History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times
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THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT AMERICAN FORTUNES
HISTORY OF THE GREAT AMERICAN FORTUNES
BY
GUSTAVUS MYERS
VOL. I.
CHICAGO
CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY
1910
CHICAGO
CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY
1910
VOL. I.
CHICAGO
CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY
1910
CHICAGO
CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY
1910
PREFACE
CONTENTS
PART I
CONDITIONS IN COLONIAL AND SETTLEMENT TIMES
PART II
THE GREAT LAND FORTUNES
CONDITIONS IN COLONIAL AND SETTLEMENT TIMES
PART II
THE GREAT LAND FORTUNES
PART I
CONDITIONS IN COLONIAL AND SETTLEMENT TIMES
PART II
THE GREAT LAND FORTUNES
CONDITIONS IN COLONIAL AND SETTLEMENT TIMES
PART II
THE GREAT LAND FORTUNES
PART I
CONDITIONS IN SETTLEMENT AND COLONIAL TIMES
CHAPTER I
THE GREAT PROPRIETARY ESTATES
THE INTRODUCTION OF BLACK SLAVES.
FEUDAL GRANTS IN THE NORTH.
THE DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY.
OLD WORLD TRADERS BECOME FEUDAL LORDS.
AN ARISTOCRACY SOLIDLY GROUNDED.
THE ABASEMENT OF THE WORKERS.
THE INTRODUCTION OF BLACK SLAVES.
FEUDAL GRANTS IN THE NORTH.
THE DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY.
OLD WORLD TRADERS BECOME FEUDAL LORDS.
AN ARISTOCRACY SOLIDLY GROUNDED.
THE ABASEMENT OF THE WORKERS.
THE GREAT PROPRIETARY ESTATES
THE INTRODUCTION OF BLACK SLAVES.
FEUDAL GRANTS IN THE NORTH.
THE DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY.
OLD WORLD TRADERS BECOME FEUDAL LORDS.
AN ARISTOCRACY SOLIDLY GROUNDED.
THE ABASEMENT OF THE WORKERS.
THE INTRODUCTION OF BLACK SLAVES.
FEUDAL GRANTS IN THE NORTH.
THE DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY.
OLD WORLD TRADERS BECOME FEUDAL LORDS.
AN ARISTOCRACY SOLIDLY GROUNDED.
THE ABASEMENT OF THE WORKERS.
CHAPTER II
THE SWAY OF THE LANDGRAVES
THE COLONIES CARVED INTO GREAT ESTATES.
THE LANDED PROPRIETORS THE POLITICAL RULERS.
A CONFLICT BETWEEN LAND MAGNATES AND PEOPLE.
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY CHARGED.
VAST ESTATES SECURED BY BRIBERY.
EFFECTS OF THE LAND SEIZURES.
ATTEMPT AT CONFISCATION THWARTED.
HOW THE LORDS OF THE SOIL LIVED.
THE NASCENT TRADING CLASS.
DISINTEGRATION OF THE GREAT ESTATES.
THE COLONIES CARVED INTO GREAT ESTATES.
THE LANDED PROPRIETORS THE POLITICAL RULERS.
A CONFLICT BETWEEN LAND MAGNATES AND PEOPLE.
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY CHARGED.
VAST ESTATES SECURED BY BRIBERY.
EFFECTS OF THE LAND SEIZURES.
ATTEMPT AT CONFISCATION THWARTED.
HOW THE LORDS OF THE SOIL LIVED.
THE NASCENT TRADING CLASS.
DISINTEGRATION OF THE GREAT ESTATES.
THE SWAY OF THE LANDGRAVES
THE COLONIES CARVED INTO GREAT ESTATES.
THE LANDED PROPRIETORS THE POLITICAL RULERS.
A CONFLICT BETWEEN LAND MAGNATES AND PEOPLE.
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY CHARGED.
VAST ESTATES SECURED BY BRIBERY.
EFFECTS OF THE LAND SEIZURES.
ATTEMPT AT CONFISCATION THWARTED.
HOW THE LORDS OF THE SOIL LIVED.
THE NASCENT TRADING CLASS.
DISINTEGRATION OF THE GREAT ESTATES.
