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Frenzied Finance

Frenzied Finance

by Thomas William Lawson

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Author
Lawson, Thomas William, 1857-1925
Title
Frenzied Finance, Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated
Credits
Produced by Barbara Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
HG: Social sciences: Finance
Subject
Amalgamated Copper Co.
Category
Text
eBook-No.
26330
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26330
Release Date
August 16, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Transcriber's Note: — FRENZIED FINANCE — BY
  2. 2.THE CRIME OF AMALGAMATED — TO
  3. 3.PENITENCE AND PUNISHMENT — THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED — TO MY AUDIENCE
  4. 4.SAINTS, SINNERS, AND IN-BETWEENS
  5. 5.FOREWORD
  6. 6.CONTENTS — FRENZIED FINANCE
  7. 7.PART I
  8. 8.CHAPTER I — THE TORTUOUS COURSE OF AMALGAMATED
  9. 9.CHAPTER II — THE "SYSTEM'S" METHOD OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT
  10. 10.CHAPTER III — THE MEN IN POWER BEHIND THE "SYSTEM"
  11. 11.CHAPTER IV — MY OWN RESPONSIBILITY — FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12.CHAPTER V — THE POWER OF DOLLARS — FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13.CHAPTER VI — CONSTRUCTION OF "STANDARD OIL'S" "DOLLAR-MAKING" MILL — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.CHAPTER VII — JUGGLING WITH MILLIONS OF THE PEOPLE'S MONEY
  15. 15.CHAPTER VIII — "STANDARD OIL" INVESTS "MADE DOLLARS" IN GAS — FOOTNOTES:
  16. 16.CHAPTER IX — A VOTARY OF THE "SYSTEM"
  17. 17.CHAPTER X — ADDICKS COMES TO BOSTON
  18. 18.CHAPTER XI — HOW ADDICKS CAPTURED BOSTON GAS
  19. 19.CHAPTER XII — STOCK-BROKERS NOT ALL BAD
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIII — THE "SYSTEM" VERSUS WESTINGHOUSE
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIV — THE ALLIANCE WITH ADDICKS
  22. 22.CHAPTER XV — THE GREAT BAY STATE GAS FIGHT — FOOTNOTES:
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVI — PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH ROGERS
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVII — A MEMORABLE CONFERENCE
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII — THE DUPLICITY OF ADDICKS
  26. 26.CHAPTER XIX — ENTER H. M. WHITNEY — FOOTNOTES:
  27. 27.CHAPTER XX — AN AWKWARD ATTACK OF APPENDICITIS
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXI — BRIBING A LEGISLATURE — FOOTNOTES:
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXII — PLUNDERED OF THE PLUNDER
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII — TWO GENTLEMEN OF FRENZIED FINANCE — FOOTNOTES:
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIV — BUYING A BUNCH OF STATES — FOOTNOTES:
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXV — ATHLETICS OF FINANCE
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVI — THE CIRCLING OF THE VULTURES — FOOTNOTES:
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXVII — COURT CORRUPTION AND COIN
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXVIII — PEACE AT LAST
  36. 36.PART II
  37. 37.CHAPTER I — THE MAGIC WORLD OF FINANCE
  38. 38.CHAPTER II — THE "SYSTEM" AND THE LOUISIANA LOTTERY COMPARED
  39. 39.CHAPTER III — THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCE
  40. 40.CHAPTER IV — THE MAGIC "JIMMY"
  41. 41.CHAPTER V — HOW THE "SYSTEM" DOES BUSINESS — FOOTNOTES:
  42. 42.CHAPTER VI — HOW WALL STREET'S MANIPULATIONS AFFECT THE COUNTRY
  43. 43.CHAPTER VII — ECONOMICS OF COPPER — FOOTNOTES:
  44. 44.CHAPTER VIII — MY PLAN FOR "COPPERS"
  45. 45.CHAPTER IX — BIRTH OF "COPPERS"
  46. 46.CHAPTER X — ROGERS GRASPS "COPPERS"
  47. 47.CHAPTER XI — THE COPPER CAMPAIGN OPENS — FOOTNOTES:
  48. 48.CHAPTER XII — THE BUNCOING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF UTAH
  49. 49.CHAPTER XIII — THE TRAP IN FINANCE
  50. 50.CHAPTER XIV — LAWYER UNTERMYER DISCOVERS THE "NIGGER"
  51. 51.CHAPTER XV — DEGREES IN CRIME
  52. 52.CHAPTER XVI — MR. ROGERS UNMASKS
  53. 53.CHAPTER XVII — "EXTRACT EVERY DOLLAR"
  54. 54.CHAPTER XVIII — THE BITERS BIT
  55. 55.CHAPTER XIX — THE DESPOILING OF LEONARD LEWISOHN
  56. 56.CHAPTER XX — THE CHRISTENING OF AMALGAMATED
  57. 57.CHAPTER XXI — FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY
  58. 58.CHAPTER XXII — THE RESPONSIBILITY FASTENED
  59. 59.CHAPTER XXIII — THE FIRST CRIME OF AMALGAMATED
  60. 60.CHAPTER XXIV — THE SUBSCRIPTION OPENS
  61. 61.CHAPTER XXV — DOLLAR HYDROPHOBIA
  62. 62.CHAPTER XXVI — DEVILTRY AFOOT
  63. 63.CHAPTER XXVII — THE BLACK FLAG HOISTED
  64. 64.CHAPTER XXVIII — THE BOGUS SUBSCRIPTION
  65. 65.$412,000,000 FOR AMALGAMATED COPPERS — $75,000,000 Subscribed More Than Five Times Over — FINANCIAL WORLD COPPER MAD
  66. 66.CHAPTER XXIX — THE AFTERMATH
  67. 67.CHAPTER XXX — THE MORNING AFTER
  68. 68.CHAPTER XXXI — I WALK THE PLANK
  69. 69.CHAPTER XXXII — PERFECTING THE DOUBLE CROSS
  70. 70.CHAPTER XXXIII — A RETROSPECT AND A MORAL
  71. 71.I — THE INSURANCE CONTROVERSY — FOOTNOTES:
  72. 72.II — THE ENEMIES I HAVE MADE — FOOTNOTES:
  73. 73.III — EXPLANATIONS — Transcriber's Notes:

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