The negative side of that question might draw arguments of facts from
“Social Progress” by Dr. Josiah Strong, “The History of the People of the
United States” by McMaster. To keep your mind clear from haunting doubts,
however, avoid such books on the other side as “The Tramp at Home,” by
Lee Meriwether, “American Pauperism,” by Isidor Ladoff, “The Menace of
Privilege,” by Henry George, “Poverty,” by Robert Hunter.
It would be well also, _not_ to read of the Life Insurance revelations,
nor the facts which disclose how corporations corrupt and control the
politicians.
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