History of the Great American FortunesModern Library, 1936 - 732 páginas For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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... continued , " being men of the greatest opulence in the several American counties where these Tracts are , have sufficient influence to be perpetually elected for those counties . The General As- sembly , then , of this Province ...
... continued , " being men of the greatest opulence in the several American counties where these Tracts are , have sufficient influence to be perpetually elected for those counties . The General As- sembly , then , of this Province ...
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... continued to rule everywhere with a high hand , its power , as a whole , unbroken . HOW THE LORDS OF THE SOIL LIVED A glancing picture of one of these landed proprietors will show the manner in which they lived and what was then ...
... continued to rule everywhere with a high hand , its power , as a whole , unbroken . HOW THE LORDS OF THE SOIL LIVED A glancing picture of one of these landed proprietors will show the manner in which they lived and what was then ...
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... continued to have himself and them portrayed in luridly favor able lights . Depending upon the newspapers for its sources of informa- tion , the public was constantly deceived and blinded , either by the suppression of certain news , or ...
... continued to have himself and them portrayed in luridly favor able lights . Depending upon the newspapers for its sources of informa- tion , the public was constantly deceived and blinded , either by the suppression of certain news , or ...
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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