Underwriters' Association formed, Unemployed, result of relief works, 220, 454.
Register,' or Green Book, 220, Uniformity, Acts of, 205, 259.
Underwriters, their method of busi-
ness with Lloyd's, 220, 453. Unemployed, The, 202, 624-the promise of legislation, ib.-history of the poor-law, 625-Amendment Act, 626-Mr Chamberlain's circular to Boards of Guardians, 627-Sir Henry Fowler's, ib.—meetings on Tower Hill, 628-recommendations of select committees, 629-the Mansion House scheme, 630-Mr Long's scheme, ib.-difficulties of selection by enquiry, 631-633-of providing work, 633-recidivisme of applicants, ib.-casual labour, 634 -effect and cost of relief-works, ib.-report of the Mansion House Committee, 635-' unemployables,' 637-methods of treatment, 638- 640 - increase of pauperisation, 640, 644-four classes of unem- ployed, 641-remedial measures, 643-the need of social science, 645.
The, and the Poor Law, 204, 228-Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, 229-its faulty ad- ministration, 230-reduction and increase of pauperism in certain districts, 232-proposed centralisa- tion scheme, 234-the Commission of 1834, 235, 238-the present Commission, 235 views on the relief of the unemployed, 236-239 -efforts to increase the fluidity of labour, 239-administration of a relief fund, 240, 246-Report of the Central Executive Committee, 240- 247-loss of self-reliance, 242--- emigration, 243-peasant pro- prietary, ib.-various schemes, 244 -condemnation of emigration, 245.
Workmen Act of 1905, 206, 72; 210, 553, 561, 569.
Unionist free-traders, proposed tem- porary alliance with the Liberal party, 202, 317.
leaders, their conciliatory atti- tude under the Home Rule crisis, 221, 277, 282-284-policy of a national solution, 293.
party, their defeat of 1906, 204, 571-causes for the unpopularity, 572.
character of their policy, 210, 623; 212, 607, 610-612.
their policy on the Home Rule Bill, 212, 283-286-preservation of the House of Lords, 286-294- opposition to the policy of Social- ism, 294-fundamental faith, 305 -advice from Lord Cromer, ib.- proposed postponement of Tariff Reform, 608.
constitution, 213, 502-motives of opposition, ib.-policy of Tariff Reform, 503-views on Socialism, 504-policy of Imperialism, 507 -need for a definite policy, 519; 214, 597.
policy of constitutional reform, 214, 294.
result of the Tariff Reform policy, 215, 289.
their proposed land reform, 219, 603-614.
their pledge to support Ulster, 220, 270-result of the proposed exclusion, 280-283-need for a guarantee in the event of being returned to power, 590.
Record, The, 204, 276- sketch of the period, 277-Lord Salisbury accepts office in 1885, 278-Mr Gladstone's destruction of the traditional policy, 279-282-his neglect of foreign policy, 282-Lord
Salisbury's principles of policy, 283 -his relations with the Balkan States, 284-Russia, ib.-United States, 285-France, ib.-Germany, 285-287-his motto, 287-relations with the colonies, 288-291-causes of the war in South Africa, 291–293 -Lord Beaconsfield's warning on unity, 294 result of Mr Glad- stone's Irish policy, 295-domestic legislation, 296–298. Unionists, The Liberal, and the
Duke of Devonshire, 216, 258— formation of the party, 266, 268— result, 273. See Devonshire. United Kingdom, population, 212, 481-foreign trade, 484-tonnage of the merchant navy, 486-de- posits of banks, 489-national debt, 496, 498-expenditure on the army and navy, 500-amount of taxation, 502-cost of living, 506-national income, 509; 213, 325-national wealth, 212, 511.
foreign trade, 213, 326. total expenditure on
hospitals, 215, 572 note.
The Making of the, 202, 88-Professor Larned's 'Lite- rature of American History,' 90— G. Bancroft's 'History of the United States,' 91-R. Hildreth's history, ib.-A. B. Hart's 'The Formation of the Union, 1750- 1829,' 92-J. Fiske's New France and New England,' 93—Professor W. Wilson's History of the Amer- ican People,' 94-97-Cambridge Modern History,' 97-102, 115—S. Fisher's 'True History of the Amer- ican Revolution,' 102-104-C. H. Van Tyne's 'The Loyalists in the American Revolution,' 104-107-
Sir G. Trevelyan's 'American Re- volution,' 107-110-Vicomte de Noaille's history, 110-112-A. B. Hart's Foundations of American Foreign Policy,' 113-S. Fisher's 'Evolution of the Constitution of the United States,' 117-119-G. C. Lee's True History of the Civil War,' 119-H. L. Carson's 'Su- preme Court of the United States,' 121.