THE COLONIES CARVED INTO GREAT ESTATES.
THE LANDED PROPRIETORS THE POLITICAL RULERS.
A CONFLICT BETWEEN LAND MAGNATES AND PEOPLE.
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY CHARGED.
VAST ESTATES SECURED BY BRIBERY.
EFFECTS OF THE LAND SEIZURES.
ATTEMPT AT CONFISCATION THWARTED.
HOW THE LORDS OF THE SOIL LIVED.
THE NASCENT TRADING CLASS.
DISINTEGRATION OF THE GREAT ESTATES.
CHAPTER III
THE RISE OF THE TRADING CLASS
THE MANORIAL LORDS MONOPOLIZE TRADE.
THE TRADERS' METHODS.
THE BONDING OF LABORERS.
THE FISHERIES OF NEW ENGLAND.
"FORCE AS GOOD AS FORCE."
BRITISH TRADERS' TACTICS.
THE MANORIAL LORDS MONOPOLIZE TRADE.
THE TRADERS' METHODS.
THE BONDING OF LABORERS.
THE FISHERIES OF NEW ENGLAND.
"FORCE AS GOOD AS FORCE."
BRITISH TRADERS' TACTICS.
THE RISE OF THE TRADING CLASS
THE MANORIAL LORDS MONOPOLIZE TRADE.
THE TRADERS' METHODS.
THE BONDING OF LABORERS.
THE FISHERIES OF NEW ENGLAND.
"FORCE AS GOOD AS FORCE."
BRITISH TRADERS' TACTICS.
THE MANORIAL LORDS MONOPOLIZE TRADE.
THE TRADERS' METHODS.
THE BONDING OF LABORERS.
THE FISHERIES OF NEW ENGLAND.
"FORCE AS GOOD AS FORCE."
BRITISH TRADERS' TACTICS.
CHAPTER IV
THE SHIPPING FORTUNES
FORTUNES FROM PRIVATEERING.
A GLANCE AT OTHER SHIPPING FORTUNES.
THE WORKERS' MEAGER SHARE.
FORTUNES FROM PRIVATEERING.
A GLANCE AT OTHER SHIPPING FORTUNES.
THE WORKERS' MEAGER SHARE.
THE SHIPPING FORTUNES
FORTUNES FROM PRIVATEERING.
A GLANCE AT OTHER SHIPPING FORTUNES.
THE WORKERS' MEAGER SHARE.
FORTUNES FROM PRIVATEERING.
A GLANCE AT OTHER SHIPPING FORTUNES.
THE WORKERS' MEAGER SHARE.
CHAPTER V
THE SHIPPERS AND THEIR TIMES
COMMERCE SURCHARGED WITH FRAUD.
MERCHANTS THE PILLARS OF SOCIETY.
POST-REVOLUTIONARY CONDITIONS.
PROPERTY'S RULE INTRENCHED.
THE RIGORS OF LAW ON THE POOR.
LAW KIND TO THE TRADERS.
THE PENALTIES OF POVERTY.
MASTER AND BONDED MAN.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
THE SHIPPERS' HUGE GRAFT.
UNITE AGAINST THE WORKER.
COMMERCE SURCHARGED WITH FRAUD.
MERCHANTS THE PILLARS OF SOCIETY.
POST-REVOLUTIONARY CONDITIONS.
PROPERTY'S RULE INTRENCHED.
THE RIGORS OF LAW ON THE POOR.
LAW KIND TO THE TRADERS.
THE PENALTIES OF POVERTY.
MASTER AND BONDED MAN.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
THE SHIPPERS' HUGE GRAFT.
UNITE AGAINST THE WORKER.
THE SHIPPERS AND THEIR TIMES
COMMERCE SURCHARGED WITH FRAUD.
MERCHANTS THE PILLARS OF SOCIETY.
POST-REVOLUTIONARY CONDITIONS.
PROPERTY'S RULE INTRENCHED.
THE RIGORS OF LAW ON THE POOR.
LAW KIND TO THE TRADERS.
THE PENALTIES OF POVERTY.
MASTER AND BONDED MAN.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
THE SHIPPERS' HUGE GRAFT.
UNITE AGAINST THE WORKER.
COMMERCE SURCHARGED WITH FRAUD.
