Great Increase in Immigration.

Change in Its Character.

Gain in Percentage from Southern Europe over that from Northern Europe.

Reasons Why These Foreigners Emigrate to America.

The Immigration Act of 1907.

And Its Effect.

The Emigration of Italians.

Slavs in the United States.

The Jews.

The Question of Oriental Immigration.

Dangers of Increasing Immigration.

Foreign Colonies in Chicago and Other Cities.

Increase in Criminality.

The Chief Problem.

Emigration of United States Farmers to Canada.

CHAPTER XII. NOTABLE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

The Northern Securities Company Case.

The Alonzo Bailey Case.

Case of Loewe vs. Lawler, or the Danbury Hatters Case.

The Standard Oil Case.

The Case of the American Tobacco Company.

CHAPTER XIII. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT"S SECOND ADMINISTRATION, CONTINUED

President Roosevelt"s Advocacy of a Larger and More Efficient Navy.

Rear-Admiral Evans"s Effective Work.

Cruise of the Atlantic Fleet.

Unusual Honors Tendered by Brazil and Other Countries Visited by the Fleet.

Purchase and Settlement of Oklahoma Territory.

Indian System of Government.

Oklahoma and Indian Territory Admitted to the Union.

Exclusion of j.a.panese Students in San Francisco and President Roosevelt"s Prompt Action.

Child-Labor in the United States.

The Beveridge-Parsons Bill.

New Uses of Electricity.

Wireless Telegraphy, Air-Ships and Submarine Boats.

Business and Political Reforms.

Advances in Educational Work.

Notable Gifts of Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Rockefeller.

CHAPTER XIV. THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1908

The Republican Convention.

William H. Taft Nominated for President.

Other Candidates for Nomination.

James S. Sherman Nominated for Vice-President.

The Democratic Convention.

And Its Nominations.

Platforms of Both Parties.

The Socialist Convention and Platform.

Convention of the Prohibition Party and Its Platform.

Lack of Campaign "Issues."

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