CONTENTS

PART I
THE EVIDENCE
Chapter Page
I.The Story of the Brass Check[13]
II.The Story of a Poet[17]
III.Open Sesame![22]
IV.The Real Fight[27]
V.The Condemned Meat Industry[32]
VI.An Adventure with Roosevelt[39]
VII.Jackals and a Carcase[45]
VIII.The Last Act[50]
IX.Aiming at the Public’s Heart[55]
X.A Voice from Russia[58]
XI.A Venture in Co-operation[62]
XII.The Village Horse-Doctor[68]
XIII.In High Society[74]
XIV.The Great Panic[80]
XV.Shredded Wheat Biscuit[86]
XVI.An Interview on Marriage[90]
XVII.“Gaming” on the Sabbath[97]
XVIII.An Essential Monogamist[102]
XIX.In the Lion’s Den[110]
XX.The Story of a Lynching[114]
XXI.Journalism and Burglary[121]
XXII.A Millionaire and an Author[125]
XXIII.The “Heart-Wife”[130]
XXIV.The Mourning Pickets[142]
XXV.The Case of the Associated Press[150]
XXVI.A Governor and His Lie[154]
XXVII.The Associated Press at the Bar[165]
XXVIII.The Associated Press and Its Newspapers[169]
XXIX.The Scandal-Bureau[176]
XXX.The Concrete Wall[184]
XXXI.Making Bomb-Makers[191]
XXXII.The Roof-Garden of the World[197]
XXXIII.A Fountain of Poison[202]
XXXIV.The Daily Cat-and-Dog Fight[213]
PART II
THE EXPLANATION
XXXV.The Causes of Things[221]
XXXVI.The Empire of Business[228]
XXXVII.The Dregs of the Cup[237]
XXXVIII.Owning the Press[241]
XXXIX.The War-Makers[250]
XL.Owning the Owners[258]
XLI.The Owner in Politics[263]
XLII.Owning the Associated Press[271]
XLIII.The Owner and His Advertisers[282]
XLIV.The Advertising Boycott[289]
XLV.The Advertising Ecstasy[295]
XLVI.The Bribe Direct[300]
XLVII.The Bribe Wholesale[307]
XLVIII.Poison Ivy[311]
XLIX.The Elbert Hubbard Worm[314]
L.The Press and Public Welfare[318]
LI.The Press and the Radicals[323]
LII.The Press and the Socialists[327]
LIII.The Press and Sex[332]
LIV.The Press and Crime[337]
LV.The Press and Jack London[341]
LVI.The Press and Labor[346]
LVII.The Associated Press and Labor[353]
LVIII.“Poisoned at the Source”[362]
LIX.The Press and the War[377]
LX.The Case of Russia[385]
LXI.“Bolshevism” in America[395]
PART III
THE REMEDY
LXII.Cutting the Tiger’s Claws[403]
LXIII.The Mental Munition-Factory[408]
LXIV.The Problem of the Reporter[415]
LXV.The Press Set Free[421]
LXVI.A Frame-up That Fell Down[429]
Conclusion[436]
A Practical Program[438]
Publisher’s Note[443]