The Plain Facts as to the Trusts and the Tariff with Chapters on the Railroad Problem and Municipal Monopolies.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. xx, 451pp, (4pp). Very good. Tight and bright, the only mar a hand-lettered paper shelf label near foot of spine. Item #51124
Handsome second edition of this in-depth analysis of the burning turn-of--the-century issue. From the collection of William B. Allison (1829-1908), the powerful Iowa Republican who, as U.S. senator from that state (1873-1908), was one of the "big four" who controlled the Senate; as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee for most of those years, he championed tariff legislation and co-authored the Bland-Allison Act of 1878; as member of the Senate Finance Committee he was often courted by U.S. presidents to hold cabinet positions. Late 19th century bookplate on front pastedown notes: "Carnegie-Stout Free Library / Dubuque, Iowa. / Gift of / Hon. W.B. Allison" and until deaccessioned was part of Allison's non-circulating collection at his hometown public library across the street from his Dubuque residence. Notes Leland L. Sage in his 1956 biography "William Boyd Allison: A Study in Practical Politics," Allison owned "hundreds of books on government, economics, history, banking, finance, and the tariff.... An omnivorous reader, Allison doubtless read most of these volumes, if only for relaxation from the strain that accompanied his efforts to solve the many problems facing the Nation...."
Price: $75.00