And no figures would remind us of their standing at the bar and in the courts; with the press, the pulpit, the colleges, schools, and in society.

And even if all their property and all their power could be stated in exact terms, it would not show their _relative_ wealth and strength.

We must not ask how much they have.
_We must ask how much they haven't got_."[31] But over against this economic power the small capitalists, farmers, shopkeepers, landlords, and small business men, have a political power that is equally overwhelming.

Until the "trusts" came into being, no issue united this enormous mass.

Yet they are still capitalists, and what they want, except the few who still dream of competing with the "trusts," is not to annihilate the latter's power, but to share it.