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- HISTORY OF THE GREAT AMERICAN FORTUNES
- VOL. II
- I. THE SEIZURE OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
- PART III
- CHAPTER I
- THE LAGGING FACTORY FORTUNES.
- MIGHT OF THE RAILROAD OWNERS.
- THE LEGALIZING OF CUNNING
- THE LAND LAWS AGAINST THE POOR
- VAST TRACTS SECURED BY BRIBERY.
- GREAT EXTENT OF THE LAND FRAUDS.
- THE SWAYING OF GOVERNMENT.
- GRANTS TO CANAL CORPORATIONS.
- THE GRANTS FRAUDULENTLY MANIPULATED
- CASH THE GREAT PERSUADER
- A WELTER OF CORRUPTION.
- IMPOTENCE OF THE PEOPLE.
- VAST THEFTS OF LAND.
- SPOLIATION ON A GREAT SCALE.
- THE "CASH SALES" ACT.
- COAL LANDS EXPROPRIATED
- AN ARRAY OF COMMANDING FACTS.
- MIGHT OF THE RAILROAD OWNERS.
- THE LEGALIZING OF CUNNING
- THE LAND LAWS AGAINST THE POOR
- VAST TRACTS SECURED BY BRIBERY.
- GREAT EXTENT OF THE LAND FRAUDS.
- THE SWAYING OF GOVERNMENT.
- GRANTS TO CANAL CORPORATIONS.
- THE GRANTS FRAUDULENTLY MANIPULATED
- CASH THE GREAT PERSUADER
- A WELTER OF CORRUPTION.
- IMPOTENCE OF THE PEOPLE.
- VAST THEFTS OF LAND.
- SPOLIATION ON A GREAT SCALE.
- THE "CASH SALES" ACT.
- COAL LANDS EXPROPRIATED
- AN ARRAY OF COMMANDING FACTS.
- THE LAGGING FACTORY FORTUNES.
- CHAPTER II
- GOVERNMENT BY PROPERTY INTERESTS.
- CONDITIONS OF THE NON-PROPERTIED.
- THE SUPREMACY OF EMPLOYERS.
- AN INCESSANT WARFARE.
- THE WORKERS' STRUGGLE FOR BETTER CONDITIONS.
- EMPLOYMENT OF MILITIA AGAINST THE WORKERS.
- CAJOLING THE LABOR VOTE.
- THE BASIS OF POLITICAL PARTIES.
- WEALTH AND THE SWAY OF DIRECT POWER
- THE PASSING OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
- THE TRUSTS AND THE UNEMPLOYED.
- THE STATE OF THE FARMING POPULATION.
- METHODS OF THE GREAT LANDOWNERS.
- SEIZURE OF IMMENSE AREAS BY FRAUD.
- ACTUAL SETTLERS EXCLUDED FROM PUBLIC DOMAIN.
- THE GIGANTIC PRIVATE LAND CLAIM FRAUDS.
- FORGERY, PERJURY AND FRAUDULENT SURVEY.
- INCREASE OF FARM TENANTRY.
- A LARGELY DISPOSSESSED NATION.
- CONDITIONS OF THE NON-PROPERTIED.
- THE SUPREMACY OF EMPLOYERS.
- AN INCESSANT WARFARE.
- THE WORKERS' STRUGGLE FOR BETTER CONDITIONS.
- EMPLOYMENT OF MILITIA AGAINST THE WORKERS.
- CAJOLING THE LABOR VOTE.
- THE BASIS OF POLITICAL PARTIES.
- WEALTH AND THE SWAY OF DIRECT POWER
- THE PASSING OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
- THE TRUSTS AND THE UNEMPLOYED.
- THE STATE OF THE FARMING POPULATION.
- METHODS OF THE GREAT LANDOWNERS.
- SEIZURE OF IMMENSE AREAS BY FRAUD.
- ACTUAL SETTLERS EXCLUDED FROM PUBLIC DOMAIN.
- THE GIGANTIC PRIVATE LAND CLAIM FRAUDS.
- FORGERY, PERJURY AND FRAUDULENT SURVEY.
- INCREASE OF FARM TENANTRY.
- A LARGELY DISPOSSESSED NATION.
- GOVERNMENT BY PROPERTY INTERESTS.
- CHAPTER III
- NINETY MILLIONS IN FIFTEEN YEARS.
