American Cotton and Wool Reporter, 303. American industries in Canada, 294. American Ironmaster, 96. American Thread Trust Co., 263. American Tin Plate Association: questionable methods of, 192. American Woollen Co., 354. product of, 354. capital of, 354. “American working-man,” 336. Amnesty, 75. Anti-trust Bill, 200, 201. Arkwright Club, 316. attempts union with European manufacturers, 356. Arthur, President: appoints commission, 101. message to Congress, of, 109. as protectionist, 110. and Dorsey, 176. Attack on Whitman, 303, 304, 305. Attorney-General, 44. Average earnings, 259. Baird, Henry C., 106. Barbour, Wm., 268. Basket willows, 298. Bayard, 127. Beck, James B.: character of, 112. filibustering of, 117. insubordination of, 118. as member of tariff conference, 127. Beef Trust: benefited by duty on hides, 267. strength of, 275. effect of Dingley Bill on, 276. “Belshazzar’s Feast,” 176, 177. Bennett, Frank P., 13. and Whitman, 303, 304, 305, 306. Bingham, Judge, 40, 44. Blaine, James G., 11, 19. speaker of Congress, 54. and tariff reformers, 70. slipperiness of, 96. republican candidate, 140. and Industrial League, 174. and “monopoly” dinner, 177. suggestions of, regarding surplus, 188. and the trusts, 200. and foreign trade, 203, 204. and “Hell Gate,” 210. Bleakie, Robert: personal experience of, 286. Bombay, 91. Book-making, 30. Boteler, Alexander R., 102. Brandeis: appears for consumers, 258. Brice, 221, 222, 223. Brinkerhoff, Gen. R.: resolution of, in Republican platform, 54. and Greeley and Carey, 55. lecture campaign of, 70. recollections of, 71, 72. and Democrats, 83. Bristow, 309. Brooklyn Gas Light Co., 23. Bryan, Wm. J., 241. Budget: of one family of four, 265. of one woman, 265, 266. Business depression, 143. Business embarrassments, 32. Butler, Ben: compromise plank of, 139. Cameron, Senior, 65. Campaign of 1884: scandal of, 177. Campaign of 1888, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179. Canada, 2, 24. American industries in, 294. Cannon, Joseph, 197. Carlisle, John G.: on House Committee, 113. principles of, 118, 119. candidate for speakership, 133. ability of, 134, 135. early life of, 134. elected speaker, 137. Carlisle and Randall factions, 141, 142. Carnegie: as illustration, 172. testimony of, 298, 299. Cary, Henry C., II. as high tariff champion, 56. as author, 56. intolerance of, 56, 57. Census of 1880, 98, 99. Chandler, Zach, 22. fights for copper bill, 46. Chase: attitude on tariff, 6. as free-trader, 9. Secretary of Treasury, 10. arranges amendments to Morrill Bill, 10. Chicago _Tribune_, 55. Child labor, 343. Cincinnati _Gazette_, 55. Civil War: changes wrought by, 28. Clarke Mile End Spool Cotton Co., 263. Clay, Henry, 2, 17.