CONTENTS
Thomas William Lawson
page
Foreword
vii
PART I
CHAPTER
I.
The Tortuous Course of Amalgamated
1
II.
The "System's" Method of Finance and Management
5
III.
The Men in Power Behind the "System"
13
IV.
My Own Responsibility
23
V.
The Power of Dollars
33
VI.
Construction of "Standard Oil's" "Dollar-Making" Mill
41
VII.
Juggling with Millions of the People's Money
52
VIII.
"Standard Oil" Invests "Made Dollars" in Gas
56
IX.
A Votary of the "System"
60
X.
Addicks Comes to Boston
67
XI.
How Addicks Captured Boston Gas
71
XII.
Stock-Brokers not all Bad
79
XIII.
The "System" versus Westinghouse
88
XIV.
The Alliance with Addicks
93
XV.
The Great Bay State Gas Fight
103
XVI.
Peace Negotiations with Rogers
110
XVII.
A Memorable Conference
113
XVIII.
The Duplicity of Addicks
125
XIX.
Enter H. M. Whitney
133
XX.
An Awkward Attack of Appendicitis
142
XXI.
Bribing a Legislature
149
XXII.
Plundered of the Plunder
162
XXIII.
Two Gentlemen of Frenzied Finance
170
XXIV.
Buying a Bunch of States
176
XXV.
Athletics of Finance
182
XXVI.
The Circling of the Vultures
187
XXVII.
Court Corruption and Coin
191
XXVIII.
Peace at Last
195
PART II
I.
The Magic World of Finance
197
II.
The "System" and the Louisiana Lottery Compared
202
III.
The Fundamentals of Finance
208
IV.
The Magic "Jimmy"
213
V.
How the "System" does Business
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