- A FORTUNE OF $700,000,000
- BONDS THAT HOLD PRESENT AND POSTERITY.
- THEY DECREE TAXES AT WILL.
- AND EXERCISE UNRESTRAINED POWER.
- HIGH AND MIGHTY POTENTATES.
- THE FOUNDER'S START.
- DRIVING OUT COMPETITORS.
- REGARDED AS A COMMERCIAL BUCCANEER.
- EXTORTION AND THEFT COMMON.
- THE CORRUPTION OF OFFICIALS.
- VANDERBILT'S HUGE LOOT.
- BLACKMAIL CHARGES TRUE.
- HE QUITS STEAMSHIPS.
- A FORTUNE OF $700,000,000
- BONDS THAT HOLD PRESENT AND POSTERITY.
- THEY DECREE TAXES AT WILL.
- AND EXERCISE UNRESTRAINED POWER.
- HIGH AND MIGHTY POTENTATES.
- THE FOUNDER'S START.
- DRIVING OUT COMPETITORS.
- REGARDED AS A COMMERCIAL BUCCANEER.
- EXTORTION AND THEFT COMMON.
- THE CORRUPTION OF OFFICIALS.
- VANDERBILT'S HUGE LOOT.
- BLACKMAIL CHARGES TRUE.
- HE QUITS STEAMSHIPS.
- NINETY MILLIONS IN FIFTEEN YEARS.
- CHAPTER IV
- THE ANSWER FOUND.
- INDISCRIMINATE PLUNDERING DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
- PATRIOTISM AT A SAFE DISTANCE.
- VANDERBILT'S METHODS IN WAR.
- HORRORS DONE FOR PROFIT.
- FRAUDS REMAIN UNPUNISHED.
- THE STORY OF A FRANCHISE.
- VANDERBILT GETS A RAILROAD.
- THE ALDERMEN OUTWITTED BY VANDERBILT.
- HE ANNEXES A SECOND RAILROAD.
- CUNNING AGAINST CUNNING.
- ACQUISITION BY WRECKING.
- INDISCRIMINATE PLUNDERING DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
- PATRIOTISM AT A SAFE DISTANCE.
- VANDERBILT'S METHODS IN WAR.
- HORRORS DONE FOR PROFIT.
- FRAUDS REMAIN UNPUNISHED.
- THE STORY OF A FRANCHISE.
- VANDERBILT GETS A RAILROAD.
- THE ALDERMEN OUTWITTED BY VANDERBILT.
- HE ANNEXES A SECOND RAILROAD.
- CUNNING AGAINST CUNNING.
- ACQUISITION BY WRECKING.
- THE ANSWER FOUND.
- CHAPTER V
- GOULD OVERREACHES VANDERBILT
- A NEW CONSOLIDATION PLANNED
- ALARM OF THE TRADING CLASS
- A LEGALIZED THEFT OF $44,000,000
- VANDERBILT AND HIS CRITICS.
- THE WISDOM OF GRAND LARCENY.
- HE CONTINUES THE BUYING OF LAWS
- PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE USE
- "REFORM" AS IT WORKS OUT.
- VANDERBILT'S CHIEF OF STAFF
- REPRESSION BY STARVATION.
- THE SERMONIZING OF THE "BEST CLASSES."
- "HONESTY AND INDUSTRY" ANALYZED.
- LABOR'S PRINCIPLES IGNORED.
- A NEW CONSOLIDATION PLANNED
- ALARM OF THE TRADING CLASS
- A LEGALIZED THEFT OF $44,000,000
- VANDERBILT AND HIS CRITICS.
- THE WISDOM OF GRAND LARCENY.
- HE CONTINUES THE BUYING OF LAWS
- PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE USE
- "REFORM" AS IT WORKS OUT.
- VANDERBILT'S CHIEF OF STAFF
- REPRESSION BY STARVATION.
- THE SERMONIZING OF THE "BEST CLASSES."
- "HONESTY AND INDUSTRY" ANALYZED.
- LABOR'S PRINCIPLES IGNORED.
- GOULD OVERREACHES VANDERBILT
- CHAPTER VI
- VANDERBILT'S CHARACTERISTICS.
- THE OLD MAGNATE'S DEATH.
- THE RISE OF THE FIRST TRUST.
