MONOPOLIES AND THE PEOPLE.
Patrons of Husbandry,
PREFACE. TO THE READER.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. A PRELIMINARY SURVEY.
CHAPTER II. THE PACIFIC RAILROAD INIQUITY.
CHAPTER III. THE MONOPOLISTS "HELP THEMSELVES."
CHAPTER IV. HOW CONGRESS BETRAYED THE PEOPLE.
CHAPTER V. CONGRESS BECOME A STOCK EXCHANGE.
CHAPTER VI. HOW THE LAND GRANT RAILROADS "DEVELOPE" A COUNTRY.
CHAPTER VII. THE CREDIT MOBILIER, AND A VILLAINOUS CONTRACT.
CHAPTER VIII. HAS CONGRESS THE POWER, UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, TO CREATE OR ENDOW PRIVATE CORPORATIONS?
CHAPTER IX. STATE RIGHTS AT THE BAR OF A CORRUPT CONGRESS.
CHAPTER X. AN UNSETTLED ACCOUNT A GUILTY DIRECTORY.
CHAPTER XI. THE SOLE PURPOSES OF TAXATION.
CHAPTER XII. THE RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN. UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF MUNICIPAL AID TO RAILROADS.
CHAPTER XIII. THE FATAL POLICY OF MORTGAGING CITIES AND COUNTIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE IMPOVERISHING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. THE WAREHOUSE CONSPIRACY.
CHAPTER XV. A NEW AND FALSE PRINCIPLE IN HYDRAULICS WATERED
CHAPTER XVI. A PRIVILEGED CLASS THE MONOPOLISTS RELIEVED OF
CHAPTER XVII. THE STRONG GRASP OF CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL ON
CHAPTER XVIII. THE "TRAIL OF THE SERPENT" IN THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
CHAPTER XIX. THE MONOPOLISTS AT THE DOOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
CHAPTER XX. THE UNITED STATES TREASURY THE VASSAL OF WALL STREET STOCK "OPERATIONS" EXPLAINED.
CHAPTER XXI. HOW WALL STREET BUILDS RAILROADS A HOT-BED OF CORRUPTION.
CHAPTER XXII. THE SUPREME BENCH INVADED ITS DECISIONS REVIEWED.
CHAPTER XXIII. BANK MONOPOLISTS THEIR CONTROL OF THE CURRENCY. A BANKRUPT FINANCIAL POLICY.
CHAPTER XXIV. OUR TARIFF POLICY. DOES PROTECTION PROTECT?
CHAPTER XXV. PATENT RIGHTS AND THEIR ABUSES.
CONCLUSION. REFORMATION OR REVOLUTION. A RADICAL CHANGE
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II. DISSENTING OPINION OF CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE.
CHAPTER III. DISSENTING OPINION OF JUSTICE CLIFFORD.
CHAPTER IV. DISSENTING OPINION OF JUSTICE FIELD.
CHAPTER V. GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF RAILROADS.
CHAPTER VI. THE INFLUENCE OF MONOPOLIES UPON LABOR.
Transcriber's Note: Obvious errors in spelling and punctuation have been silently corrected.
