Frenzied Finance, Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated
by Thomas William Lawson
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Contents
- Penitence and Punishment
- Saints, Sinners, and in-Betweens
- Foreword
- Chapter I. The Tortuous Course of Amalgamated
- Chapter II. The "System's" Method of Finance and Management
- Chapter III. The Men in Power Behind the "System"
- Chapter IV. My Own Responsibility
- Chapter V. The Power of Dollars
- Chapter VI. Construction of "Standard Oil's" "Dollar-Making" Mill
- Chapter VII. Juggling with Millions of the People's Money
- Chapter VIII. "Standard Oil" Invests "Made Dollars" in Gas
- Chapter IX. A Votary of the "System"
- Chapter X. Addicks Comes to Boston
- Chapter XI. How Addicks Captured Boston Gas
- Chapter XII. Stock-Brokers Not All Bad
- Chapter XIII. The "System" Versus Westinghouse
- Chapter XIV. The Alliance with Addicks
- Chapter XV. The Great Bay State Gas Fight
- Chapter XVI. Peace Negotiations with Rogers
- Chapter XVII. A Memorable Conference
- Chapter XVIII. The Duplicity of Addicks
- Chapter XIX. Enter H. M. Whitney
- Chapter XX. An Awkward Attack of Appendicitis
- Chapter XXI. Bribing a Legislature
- Chapter XXII. Plundered of the Plunder
- Chapter XXIII. Two Gentlemen of Frenzied Finance
- Chapter XXIV. Buying a Bunch of States
- Chapter XXV. Athletics of Finance
- Chapter XXVI. The Circling of the Vultures
- Chapter XXVII. Court Corruption and Coin
- Chapter XXVIII. Peace at Last
- Chapter I. The Magic World of Finance
- Chapter II. The "System" and the Louisiana Lottery Compared
- Chapter III. The Fundamentals of Finance
- Chapter IV. The Magic "Jimmy"
- Chapter V. How the "System" Does Business
- Chapter VI. How Wall Street's Manipulations Affect the Country
- Chapter VII. Economics of Copper
- Chapter VIII. My Plan for "Coppers"
- Chapter IX. Birth of "Coppers"
- Chapter X. Rogers Grasps "Coppers"
- Chapter XI. The Copper Campaign Opens
- Chapter XII. The Buncoing of the Stockholders of Utah
- Chapter XIII. The Trap in Finance
- Chapter XIV. Lawyer Untermyer Discovers the "Nigger"
- Chapter XV. Degrees in Crime
- Chapter XVI. Mr. Rogers Unmasks
- Chapter XVII. "Extract Every Dollar"
- Chapter XVIII. The Biters Bit
- Chapter XIX. The Despoiling of Leonard Lewisohn
- Chapter XX. The Christening of Amalgamated
- Chapter XXI. Fixing the Responsibility
- Chapter XXII. The Responsibility Fastened
- Chapter XXIII. The First Crime of Amalgamated
- Chapter XXIV. The Subscription Opens
- Chapter XXV. Dollar Hydrophobia
- Chapter XXVI. Deviltry Afoot
- Chapter XXVII. The Black Flag Hoisted
- Chapter XXVIII. The Bogus Subscription
- $412,000,000 for Amalgamated Coppers
- Chapter XXIX. The Aftermath
- Chapter XXX. The Morning After
- Chapter XXXI. I Walk the Plank
- Chapter XXXII. Perfecting the Double Cross
- Chapter XXXIII. A Retrospect and a Moral
- I. The Insurance Controversy
- II. The Enemies I Have Made
- III. Explanations