WEALTH AGAINST COMMONWEALTH

BY

HENRY DEMAREST LLOYD

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1894

Copyright, 1894, by Henry Demarest Lloyd.
All rights reserved.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. ["THERE ARE NONE"—"THEY ARE LEGION"] [1]
II. [CUT OFF FROM FIRE] [9]
III. [PROHIBITION THAT PROHIBITS] [20]
IV. ["SQUARE EATERS"] [30]
V. [STRIKING OIL] [38]
VI. ["NOT TO EXCEED HALF"] [61]
VII. ["YOU ARE NOT TO REFINE"] [73]
VIII. ["NO!"] [84]
IX. [WHO PIPED AND WHO DANCED] [104]
X. [CHEAPENING TRANSPORTATION] [118]
XI. [SONG OF THE BARREL] [128]
XII. [UNFINISHED MARCH TO THE SEA] [152]
XIII. [PURCHASE OF PEACE] [166]
XIV. ["I WANT TO MAKE OIL"] [182]
XV. [SYMPATHETICAL CO-OPERATION] [199]
XVI. ["TURN ANOTHER SCREW"] [212]
XVII. [IN THE INTEREST OF ALL] [227]
XVIII. [ORDINARY SUPPLY AND DEMAND] [243]
XIX. [THROUGH THE WOMAN'S EYES] [257]
XX. [TAKEN FROM THE JURY BY THE JUDGE] 272
XXI. [CRIME CHEAPER THAN COMPETITION] [285]
XXII. [ANOTHER TALE OF TWO CITIES] [299]
XXIII. [FREEDOM OF THE CITY] [313]
XXIV. [HIGH FINANCE] [326]
XXV. [A SUNDAY IN JUNE] [341]
XXVI. [TOLEDO VICTOR] [352]
XXVII. ["YOU ARE A—SENATOR"] [369]
XXVIII. [FOR "OLD GLORY" AND AN—APPROPRIATION] [389]
XXIX. ["THE COMMODITY IS NOT SO GOOD AS BEFORE"—Coke] [405]
XXX. ["TO GET ALL WE CAN"] [420]
XXXI. [ALL THE WORLD UNDER ONE HAT] [432]
XXXII. ["NOT BUSINESS"] [455]
XXXIII. [THE SMOKELESS REBATE] [474]
XXXIV. [THE OLD SELF-INTEREST] [494]
XXXV. [AND THE NEW] [516]
[APPENDIX—PARTIAL LIST OF TRADE COMBINATIONS, ORTRUSTS] [537]
[INDEX] [545]

WEALTH AGAINST COMMONWEALTH

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