MERCHANTS THE PILLARS OF SOCIETY.
POST-REVOLUTIONARY CONDITIONS.
PROPERTY'S RULE INTRENCHED.
THE RIGORS OF LAW ON THE POOR.
LAW KIND TO THE TRADERS.
THE PENALTIES OF POVERTY.
MASTER AND BONDED MAN.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
THE SHIPPERS' HUGE GRAFT.
UNITE AGAINST THE WORKER.
CHAPTER VI
GIRARD—THE RICHEST OF THE SHIPPERS
HOW HE BUILT HIS SHIPS.
A DICTATOR OF FINANCE.
BRIBERY AND INTIMIDATION.
THE SOLITARY CRŒSUS.
"THE GREAT BENEFACTOR."
A STARK CONTRAST PRESENTED.
HOW HE BUILT HIS SHIPS.
A DICTATOR OF FINANCE.
BRIBERY AND INTIMIDATION.
THE SOLITARY CRŒSUS.
"THE GREAT BENEFACTOR."
A STARK CONTRAST PRESENTED.
GIRARD—THE RICHEST OF THE SHIPPERS
HOW HE BUILT HIS SHIPS.
A DICTATOR OF FINANCE.
BRIBERY AND INTIMIDATION.
THE SOLITARY CRŒSUS.
"THE GREAT BENEFACTOR."
A STARK CONTRAST PRESENTED.
HOW HE BUILT HIS SHIPS.
A DICTATOR OF FINANCE.
BRIBERY AND INTIMIDATION.
THE SOLITARY CRŒSUS.
"THE GREAT BENEFACTOR."
A STARK CONTRAST PRESENTED.
PART II
THE GREAT LAND FORTUNES
THE GREAT LAND FORTUNES
CHAPTER I
THE ORIGIN OF HUGE CITY ESTATES
THE MANORIAL LORDS PASS AWAY.
FEUDAL TENURES ABOLISHED.
THE NEW ARISTOCRACY.
CITY LAND THE SUPREME FACTOR.
THE INVULNERABLE LANDOWNER.
A PROLIFIC BREEDER OF WEALTH.
VAST FORTUNES FROM LAND.
THE MANORIAL LORDS PASS AWAY.
FEUDAL TENURES ABOLISHED.
THE NEW ARISTOCRACY.
CITY LAND THE SUPREME FACTOR.
THE INVULNERABLE LANDOWNER.
A PROLIFIC BREEDER OF WEALTH.
VAST FORTUNES FROM LAND.
THE ORIGIN OF HUGE CITY ESTATES
THE MANORIAL LORDS PASS AWAY.
FEUDAL TENURES ABOLISHED.
THE NEW ARISTOCRACY.
CITY LAND THE SUPREME FACTOR.
THE INVULNERABLE LANDOWNER.
A PROLIFIC BREEDER OF WEALTH.
VAST FORTUNES FROM LAND.
THE MANORIAL LORDS PASS AWAY.
FEUDAL TENURES ABOLISHED.
THE NEW ARISTOCRACY.
CITY LAND THE SUPREME FACTOR.
THE INVULNERABLE LANDOWNER.
A PROLIFIC BREEDER OF WEALTH.
VAST FORTUNES FROM LAND.
CHAPTER II
THE INCEPTION OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
ASTOR'S EARLY CAREER.
HIS METHODS IN BUSINESS.
MONOPOLY BASED ON FORCE.
THE DEBAUCHING OF INDIANS.
VIOLATION OF LAWS.
PROFIT AND ITS RESULTS.
A LONG RECORD OF VIOLENCE.
ASTOR'S ENORMOUS PROFITS.
ASTOR'S EARLY CAREER.
HIS METHODS IN BUSINESS.
MONOPOLY BASED ON FORCE.
THE DEBAUCHING OF INDIANS.
VIOLATION OF LAWS.
PROFIT AND ITS RESULTS.
A LONG RECORD OF VIOLENCE.
ASTOR'S ENORMOUS PROFITS.
THE INCEPTION OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
ASTOR'S EARLY CAREER.
HIS METHODS IN BUSINESS.
MONOPOLY BASED ON FORCE.
THE DEBAUCHING OF INDIANS.