United States, poultry-plants,' 202, 142-result of Protection, 271- specialised industries, 277-reci- procity treaty with Canada, 549– trade, 560.
amount of wheat exported, 203, 575-affected by the designs of Russia, 601.
banking system, 204, 191 -amount of the production of gold, 199-amount coined, ib.-appoint- ment of the Commission on Inter- national Exchange, 203—relations with England, 285-gifts to Uni- versities, 500.
development of the navy, 205, 308, 316, 325; 211, 559-war with Spain, 205, 309-rate of ship- building, 326-strength of the navy, 327-regulations for speed-limits of motor-cars, 523.
Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 206, 168-system of in- come tax, 347.
increase of naval expendi- ture, 207, 2; 211, 555-construc- tion, 207, 6, 20-system of Trusts, 29—amount of railroad capital held by English investors, 248-table of nominal and market value of in- vestments, 249, 256, 265—system of legislation, 299-Civil War, 595; 211, 314; 213, 322; 214, 20, 494; 215, 12-case of the 'Trent,' 207, 595.
United States, population, 209, 169 -banking system, 183-trade rela- tions with Canada, 187-corruption in municipal trade, 427-Report of the National Civic Federation, 428- candidates for the Presidency, 449 -cost of the campaign, 451-cur- rency system, 452-Socialism, 455 -use of the injunction process in labour disputes, 457-tariff reform, 461-prosecutions of Trusts, 465— naval programme, 484-486.
the war-cry of 'taxation involves representation,' 210, 279 -result of conferring political rights on negroes, 295.
defects of democratic government, 211, 314.
through Foreign Spec- tacles, The, 211, 367-earlier English critics, ib.-Mr Bryce's influence, 368-foreign writers, 369 -P. Adam's 'Vues d'Amérique,' 370-power of the dollar, 372-the wealthy bride, 374-boastfulness, 375-the wealth-builder, 376- philanthropy, 377-Mr Wells and socialism, 378—the spirit of indi- vidualism, 379, 386-H. James' 'The American Scene,' 380-on deterioration, 381-other writers, 382-slang, ib.-yellow journalism, 383-flamboyant patriotism, ib.- love of legislation, 385-387-im- migrants, 387-religion, 389 spirit of optimism, 391-literature and art, 392—' materialism,' ib.— capacity of filling any position, 394.
number of Socialists, 213, 165 on the decrease of shipping, 322-method of controlling plays, 369-the Monroe doctrine, 460, 462 -the Drago doctrine, 462-rela- tions with the Latin republic, 482; 215, 461-copyright law, 213, 484, 499-system of registration, 496- number of Dreadnoughts, 551-size of guns, 555.
United States, proposal for the abo- lition of privateering, 214, 4, 17 -Propositions for the Definitive Treaty,' ib.-commercial treaties, 7 -treaty with Sweden, ib.-with Prussia, 9-views on acceding to the Declaration of Paris, 17-export of timber, 99-consumption, 100, 505 -establishment of forest reserves, 100-evil of the system of adver- tisements, 174.
Politics and Parties in the, 214, 225—-Mr Bryce's work on 'The American Common- wealth,' 225-227-triumph of De- mocracy, 227-result of the elec- tions, 228-overturn in Congress, 229-changes in the Tariff, 230- fears on the maintenance equality, 232 on the acquirement of wealth, ib.—the 'direct primary movement, 233-interpretation of the constitutional law, 234-in- crease in the cost of living, 235— reception of Mr Roosevelt, 236- difficulties of his position, 237- views on Tariff revision, ib.—' New Nationalism,' 239-relations with the Republican Old Guard, 241- charged with insincerity, 242-Mr Dix selected as Democratic candi- date, 243-defeats of Mr Roosevelt, 245-personality of Dr W. Wil- son, ib.-of Governor Harmon, 247-policy of Mr Taft, 248-danger to the Democrats from internal dissension, 249-curtailment of the power of the Speaker, ib.
destruction caused by forest fires, 214, 327 note-preserva- tion of the fauna and flora, 346- acquisition of art treasures, 373, 378-purchasing power, 377-col- liery explosions, 413-system of watering coalfields, 425-result of research, 428.
and Canada, Reciprocity between, 214, 491. See Reciprocity.
United States, the Referendum in, 214, 520-529-three different forms, 520-originally for State constitu- tions, 521-the constitutional refer- endum, 522-results of experience, 522-527-a popular institution, 524 -a modifying clause, 525-right of popular demand for it, ib.-ex- pense, 528-different circumstances in England, ib.
