Marriage _not_ a failure--Rev. David Swing’s caustic comment--Views of Rabbi Silverman--Heartlessness of Divorce Court proceedings--Divorced persons debarred by the Queen of England--Sufferings of the children--“Vice is a monster of such hideous mien”--Shall we have a Constitutional Amendment restricting divorce?--Views of Bishop Foss and Bishop Whittaker--Position of the Catholic Church and of the Hebrews--“Church union cannot be combated”--“Burn the bridges”.....260 CHAPTER VIII. THE FARMER’S TROUBLES. Encumbered with mortgage--Energy of the farmer--Lack of capital--Labor--The farmer’s children and city life--“The borrower is servant to the lender”--The census valuation of farm lands--Hiram Sibley, the millionaire farmer--Twelve Vermont farms--The Western farmer and the railroads--Co-operative stores--“Land-poor”--Government aid for the farmers.....272 CHAPTER IX. THE RUM POWER. Harm done by the liquor traffic--Views of Bishop Warren, of the Methodist Church--Miss Frances Willard’s views--“Petroleum” Nasby--Rum in politics--Channing’s aphorism--Rev. Theodore Cuyler’s summary of statistics--Causes of drunkenness--Ways to reclaim the unfortunates--Control the demon by law--Public opinion--Bishop Foss’ reply--Restrictive measures.....288 CHAPTER X. NATIONAL DEFENCE. Our harbors useless--Caught napping by England--Troops and the Indians--General Sheridan’s last report--General Sherman’s protests--Congressional inactivity--Admiral Porter hammering at Congress--A blast from the late Samuel J. Tilden--Desertions from the army--Statistics from General Schofield’s report--Frontier life for the soldier--Major Sumner’s plan.....303 CHAPTER XI. LABOR. Laboring men--Their mistakes and their grievances--Labor sure to be imposed upon--Driving a sharp bargain--Low wages resulting from competition--A laborer in chains recently brought for sale into the market-place of a New England town--But the people rise in their wrath--Does _practical_ slavery exist in the United States?--Coal miners and factory hands compared with the _consistados_ of South America--The store system of credits--Resulting evils to the laborers.....318 CHAPTER XII. SELF-HELP FOR LABOR. The importance of being a “full-handed workman”--_Successful_ mechanics know more than one branch of business--This quality developed in new countries--Votes of laborers controlled by corporations--A curious experience in the West.....336 CHAPTER XIII. IMMIGRATION. America is a home--Not an asylum--Liberty is not license--No paupers need apply--Nor any contract laborers--Skilled labor welcome, if it comes to stay--Immigrant farmers will do us good--Too much hurry in granting citizenship--Foreign faction fights must not be kept up here--Transplanted stock improves rapidly.....351 CHAPTER XIV. ANNEXATION.