Great Fortunes from Railroads

About this eBook

Author

Myers, Gustavus, 1872-1942

Credits

Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

HC: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Special topics

Subject

Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century

Category

Text

eBook-No.

6495

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6495

Release Date

September 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY OF THE GREAT AMERICAN FORTUNES — BY GUSTAVUS MYERS
2. 2.VOL. II
3. 3.I. THE SEIZURE OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
4. 4.PART III
5. 5.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.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.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.
8. 8.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.
9. 9.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.
10. 10.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.
11. 11.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.
12. 12.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.
13. 13.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.
14. 14.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
15. 15.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.
16. 16.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

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