Give us by law
an industrial code that will minimize the exploitation of the weak
by the strong, bringing a good measure of security and comfort to all,
and such outrages as those of the McNamara brothers will cease, or
at worst will be merely sporadic and generally condemned. Allow present
conditions to drift on without sharp legal guidance, and such outrages
will certainly become more and more numerous. The alternative that
confronts the modern world is plainly evolution by law or revolution
by violence. Individualism: J. S. Mill, On Liberty. H. Spencer,
Principles of Ethics, part iv, chaps, XXV-XXIX; Social Statics; and
many other writings. J. H. Levy, The Outcome of Individualism. Various
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control: Florence Kelley, Some Ethical Gains through Legislation. Jane
Addams, Newer Ideals of Peace. E. A. Ross, Social Control, chap. XXXI.
D. S. Ritchie, Principles of State Interference. J. W. Jenks,
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of the Individual to the Industrial Situation, chap. VI. W. J. Brown,
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