One reason that government regulation of natural monopolies is essential is a) to ensure that competition continues to flourish. b) to create more opportunities for corporate investment. c) to allow more customer input into methods of production. d) to prevent the monopoly from raising prices uncontrollably.

The essential reason for government regulation of natural monopolies is D) to prevent the monopoly from raising prices uncontrollably, because in a natural monopoly only can exist one supplier, whereby, in the natural monopolies is impossible that exist competitors in the same industry, for that reason the supplier in an industry could abuse of his advantage and his market position by implementing arbitrary high costs to customers. So, with the purpose to prevent that possible unjust and unfair actions, the Government has to regulate the natural monopolies.

i believe the answer is:

-   william jennings bryan is a democrat while mckinley was a republican

at that time, the segment of population that choose for democratic party were the voters with low economic background and vice versa

- william jennings has support of populists and wants to have inflation to farmers while mckinley has support of bankers and businessmen , doesn't want inflation

the fixed value of gold make the large business able to stack up their gold without   being worried that it would devaluated.

- william jennings supported the silver standard while mckinley supported the gold standard

according to jenning, using other metal beside gold could the poor people to have more purchasing power and them advance in the society.

the awenser wuold be slaves