History of the Great American FortunesModern Library, 1936 - 732 páginas For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 85
Página 226
... fraud at all times was easy . DEFRAUDING THE NATION OF TAXES Not merely were these huge areas of land obtained by fraud , but after they were secured , fraud was further used to evade taxation . And by donations of land is not meant ...
... fraud at all times was easy . DEFRAUDING THE NATION OF TAXES Not merely were these huge areas of land obtained by fraud , but after they were secured , fraud was further used to evade taxation . And by donations of land is not meant ...
Página 227
... fraud . " To avoid taxation , " Phillips goes on , " the railroad land grant companies had an amendment enacted into law to the effect that they should not obtain their patents until they had paid a small fee to defray the expense of ...
... fraud . " To avoid taxation , " Phillips goes on , " the railroad land grant companies had an amendment enacted into law to the effect that they should not obtain their patents until they had paid a small fee to defray the expense of ...
Página 429
... fraud wherever he found it , irrespective of whether the criminals were powerful or not , or he was prompted by the prospect of a large reward . The more he searched into this case , the more of a mountainous mass of perjury and fraud ...
... fraud wherever he found it , irrespective of whether the criminals were powerful or not , or he was prompted by the prospect of a large reward . The more he searched into this case , the more of a mountainous mass of perjury and fraud ...
Contenido
PREFACE TO THE 1936 EDITION | 19 |
PREFACE TO THE 1909 EDITION | 25 |
CHAPTER I | 31 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 31 secciones no mostradas
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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