By the turn of the century, a middle class had developed that was leery of both the business elite and the somewhat radical political movements of farmers and laborers in the Midwest and West.

• 上世纪末出现了一些持中间立场的人，他们既不信任企业界的上层人物，又怀疑中西部和中部地区农民和工人们参加的较为激进的政治运动。