Without undertaking a summary of the argument on the various forms of business and political corruption the same point may be made with regard to them that was made with reference to the corruption in the professions, journalism, and the higher education,—namely that the major forms of evil are recognised and savagely criticised. To an even greater extent legislative action has been secured against the primarily political forms of corruption. The fight for the regulation of business is the great unsolved problem of our time, but so far as it is successful we may expect not only more honest business practices but also a favourable reaction upon political life. A great many means may be brought to bear to secure honesty in the buying and selling operations of the state and to prevent the corrupt toleration of vice. Their success will mean that the corrupt political manager will find himself deprived of some of his most lucrative sources of income. A strong impression prevails at the present time that corruption funds in general are much smaller in amount than a few years ago. In part this is perhaps due to a change of heart, in part to the fear, intensified by recent events, of exposure. Perhaps, however, it is still more largely the result of a conviction that the “goods” could not, or would not, in the present state of public opinion, be delivered by the politicians. It is evident that the more successful we are in thus drying up the income sources of venal political organisations the smaller will be the resources available in their hands for the extension and perpetuation of their power of control. FOOTNOTES: [53] “Sin and Society,” p. 78. [54] “Back to Beginnings,” Commencement Address, Oberlin College, June 28, 1905. [55] “The Nature of Political Corruption,” p. 46, _supra._