VIOLATION OF LAWS.
PROFIT AND ITS RESULTS.
A LONG RECORD OF VIOLENCE.
ASTOR'S ENORMOUS PROFITS.
ASTOR'S EARLY CAREER.
HIS METHODS IN BUSINESS.
MONOPOLY BASED ON FORCE.
THE DEBAUCHING OF INDIANS.
VIOLATION OF LAWS.
PROFIT AND ITS RESULTS.
A LONG RECORD OF VIOLENCE.
ASTOR'S ENORMOUS PROFITS.
CHAPTER III
THE GROWTH OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
ASTOR SUPERIOR TO LAW.
LAW BREAKERS AND LAW MAKERS.
ASTOR'S MONOPOLIES.
ASTOR NOT AN EXCEPTION.
WHERE WAS FRAUD ABSENT?
LEGALIZED PIRACY IN ALL BRANCHES OF TRADE.
A NOTED LAND TRANSACTION.
THE PUBLIC UPROAR OVER ASTOR'S CLAIM.
CORRUPT GRANTS OF CITY LAND.
A PROCESS OF SPOLIATION.
THE CITY CREATES LANDLORDS.
MANY PARTICIPANTS IN THE CURRENT FRAUDS.
PILLAGE, PROFITS AND LAND.
THE FATE OF OTHERS HIS GAIN.
ASTOR SUPERIOR TO LAW.
LAW BREAKERS AND LAW MAKERS.
ASTOR'S MONOPOLIES.
ASTOR NOT AN EXCEPTION.
WHERE WAS FRAUD ABSENT?
LEGALIZED PIRACY IN ALL BRANCHES OF TRADE.
A NOTED LAND TRANSACTION.
THE PUBLIC UPROAR OVER ASTOR'S CLAIM.
CORRUPT GRANTS OF CITY LAND.
A PROCESS OF SPOLIATION.
THE CITY CREATES LANDLORDS.
MANY PARTICIPANTS IN THE CURRENT FRAUDS.
PILLAGE, PROFITS AND LAND.
THE FATE OF OTHERS HIS GAIN.
THE GROWTH OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
ASTOR SUPERIOR TO LAW.
LAW BREAKERS AND LAW MAKERS.
ASTOR'S MONOPOLIES.
ASTOR NOT AN EXCEPTION.
WHERE WAS FRAUD ABSENT?
LEGALIZED PIRACY IN ALL BRANCHES OF TRADE.
A NOTED LAND TRANSACTION.
THE PUBLIC UPROAR OVER ASTOR'S CLAIM.
CORRUPT GRANTS OF CITY LAND.
A PROCESS OF SPOLIATION.
THE CITY CREATES LANDLORDS.
MANY PARTICIPANTS IN THE CURRENT FRAUDS.
PILLAGE, PROFITS AND LAND.
THE FATE OF OTHERS HIS GAIN.
ASTOR SUPERIOR TO LAW.
LAW BREAKERS AND LAW MAKERS.
ASTOR'S MONOPOLIES.
ASTOR NOT AN EXCEPTION.
WHERE WAS FRAUD ABSENT?
LEGALIZED PIRACY IN ALL BRANCHES OF TRADE.
A NOTED LAND TRANSACTION.
THE PUBLIC UPROAR OVER ASTOR'S CLAIM.
CORRUPT GRANTS OF CITY LAND.
A PROCESS OF SPOLIATION.
THE CITY CREATES LANDLORDS.
MANY PARTICIPANTS IN THE CURRENT FRAUDS.
PILLAGE, PROFITS AND LAND.
THE FATE OF OTHERS HIS GAIN.
CHAPTER IV
THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
BANKS AND THEIR POWER.
A MANDATE TO PREY.
COURTS AND CONSTITUTION.
THE BANKING FRAUDS BEGIN.
BRIBERY A CRIME IN NAME ONLY.
ASTOR'S BANKING ACTIVITIES.
HOW ASTOR SECURED A LEASE.
WHAT THE WORKER GOT AS WAGES.
THE WORKINGMEN'S PARTY PROTEST.
RADICALISM VERSUS RESPECTABILITY.
THE PANIC OF 1837.
THE RESULTING WIDESPREAD DESTITUTION.