- CORPORATE WEALTH AND LABOR UNIONS.
- THE GREAT STRIKE OF 1877.
- FRAUD BECOMES RESPECTABLE WEALTH
- MORE RAILROADS ACQUIRED.
- THE SEQUEL TO A "GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT."
- HE EXPANDS IN SPLENDOR.
- A SUDDEN TRANSFORMATION.
- "THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED."
- ADDS $100,000,000 IN SEVEN YEARS.
- HIS DEATH A NOTABLE EVENT.
- HIS FRAUDS IN EVADING TAXES.
- HIS WILL TRANSMITS $200,000,000.
- THE OLD MAGNATE'S DEATH.
- THE RISE OF THE FIRST TRUST.
- CORPORATE WEALTH AND LABOR UNIONS.
- THE GREAT STRIKE OF 1877.
- FRAUD BECOMES RESPECTABLE WEALTH
- MORE RAILROADS ACQUIRED.
- THE SEQUEL TO A "GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT."
- HE EXPANDS IN SPLENDOR.
- A SUDDEN TRANSFORMATION.
- "THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED."
- ADDS $100,000,000 IN SEVEN YEARS.
- HIS DEATH A NOTABLE EVENT.
- HIS FRAUDS IN EVADING TAXES.
- HIS WILL TRANSMITS $200,000,000.
- VANDERBILT'S CHARACTERISTICS.
- CHAPTER VII
- THE GREAT LABOR MOVEMENT OF 1886
- THE HAYMARKET TRAGEDY.
- JUDICIAL MURDER OF LABOR'S LEADERS.
- THE LABOR UPRISING IN NEW YORK.
- CAPITALIST TRIUMPH BY FRAUD.
- THE LABOR PARTY EVAPORATES.
- THE SMALL CAPITALISTS' LOSING FIGHT.
- SEIZING RAILROADS AND COAL MINES.
- AND THE WAY IN WHICH IT WAS DONE.
- THE DICTATION OF THE COAL FIELDS.
- THE BITUMINOUS COAL MINES ALSO.
- THE HUGE PROFITS FROM THE COAL MINES.
- THE HAYMARKET TRAGEDY.
- JUDICIAL MURDER OF LABOR'S LEADERS.
- THE LABOR UPRISING IN NEW YORK.
- CAPITALIST TRIUMPH BY FRAUD.
- THE LABOR PARTY EVAPORATES.
- THE SMALL CAPITALISTS' LOSING FIGHT.
- SEIZING RAILROADS AND COAL MINES.
- AND THE WAY IN WHICH IT WAS DONE.
- THE DICTATION OF THE COAL FIELDS.
- THE BITUMINOUS COAL MINES ALSO.
- THE HUGE PROFITS FROM THE COAL MINES.
- THE GREAT LABOR MOVEMENT OF 1886
- CHAPTER VIII
- AN $8,000,000 AREA CONFISCATED.
- PUBLIC TAXATION TO SUPPLY PRIVATE CAPITAL.
- A MULTITUDE OF ACQUISITIONS
- THE BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD BECOMES THEIRS.
- THE GOVERNMENT AN ENGINE OF TYRANNY.
- MACHINE GUNS FOR THE OVERWORKED.
- TEN MILLIONS FOR A DUKEDOM.
- DIVERSITY OF THE VANDERBILT POSSESSIONS.
- THE SORT OF ABILITY DISPLAYED.
- PUBLIC TAXATION TO SUPPLY PRIVATE CAPITAL.
- A MULTITUDE OF ACQUISITIONS
- THE BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD BECOMES THEIRS.
- THE GOVERNMENT AN ENGINE OF TYRANNY.
- MACHINE GUNS FOR THE OVERWORKED.
- TEN MILLIONS FOR A DUKEDOM.
- DIVERSITY OF THE VANDERBILT POSSESSIONS.
- THE SORT OF ABILITY DISPLAYED.
- AN $8,000,000 AREA CONFISCATED.
- CHAPTER IX
- JAY GOULD'S BOYHOOD
- HE GOES INTO THE TANNING BUSINESS.
- HE BUYS RAILROAD BONDS WITH HIS STEALINGS.
- WHY THIS BIASED VIEW OF GOULD'S CAREER?
- THE TEACHINGS OF HIS ENVIRONMENT.