-, imports and exports by land and sea, 215, 13-number of steamers, 14-average tonnage, ib. -amount of loanable capital avail- able for investment abroad, 59- Reciprocity Bill, 280, 286-cha- racter of the Consular Service, 446, 457-amount of the trade, 450- cost of the Consular Service, ib.- salaries, 451-method of super- vision, 452-system of intelligence, 453 International Bureau of American Republics, ib.-grant of concessions, 454-alliance with Mexico, 458-result of the Mon- roe doctrine, 459-charges against, 460.
Steel Corporation, 216, 177-gigantic industry, ib.-inves- tigation into the working, 179— reports, 180-sketch of the in- dustry previous to the formation of the Steel Corporation, 180-197 -rupture between the Carnegie Company and the unions, 184-189 -introduction of labour-saving machinery, 185-expansion of the industry, 189-export trade, ib.- practice of dumping, 190-re- visions of the tariff, 191-195— creation of holding companies, 195– 197--number of companies taken over to form the Steel Corpora- tion, 197-total capitalisation, 198 -organisation, 199-201.
system of plurality rule, 216, 3-naval expenditure, 241- 244-town-planning scheme, 507,
-City-planning Conference, 508— production of coal, 567-quality, 568.
United States, Wall Street Stock Exchange, 217, 107-causes of the Civil War, 210-negotiations with Colombia on the Panama route, 300 -the Hay-Herran Treaty, ib. See Panama Canal.
The Political Situation in the, 217, 535-views of Mr Roosevelt on the Progressive movement, 536-Chicago National Convention, ib.-policy of Mr Taft, 537, 545-the power of the 'in- visible government,' 538-differ- ence between the Republican and Democratic parties, 539-proposed technical reforms in the election machinery, ib.-cost of elections, 540-other Progressive measures, 540-544-Mr Taft's character as President, 545-his revision of the tariff, 546-550-the Railway Bill, 547-proposed adoption of a non- partisan Tariff Commission, 548- Mr Roosevelt's views on tariff re- vision, 550-prosecutions of the trusts, 551-imposition of a Cor- poration Tax, ib.-proposed estab- lishment of a National Interstate Industrial Commission, 552 - Governor Wilson's denunciations of the trusts, 553-treatment of the Reciprocity Act, 554-the Panama Canal tolls, 555-result of the election, 557.
trade with Canada, 218, 189 result of the increasing number of divorces, 252–254 — fishery rights, 448.
result of higher education on women, 219, 152-amount of customs duties, 317-University of Harvard, number of courses on Political Economy, 406-consump- tion of timber, 449-average annual
cut and growth, ib.-amount ex- ported, 450-strength of the navy, 497, 507-population, 584. United States, control of British cables, 220, 136-increasing demand for petrol, 179-' Act to provide for the establishment of Federal Re- serve Banks to furnish an Elastic Currency,' 481.
the Settlement Movement in, 221, 224. See Settlement. Unity, Imperial, and the Colonial Conference, 206, 1. See Imperial.
Universities, Irish, Bill, character of the, 209, 263.
University Education in Lon- don, Royal Commission on, 218,
Upward, Allen, The East End of Europe,' 210, 683.
Urban VIII, Pope, his bull excom- municating the use of tobacco in churches, 219, 140 note.
532-early history, 533-an ex-Urfé, H. d', influence of his 'Astrée,' amining university,' ib.-establish- 206, 31, 219.
ment of a teaching, 534-constitu-
tion and functions of the Senate, Urquhart, D., on the Kutzo-Vlachs,
534-539-question of the constitu-
tion of a new governing body, 537-Urusoff, Prince, Assistant-Minister of the Academic and External Coun- cils, 538-the Faculties and Boards of Studies, ib.-size of the Senate, 539-relations between the Uni- versity and its Schools, 540-com- pared with other Universities, ib. -recent origin of the colleges, 541 -the teachers, ib.- incorporated colleges,' 542-the right of examin- ing students, 543—Imperial College of Science and Technology, ib.- relations between the University and Imperial College, 544-instruc- tion for medical students, 545- system of clinical teaching, 546— the future housing, 547.
the Interior, his speech to the Duma, 205, 607-resigns office, 608-on the organisers of the massacres, 612. Urville, J. D. d', 'Voyage de la Cor- vette l'Astrolabe,' 216, 62.
Urwick, E. J., 'The Settlement Movement in England and America,' 221, 216.
education, essentials, 219, 204.
Usher, R. G., The Reconstruction of the English Church,' 216, 87-90 -Pan-Germanism,' 221, 415.
Utility Poultry Club, 202, 134— result of competitions, 136. Utrecht, Peace of, 205, 28; 214, 14, 257, 264.
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