PROPERTY AND CRIME.
THE SYSTEM—HOW IT WORKED.
BANKS AND THEIR POWER.
A MANDATE TO PREY.
COURTS AND CONSTITUTION.
THE BANKING FRAUDS BEGIN.
BRIBERY A CRIME IN NAME ONLY.
ASTOR'S BANKING ACTIVITIES.
HOW ASTOR SECURED A LEASE.
WHAT THE WORKER GOT AS WAGES.
THE WORKINGMEN'S PARTY PROTEST.
RADICALISM VERSUS RESPECTABILITY.
THE PANIC OF 1837.
THE RESULTING WIDESPREAD DESTITUTION.
PROPERTY AND CRIME.
THE SYSTEM—HOW IT WORKED.
THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
BANKS AND THEIR POWER.
A MANDATE TO PREY.
COURTS AND CONSTITUTION.
THE BANKING FRAUDS BEGIN.
BRIBERY A CRIME IN NAME ONLY.
ASTOR'S BANKING ACTIVITIES.
HOW ASTOR SECURED A LEASE.
WHAT THE WORKER GOT AS WAGES.
THE WORKINGMEN'S PARTY PROTEST.
RADICALISM VERSUS RESPECTABILITY.
THE PANIC OF 1837.
THE RESULTING WIDESPREAD DESTITUTION.
PROPERTY AND CRIME.
THE SYSTEM—HOW IT WORKED.
BANKS AND THEIR POWER.
A MANDATE TO PREY.
COURTS AND CONSTITUTION.
THE BANKING FRAUDS BEGIN.
BRIBERY A CRIME IN NAME ONLY.
ASTOR'S BANKING ACTIVITIES.
HOW ASTOR SECURED A LEASE.
WHAT THE WORKER GOT AS WAGES.
THE WORKINGMEN'S PARTY PROTEST.
RADICALISM VERSUS RESPECTABILITY.
THE PANIC OF 1837.
THE RESULTING WIDESPREAD DESTITUTION.
PROPERTY AND CRIME.
THE SYSTEM—HOW IT WORKED.
CHAPTER V
THE MOMENTUM OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
ASTOR'S WEALTH MULTIPLIES.
EVASION OF ASSESSMENTS BY THE LANDLORDS.
DEFRAUDING A FINE ART.
HOW PUBLIC OPINION WAS MADE.
THE SANCTITY OF PROPERTY.
CORRUPTION AT THE POLLS.
POLITICAL SUBSERVIENCY.
ASTOR BECOMES AMERICA'S RICHEST MAN.
ASTOR'S TOWERING WEALTH.
THE DEATH OF JOHN JACOB ASTOR.
THE WONDER OF THE AGE.
ASTOR'S WEALTH MULTIPLIES.
EVASION OF ASSESSMENTS BY THE LANDLORDS.
DEFRAUDING A FINE ART.
HOW PUBLIC OPINION WAS MADE.
THE SANCTITY OF PROPERTY.
CORRUPTION AT THE POLLS.
POLITICAL SUBSERVIENCY.
ASTOR BECOMES AMERICA'S RICHEST MAN.
ASTOR'S TOWERING WEALTH.
THE DEATH OF JOHN JACOB ASTOR.
THE WONDER OF THE AGE.
THE MOMENTUM OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
ASTOR'S WEALTH MULTIPLIES.
EVASION OF ASSESSMENTS BY THE LANDLORDS.
DEFRAUDING A FINE ART.
HOW PUBLIC OPINION WAS MADE.
THE SANCTITY OF PROPERTY.
CORRUPTION AT THE POLLS.
POLITICAL SUBSERVIENCY.
ASTOR BECOMES AMERICA'S RICHEST MAN.
ASTOR'S TOWERING WEALTH.
THE DEATH OF JOHN JACOB ASTOR.
THE WONDER OF THE AGE.
ASTOR'S WEALTH MULTIPLIES.
EVASION OF ASSESSMENTS BY THE LANDLORDS.
DEFRAUDING A FINE ART.
HOW PUBLIC OPINION WAS MADE.
THE SANCTITY OF PROPERTY.
CORRUPTION AT THE POLLS.
POLITICAL SUBSERVIENCY.
