Monopolies and the People

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Author

Cloud, D. C.

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Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production

Subject

Monopolies -- United States

Category

Text

eBook-No.

39095

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39095

Release Date

March 10, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.MONOPOLIES — THE PEOPLE. — D. C. CLOUD, — MUSCATINE. — DAVENPORT, IOWA: DAY, EGBERT, & FIDLAR. 1873. — TO THE
3. 3.Patrons of Husbandry, — THE AUTHOR.
4. 4.PREFACE. — TO THE READER.
5. 5.TABLE OF CONTENTS. — APPENDIX. — ERRATA. — Monopolies and the People. — INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — A PRELIMINARY SURVEY.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — THE PACIFIC RAILROAD INIQUITY.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — THE MONOPOLISTS "HELP THEMSELVES."
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — HOW CONGRESS BETRAYED THE PEOPLE.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — CONGRESS BECOME A STOCK EXCHANGE.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — HOW THE LAND GRANT RAILROADS "DEVELOPE" A COUNTRY.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — THE CREDIT MOBILIER, AND A VILLAINOUS CONTRACT. — THE "OAKES AMES CONTRACT."—ITS ASSIGNMENTS TO THE CREDIT MOBILIER. — ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACT TO SEVEN TRUSTEES.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — HAS CONGRESS THE POWER, UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, TO CREATE OR ENDOW PRIVATE CORPORATIONS?
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — STATE RIGHTS AT THE BAR OF A CORRUPT CONGRESS.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. — AN UNSETTLED ACCOUNT—A GUILTY DIRECTORY.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — THE SOLE PURPOSES OF TAXATION.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — THE RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN.—UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF MUNICIPAL AID TO RAILROADS.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — THE FATAL POLICY OF MORTGAGING CITIES AND COUNTIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — THE IMPOVERISHING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.—THE WAREHOUSE CONSPIRACY.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. — A NEW AND FALSE PRINCIPLE IN HYDRAULICS—WATERED STOCK—ITS UNLAWFUL PROFITS THE SOURCE OF EXTORTIONATE TARIFFS—THE "FAST DISPATCH" SWINDLE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. — A PRIVILEGED CLASS—THE MONOPOLISTS RELIEVED OF THE BURDENS OF TAXATION—AN OUTRAGE UPON REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. — THE STRONG GRASP OF CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL ON AMERICAN LEGISLATION—BEECHER ON "REFORMATION OR REVOLUTION"—"HISTORY OF RAILWAY LEGISLATION IN IOWA." — HISTORY OF RAILWAY LEGISLATION IN IOWA.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE "TRAIL OF THE SERPENT" IN THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. — THE MONOPOLISTS AT THE DOOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. — THE UNITED STATES TREASURY THE VASSAL OF WALL STREET—STOCK "OPERATIONS" EXPLAINED.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. — HOW WALL STREET BUILDS RAILROADS—A HOT-BED OF CORRUPTION.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. — THE SUPREME BENCH INVADED—ITS DECISIONS REVIEWED.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. — BANK MONOPOLISTS—THEIR CONTROL OF THE CURRENCY. A BANKRUPT FINANCIAL POLICY.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. — OUR TARIFF POLICY.—DOES PROTECTION PROTECT?
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. — PATENT RIGHTS AND THEIR ABUSES.
31. 31.CONCLUSION. — REFORMATION OR REVOLUTION.—A RADICAL CHANGE DEMANDED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.—CONCLUSIONS OF THE AUTHOR. — "SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. — APPENDIX. — APPENDIX.
32. 32.CHAPTER I.
33. 33.CHAPTER II. — DISSENTING OPINION OF CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE.
34. 34.CHAPTER III. — DISSENTING OPINION OF JUSTICE CLIFFORD.
35. 35.CHAPTER IV. — DISSENTING OPINION OF JUSTICE FIELD.
36. 36.CHAPTER V. — GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF RAILROADS. — THE RAILROAD DISCUSSION AND COMMON SENSE—THE LATEST DEVICE FOR FIXING RATES OF TRANSPORTATION.
37. 37.CHAPTER VI. — THE INFLUENCE OF MONOPOLIES UPON LABOR.

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