History of the Great American FortunesModern Library, 1936 - 732 páginas For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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... passed granting money and land , either openly or by indirection , to railroad companies , and giving corrupt powers and privileges of all miscellaneous kinds to other corpo- rations and to individual capitalists . In the one year of ...
... passed granting money and land , either openly or by indirection , to railroad companies , and giving corrupt powers and privileges of all miscellaneous kinds to other corpo- rations and to individual capitalists . In the one year of ...
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... passed during the Civil War were only the forerunners of other laws which the bankers and the creditor class in general caused to be passed in following years , and by which they instantly and vastly increased their wealth and power ...
... passed during the Civil War were only the forerunners of other laws which the bankers and the creditor class in general caused to be passed in following years , and by which they instantly and vastly increased their wealth and power ...
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... passed laws for the punishment of various kinds of adulteration . New York , in 1893 and 1898 , passed laws forbidding the fraudulent sale of certain imi- tation foods and certain fraudulent stamped goods . After years of agita- tion ...
... passed laws for the punishment of various kinds of adulteration . New York , in 1893 and 1898 , passed laws forbidding the fraudulent sale of certain imi- tation foods and certain fraudulent stamped goods . After years of agita- tion ...
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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