ASTOR BECOMES AMERICA'S RICHEST MAN.
ASTOR'S TOWERING WEALTH.
THE DEATH OF JOHN JACOB ASTOR.
THE WONDER OF THE AGE.
CHAPTER VI
THE PROPULSION OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
WILLIAM B. ASTOR'S PARSIMONY.
THE PURCHASE OF LAWS.
THE INVERTED NATURE OF SOCIETY.
THE PREVAILING CORRUPTION.
BRIBERY AND BUSINESS.
WATER GRANTS FROM TWEED.
PROFITING FROM GIGANTIC THEFTS.
RENTALS FROM DISEASE AND DEATH.
HUMANITY OF NO CONSEQUENCE.
AN EXALTED CAPITALIST.
WILLIAM B. ASTOR'S PARSIMONY.
THE PURCHASE OF LAWS.
THE INVERTED NATURE OF SOCIETY.
THE PREVAILING CORRUPTION.
BRIBERY AND BUSINESS.
WATER GRANTS FROM TWEED.
PROFITING FROM GIGANTIC THEFTS.
RENTALS FROM DISEASE AND DEATH.
HUMANITY OF NO CONSEQUENCE.
AN EXALTED CAPITALIST.
THE PROPULSION OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
WILLIAM B. ASTOR'S PARSIMONY.
THE PURCHASE OF LAWS.
THE INVERTED NATURE OF SOCIETY.
THE PREVAILING CORRUPTION.
BRIBERY AND BUSINESS.
WATER GRANTS FROM TWEED.
PROFITING FROM GIGANTIC THEFTS.
RENTALS FROM DISEASE AND DEATH.
HUMANITY OF NO CONSEQUENCE.
AN EXALTED CAPITALIST.
WILLIAM B. ASTOR'S PARSIMONY.
THE PURCHASE OF LAWS.
THE INVERTED NATURE OF SOCIETY.
THE PREVAILING CORRUPTION.
BRIBERY AND BUSINESS.
WATER GRANTS FROM TWEED.
PROFITING FROM GIGANTIC THEFTS.
RENTALS FROM DISEASE AND DEATH.
HUMANITY OF NO CONSEQUENCE.
AN EXALTED CAPITALIST.
CHAPTER VII
THE CLIMAX OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
INTERRELATED WEALTH.
MONEY AND HUMANITY.
LAW THE STRONGEST ASSET.
THE BASIS OF WEALTH'S STRUCTURE.
GREAT THEFTS OF TAXES.
LICENSED PIRACY RAMPANT.
THE ASTOR FORTUNE DOUBLES.
THE QUALITY OF "REFORMERS."
A VAST ANNUAL INCOME.
PROXIMITY OF PALACES AND POVERTY.
INTERRELATED WEALTH.
MONEY AND HUMANITY.
LAW THE STRONGEST ASSET.
THE BASIS OF WEALTH'S STRUCTURE.
GREAT THEFTS OF TAXES.
LICENSED PIRACY RAMPANT.
THE ASTOR FORTUNE DOUBLES.
THE QUALITY OF "REFORMERS."
A VAST ANNUAL INCOME.
PROXIMITY OF PALACES AND POVERTY.
THE CLIMAX OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
INTERRELATED WEALTH.
MONEY AND HUMANITY.
LAW THE STRONGEST ASSET.
THE BASIS OF WEALTH'S STRUCTURE.
GREAT THEFTS OF TAXES.
LICENSED PIRACY RAMPANT.
THE ASTOR FORTUNE DOUBLES.
THE QUALITY OF "REFORMERS."
A VAST ANNUAL INCOME.
PROXIMITY OF PALACES AND POVERTY.
INTERRELATED WEALTH.
MONEY AND HUMANITY.
LAW THE STRONGEST ASSET.
THE BASIS OF WEALTH'S STRUCTURE.
GREAT THEFTS OF TAXES.
LICENSED PIRACY RAMPANT.
THE ASTOR FORTUNE DOUBLES.
THE QUALITY OF "REFORMERS."
A VAST ANNUAL INCOME.
PROXIMITY OF PALACES AND POVERTY.
CHAPTER VIII
OTHER LAND FORTUNES CONSIDERED
THE GOELET FORTUNE.
