History of the Great American FortunesModern Library, 1936 - 732 páginas For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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... hold on to his land . His sons , grandsons , his descendants down to remotest posterity need do even less ; they could leisurely hold on to their inheritance , enlarge it , hire the necessary ability of superintendence and vast and ever ...
... hold on to his land . His sons , grandsons , his descendants down to remotest posterity need do even less ; they could leisurely hold on to their inheritance , enlarge it , hire the necessary ability of superintendence and vast and ever ...
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... hold it . They that then disputed the king's title could chal- lenge , if they chose , at peril of death , the provisions of that title , which same provisions were swords and spears , arrows and muskets . But nowhere throughout the ...
... hold it . They that then disputed the king's title could chal- lenge , if they chose , at peril of death , the provisions of that title , which same provisions were swords and spears , arrows and muskets . But nowhere throughout the ...
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... hold of many more by fraud . And that he was not in error in this calculation was shown by the fact that the Union Pacific Rail- road and other allied railroads under his control , and under that of his successors , later seized hold of ...
... hold of many more by fraud . And that he was not in error in this calculation was shown by the fact that the Union Pacific Rail- road and other allied railroads under his control , and under that of his successors , later seized hold of ...
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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