499.48 ENTERED, ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1874, BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY, IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN Of Congress AT WASHINGTON. ΤΟ ALBERT P. STURTEVANT, Esq. THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED AS A TOKEN OF THE AUTHOR'S AFFECTIONATE REGARD. PREFACE. The chapters embraced in this work treat of the leading economic questions which are rife in our country. Although most of the chapters have appeared in magazines during the past two years, yet a unity will be found pervading the work. An attempt has been made to handle the questions in a thorough manner, to dig down for principles which are fundamental, though the author was conscious that, in so doing, the work would lose something of its interest to those glide over the surface of things. who only seek to If ever the ques tions of labor, money, exchange, taxation, and the like, are to receive a permanent settlement, they must be traced back into the region where prejudice and feeling do not enter, however dry and uninviting may be the investigation. Norwich, Conn., September, 1874. |