Pure Food and Drugs Law. Investigation of Meat-Packing Methods. The Earthquake in San Francisco. Relief Fund. Rebuilding of the City. CHAPTER X. THE FINANCIAL PANIC OF 1907 Popular Explanations of Its Cause. The Real Causes. Insolvency of Knickerbocker Trust Company. Lack of Confidence in Financial Institutions. Aid from the United States Treasury's Surplus Fund. Enormous Amounts Paid Out to Depositors. Radical Steps Taken by Bankers. "Emergency Currency" Issued. Strengthening of the New York Stock Exchange. Gold from Foreign Countries. Sale of Panama Bonds and Notes. Confidence Restored. Discussions Concerning Financial System. The Aldrich-Vreeland Act. CHAPTER XI. IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION 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 Japanese 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." Personal Fitness of the Candidates. Fear of the Power of Great Corporations. Efficiency of President Roosevelt's Administration. Results of the Election. CHAPTER XV. THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT TAFT Inauguration of President Taft. His Cabinet. Increase of Salaries of Principal Executive Officers. Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.