[Letter] June 22,1901,616 West 113th Street,[N.Y.C] [to F.H. Giddings]

June 22, 1901, 616 West 113th Street, [N.Y.C.]

Dear Friend:
        Can you give
me a bit of advice?
We are wrestling with
the problem of christening
my little work on
Trusts. It is argumentative
entirely and aims to
show that a certain
definite policy would
transform the trust
from a predatory arrival
to a useful agent of
production. The idea
would be partly expressed
by the phrase The
Trusts Disarmed; but
that would suggest a
fighting agent overcome
by fighting. The Trust
Redeemed would express
the idea more fully; but
the word has a theological
suggestion. The Trust
Transformed would be
simpler and would partly
convey the idea; but it
might suggest merely
a transformation made
by the managers of the
trust in their own
interest. The Future
of the Trust might
suggest pending changes
and leave the reader to
find out what they
are to be. It would not
be as vigorous an idea as
some of the others.
How to Deal with Trusts
is the title of one of the
articles and might do.
Mr. Booth suggests
The Control of Trusts,
which is not bad. The
central idea is not merely
the controlling but the
utilizing of the trust.
At this date I incline
towards The Future of the
Trust, but would be very glad
if you would tell me how
the various phrases strike
you. It occurs to me to add
that a speech which I made
in Chicago was on a subject
like The Trust without Monopoly
though the form was larger.

        Yours Very Truly,
           John B. Clark

P.S.
Freedom under the Trust expresses the same idea
and so does Trusts, Freedom, and Expansion.