked, and ministered to the sick. We haveimproved the sanitar
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