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| 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 | [217] |
| VI. | How Wall Street's Manipulations Affect the Country | [223] |
| VII. | Economics of Copper | [226] |
| VIII. | My plan for "Coppers" | [233] |
| IX. | Birth of "Coppers" | [237] |
| X. | Rogers Grasps "Coppers" | [245] |
| XI. | The Copper Campaign Opens | [253] |
| XII. | The Buncoing of the Stockholders of Utah | [261] |
| XIII. | The Trap in Finance | [266] |
| XIV. | Lawyer Untermyer Discovers the "Nigger" | [274] |
| XV. | Degrees in Crime | [281] |
| XVI. | Mr. Rogers Unmasks | [283] |
| XVII. | "Extract Every Dollar" | [289] |
| XVIII. | The Biters Bit | [301] |
| XIX. | The Despoiling of Leonard Lewisohn | [307] |
| XX. | The Christening of Amalgamated | [311] |
| XXI. | Fixing the Responsibility | [320] |
| XXII. | The Responsibility Fastened | [332] |
| XXIII. | The First Crime of Amalgamated | [340] |
| XXIV. | The Subscription Opens | [346] |
| XXV. | Dollar Hydrophobia | [351] |
| XXVI. | Deviltry Afoot | [359] |
| XXVII. | The Black Flag Hoisted | [364] |
| XXVIII. | The Bogus Subscription | [370] |
| XXIX. | The Aftermath | [376] |
| XXX. | The Morning After | [385] |
| XXXI. | I Walk the Plank | [389] |
| XXXII. | Perfecting the Double Cross | [397] |
| XXXIII. | A Retrospect and a Moral | [405] |
| LAWSON AND HIS CRITICS |
| I. | The Insurance Controversy | [413] |
| II. | The Enemies I Have Made | [487] |
| III. | Explanations | [539] |