History of the Great American FortunesModern Library, 1936 - 732 páginas For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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... brought out privately . But later young , fearless men came into the publishing world ; and in 1917 Horace Liveright brought out a regular edition of the book on Tammany with additions to date . History of the Great American For- tunes ...
... brought out privately . But later young , fearless men came into the publishing world ; and in 1917 Horace Liveright brought out a regular edition of the book on Tammany with additions to date . History of the Great American For- tunes ...
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... brought millions of dollars to planters and traders . But his inventive ability and perseverance , at least in his crea- tion of the cotton gin , brought him little more than a multitude of in- fringements upon his patent , refusals to ...
... brought millions of dollars to planters and traders . But his inventive ability and perseverance , at least in his crea- tion of the cotton gin , brought him little more than a multitude of in- fringements upon his patent , refusals to ...
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... brought about terrible hardships to the wage workers . Did the Government step in and assist them ? At no time . But during all those years the Government was busy in letting the shippers dig into the public funds and in being extremely ...
... brought about terrible hardships to the wage workers . Did the Government step in and assist them ? At no time . But during all those years the Government was busy in letting the shippers dig into the public funds and in being extremely ...
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PREFACE TO THE 1936 EDITION | 19 |
PREFACE TO THE 1909 EDITION | 25 |
CHAPTER I | 31 |
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acres amount Astor bankers banking became bill bonds bribed bribery brought capital capitalists cent Chapter charged coal commercial Commission Congress corporations corruption defrauded directors Erie Railroad extortion fact force fortune franchises frauds fraudulent funds Gould and Fisk Government Harriman House hundred Huntington immense industrial interests Interstate Commerce Commission investigating committee issue J. P. Morgan John Jacob Astor labor land grant large number legislative Legislature loot magnates manufacturers ment merchants methods millions of dollars multimillionaire officials owners ownership Pacific Railroad Company paid passed Pennsylvania plunder political profits propertied classes Railway rich road Sage secured selling Session shares sold Southern Pacific Railroad stockholders street swindle theft tion trade transaction treasury trust Union Pacific Railroad United States Senate Vanderbilt Vanderbilt family vote wages wealth William workers York Central York Central Railroad York City