History of the Great American FortunesModern Library, 1936 - 732 páginas For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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... carried on by the shipping class , Barrett says that the shippers sent to China samples of the most noted Paris and London products in sauces , condi- ments , preserves , sweetmeats , syrups and other goods . The Chinese imi- tated them ...
... carried on by the shipping class , Barrett says that the shippers sent to China samples of the most noted Paris and London products in sauces , condi- ments , preserves , sweetmeats , syrups and other goods . The Chinese imi- tated them ...
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... carried in scandal caused in Pennsylvania in 1840 by the revelations of the persistent bribery carried on by the United States Bank for many years , was only one of many such scandals throughout the United States . One of the most ...
... carried in scandal caused in Pennsylvania in 1840 by the revelations of the persistent bribery carried on by the United States Bank for many years , was only one of many such scandals throughout the United States . One of the most ...
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... carried on . Free passes for railroad travel were lavishly distributed ; no politician was ever refused ; newspaper and magazine editors , writers and reporters were always supplied with free transportation for the asking , thus ...
... carried on . Free passes for railroad travel were lavishly distributed ; no politician was ever refused ; newspaper and magazine editors , writers and reporters were always supplied with free transportation for the asking , thus ...
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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