- A SPECIMEN OF GOULD'S TUITION.
- PATRIOTISM AT FIFTY PER CENT.
- HE GOES INTO THE TANNING BUSINESS.
- HE BUYS RAILROAD BONDS WITH HIS STEALINGS.
- WHY THIS BIASED VIEW OF GOULD'S CAREER?
- THE TEACHINGS OF HIS ENVIRONMENT.
- A SPECIMEN OF GOULD'S TUITION.
- PATRIOTISM AT FIFTY PER CENT.
- JAY GOULD'S BOYHOOD
- CHAPTER X
- PRIVATE CONFISCATION OF THE ERIE RAILROAD.
- THE SPECULATOR, DREW, GETS CONTROL.
- GOULD AND HIS PARTNERS FLEE WITH MILLIONS.
- GOULD BRIBES THE LEGISLATURE WITH $500,000.
- GOULD AND FISK THROW OVER DREW.
- ALLIANCE WITH CORRUPT POLITICS AND JUDICIARY.
- GOULD'S TRADING CLASS SUPPORT
- GOULD'S DIRECTORS BRIBED TO RESIGN.
- THE LEGISLATURE BRIBED AGAIN.
- GOULD'S DIRECT ERIE THEFTS WERE $12,000,000.
- AN EXTRAORDINARY "RESTITUTION."
- THE SECOND STAGE OF THE GOULD FORTUNE
- THE SPECULATOR, DREW, GETS CONTROL.
- GOULD AND HIS PARTNERS FLEE WITH MILLIONS.
- GOULD BRIBES THE LEGISLATURE WITH $500,000.
- GOULD AND FISK THROW OVER DREW.
- ALLIANCE WITH CORRUPT POLITICS AND JUDICIARY.
- GOULD'S TRADING CLASS SUPPORT
- GOULD'S DIRECTORS BRIBED TO RESIGN.
- THE LEGISLATURE BRIBED AGAIN.
- GOULD'S DIRECT ERIE THEFTS WERE $12,000,000.
- AN EXTRAORDINARY "RESTITUTION."
- THE SECOND STAGE OF THE GOULD FORTUNE
- PRIVATE CONFISCATION OF THE ERIE RAILROAD.
- CHAPTER XI
- THE ABUSE OF GOULD OVERDONE
- GOULD EMBARKS ON HIS CONSPIRACY
- HE BRIBES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
- GOULD BETRAYS HIS PARTNERS.
- THE MEMORABLE "BLACK FRIDAY"
- ELEVEN MILLIONS POCKETED BY JUDICIAL COLLUSION.
- THEIR PRESENT WEALTH TRACED TO FRAUD.
- THE CLUBBING OF THE UNEMPLOYED.
- GOULD EMBARKS ON HIS CONSPIRACY
- HE BRIBES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
- GOULD BETRAYS HIS PARTNERS.
- THE MEMORABLE "BLACK FRIDAY"
- ELEVEN MILLIONS POCKETED BY JUDICIAL COLLUSION.
- THEIR PRESENT WEALTH TRACED TO FRAUD.
- THE CLUBBING OF THE UNEMPLOYED.
- THE ABUSE OF GOULD OVERDONE
- CHAPTER XII
- THE MISLEADING ACCOUNTS HANDED DOWN.
- SECTIONAL INTERESTS IN CONFLICT.
- A MYTH OF MODERN FABRICATION
- CONGRESS BRIBED FOR THE UNION PACIFIC CHARTER.
- THE CREDIT MOBILIER JOBBERY.
- GREAT CORRUPTION AND VAST THEFTS.
- THRIFTY, SAGACIOUS PATRIOTISM.
- THE BRIBERY PERSISTENTLY CONTINUES.
- JAY GOULD COMES FORWARD
- SECTIONAL INTERESTS IN CONFLICT.
- A MYTH OF MODERN FABRICATION
- CONGRESS BRIBED FOR THE UNION PACIFIC CHARTER.
- THE CREDIT MOBILIER JOBBERY.
- GREAT CORRUPTION AND VAST THEFTS.
- THRIFTY, SAGACIOUS PATRIOTISM.
- THE BRIBERY PERSISTENTLY CONTINUES.
- JAY GOULD COMES FORWARD
- THE MISLEADING ACCOUNTS HANDED DOWN.
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