ONCE A FARM; NOW OF VAST VALUE.
MISERS WITH MILLIONS.
THE THIRD GENERATION.
WHERE SURPLUS REVENUE HAS GONE.
THE RHINELANDERS.
THE SCHERMERHORNS.
HOW LONGWORTH BEGAN.
HIS VAGARIES—SO CALLED.
MARSHALL FIELD AND LEITER.
FIELD'S MANY POSSESSIONS.
THE GOELET FORTUNE.
ONCE A FARM; NOW OF VAST VALUE.
MISERS WITH MILLIONS.
THE THIRD GENERATION.
WHERE SURPLUS REVENUE HAS GONE.
THE RHINELANDERS.
THE SCHERMERHORNS.
HOW LONGWORTH BEGAN.
HIS VAGARIES—SO CALLED.
MARSHALL FIELD AND LEITER.
FIELD'S MANY POSSESSIONS.
OTHER LAND FORTUNES CONSIDERED
THE GOELET FORTUNE.
ONCE A FARM; NOW OF VAST VALUE.
MISERS WITH MILLIONS.
THE THIRD GENERATION.
WHERE SURPLUS REVENUE HAS GONE.
THE RHINELANDERS.
THE SCHERMERHORNS.
HOW LONGWORTH BEGAN.
HIS VAGARIES—SO CALLED.
MARSHALL FIELD AND LEITER.
FIELD'S MANY POSSESSIONS.
THE GOELET FORTUNE.
ONCE A FARM; NOW OF VAST VALUE.
MISERS WITH MILLIONS.
THE THIRD GENERATION.
WHERE SURPLUS REVENUE HAS GONE.
THE RHINELANDERS.
THE SCHERMERHORNS.
HOW LONGWORTH BEGAN.
HIS VAGARIES—SO CALLED.
MARSHALL FIELD AND LEITER.
FIELD'S MANY POSSESSIONS.
CHAPTER IX
THE FIELD FORTUNE IN EXTENSO
LAND FOR ALMOST NOTHING.
IT BECOMES WORTH MILLIONS.
FIELD'S REAL ESTATE TRACTS.
HIS INCOME: $500 TO $700 AN HOUR.
HIS EMPLOYEES' WRETCHED WAGES.
OUTCASTS RATHER THAN SLAVES.
CENTERING ALL PROFITS IN HIMSELF.
THE FIELD FORTUNE IN EXTENSO
LAND FOR ALMOST NOTHING.
IT BECOMES WORTH MILLIONS.
FIELD'S REAL ESTATE TRACTS.
HIS INCOME: $500 TO $700 AN HOUR.
HIS EMPLOYEES' WRETCHED WAGES.
OUTCASTS RATHER THAN SLAVES.
CENTERING ALL PROFITS IN HIMSELF.
CHAPTER X
FURTHER VISTAS OF THE FIELD FORTUNE
FIELD'S PULLMAN WORKS.
FIELD'S PULLMAN WORKS.
THE NATURE OF A MODEL TOWN.
THE PULLMAN EMPLOYEES STRIKE.
VAST PROFITS AND LOW WAGES.
"A MODEL OF BUSINESS INTEGRITY."
HE STEALS MILLIONS IN TAXES.
PERJURY AND CHEATING COMMON.
$140,000,000 TO TWO BOYS.
"A MODEL OF BUSINESS INTEGRITY."
HE STEALS MILLIONS IN TAXES.
PERJURY AND CHEATING COMMON.
$140,000,000 TO TWO BOYS.
FURTHER VISTAS OF THE FIELD FORTUNE
FIELD'S PULLMAN WORKS.
FIELD'S PULLMAN WORKS.
THE NATURE OF A MODEL TOWN.
THE PULLMAN EMPLOYEES STRIKE.
VAST PROFITS AND LOW WAGES.
"A MODEL OF BUSINESS INTEGRITY."
HE STEALS MILLIONS IN TAXES.
PERJURY AND CHEATING COMMON.
$140,000,000 TO TWO BOYS.
"A MODEL OF BUSINESS INTEGRITY."
HE STEALS MILLIONS IN TAXES.
PERJURY AND CHEATING COMMON.
$140,000,000 TO TWO BOYS.
END OF VOL. I.
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