History of the Great American FortunesModern Library, 1936 - 732 páginas For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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... rich using their surplus capital in effacing the less rich - a period which really opened with Astor and which has been vastly intensified in recent times . Clinton was accounted a rich man in his day , but he was a pigmy in that ...
... rich using their surplus capital in effacing the less rich - a period which really opened with Astor and which has been vastly intensified in recent times . Clinton was accounted a rich man in his day , but he was a pigmy in that ...
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... rich families , or both , were already rich . Furthermore , having the backing of their father's immense riches , they had enjoyed singularly exceptional opportunities for amassing wealth on their own account . In 1853 William Astor had ...
... rich families , or both , were already rich . Furthermore , having the backing of their father's immense riches , they had enjoyed singularly exceptional opportunities for amassing wealth on their own account . In 1853 William Astor had ...
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... rich thieves as well as what were classed as ordinary criminals , by which immunity was sold at specified rates.16 The police force did not want this system interfered with ; hence at all times toadied to the rich and influential ...
... rich thieves as well as what were classed as ordinary criminals , by which immunity was sold at specified rates.16 The police force did not want this system interfered with ; hence at all times toadied to the rich and influential ...
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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