Frenzied finance : Volume I. the crime of amalgamated / by Thomas W. Lawson

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : The Ridgway-Thayer Company, 1905Description: xix, 559 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.7/66/93097471
LOC classification:
  • HG 4061 .L42 1905
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Contents:
Part I: Chapter I. The tortuous course of amalgamated -- II. The "system's" method of finance and management -- III. The men in power behind the "system" -- IV. My own responsibility -- V. The power of dollars -- VI. Construction of "standard oil's" "dollar-making" mill -- VII. Juggling with millions of the people's money -- VIII. "Standard oil" invests "made dollars" in gas -- IX. A votary of the "system" -- X. Addicks comes to Boston -- XI. How Addicks captured Boston gas -- XII. Stock-brokers not all bad -- XIII. The "system" versus Westinghouse -- XIV. The alliance with Addicks -- XV. The great bay state gas fight -- XVI. Peace negotiations with Rogers -- XVII. A memorable conference -- XVIII. The duplicity of Addicks -- XIX. Enter H. M. Whitney -- XX. An awkward attack of appendicitis -- XXI. Bribing a legislature -- XXII. Plundered of the plunder -- XXIII. Two gentlemen of frenzied finance -- XXIV. Buying a bunch of states -- XXV. Athletics of finance -- XXVI. The circling of the vultures -- XXVII. Court corruption and coin -- XXVIII. Peace at last.
Part II: Chapter I. The magic world of finance -- II. The "system" and the Louisiana lottery compared -- III. The fundamentals of finance -- IV. The magic "Jimmy" -- V. How the "system" does business -- VI. How Wall Street's manipulations affect the country -- VII. Economics of copper -- VIII. My plan for "coppers" -- IX. Birth of "coppers" -- X. Rogers grasps "coppers" -- XI. The copper campaign opens -- XII. The buncoing of the stockholders of Utah -- XIII. The trap in finance -- XIV. Lawyer Untermyer discovers the "nigger" -- XV. Degrees in crime -- XVI. Mr. Rogers unmasks -- XVII. "Extract every dollar" -- XVIII. The biters bit -- XIX. The despoiling of Leonard Lewisohn -- XX. The christening of amalgamated -- XXI. Fixing the responsibility -- XXII. The responsibility fastened -- XXIII. The first crime of amalgamated -- XXIV. The subscription opens -- XXV. Dollar hydrophobia -- XXVI. Deviltry afoot -- XXVII. The black flag hoisted -- XXVIII. The bogus subscription -- XXIX. The aftermath -- XXX. The morning after -- XXXI. I walk the plank -- XXXII. Perfecting the double cross -- XXXIII. A retrospect and a moral.
Lawson and his critics: Chapter I. The insurance controversy -- II. The enemies I have made -- III. Explanations.
Summary: "American businessman Thomas William Lawson (1857-1925) was notorious for his stock manipulations, but that was nothing to the infamy he achieved when he turned against his partners, Henry H. Rogers and William Rockefeller, in the Amalgamated Copper Mining Company. In this 1906 work-a forgotten classic of muckraking by an insider to the crimes uncovered-Lawson told all about the ruthless practices deployed to create this trust, making no bones abut his own involvement. Pulling no punches, Lawson discusses: "juggling with millions of the people's money", "bribing a legislature", "the magic world of finance", "how Wall Street's manipulations affect the country", and much more. As the globe reels from 21st-century financial crimes, this is a stunning reminder of lessons of old that went unheeded." -- From Amazon
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks HG 4061 .L42 1905 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan This book contains racial slurs. NPML19100029

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Part I: Chapter I. The tortuous course of amalgamated -- II. The "system's" method of finance and management -- III. The men in power behind the "system" -- IV. My own responsibility -- V. The power of dollars -- VI. Construction of "standard oil's" "dollar-making" mill -- VII. Juggling with millions of the people's money -- VIII. "Standard oil" invests "made dollars" in gas -- IX. A votary of the "system" -- X. Addicks comes to Boston -- XI. How Addicks captured Boston gas -- XII. Stock-brokers not all bad -- XIII. The "system" versus Westinghouse -- XIV. The alliance with Addicks -- XV. The great bay state gas fight -- XVI. Peace negotiations with Rogers -- XVII. A memorable conference -- XVIII. The duplicity of Addicks -- XIX. Enter H. M. Whitney -- XX. An awkward attack of appendicitis -- XXI. Bribing a legislature -- XXII. Plundered of the plunder -- XXIII. Two gentlemen of frenzied finance -- XXIV. Buying a bunch of states -- XXV. Athletics of finance -- XXVI. The circling of the vultures -- XXVII. Court corruption and coin -- XXVIII. Peace at last.

Part II: Chapter I. The magic world of finance -- II. The "system" and the Louisiana lottery compared -- III. The fundamentals of finance -- IV. The magic "Jimmy" -- V. How the "system" does business -- VI. How Wall Street's manipulations affect the country -- VII. Economics of copper -- VIII. My plan for "coppers" -- IX. Birth of "coppers" -- X. Rogers grasps "coppers" -- XI. The copper campaign opens -- XII. The buncoing of the stockholders of Utah -- XIII. The trap in finance -- XIV. Lawyer Untermyer discovers the "nigger" -- XV. Degrees in crime -- XVI. Mr. Rogers unmasks -- XVII. "Extract every dollar" -- XVIII. The biters bit -- XIX. The despoiling of Leonard Lewisohn -- XX. The christening of amalgamated -- XXI. Fixing the responsibility -- XXII. The responsibility fastened -- XXIII. The first crime of amalgamated -- XXIV. The subscription opens -- XXV. Dollar hydrophobia -- XXVI. Deviltry afoot -- XXVII. The black flag hoisted -- XXVIII. The bogus subscription -- XXIX. The aftermath -- XXX. The morning after -- XXXI. I walk the plank -- XXXII. Perfecting the double cross -- XXXIII. A retrospect and a moral.

Lawson and his critics: Chapter I. The insurance controversy -- II. The enemies I have made -- III. Explanations.

"American businessman Thomas William Lawson (1857-1925) was notorious for his stock manipulations, but that was nothing to the infamy he achieved when he turned against his partners, Henry H. Rogers and William Rockefeller, in the Amalgamated Copper Mining Company. In this 1906 work-a forgotten classic of muckraking by an insider to the crimes uncovered-Lawson told all about the ruthless practices deployed to create this trust, making no bones abut his own involvement. Pulling no punches, Lawson discusses: "juggling with millions of the people's money", "bribing a legislature", "the magic world of finance", "how Wall Street's manipulations affect the country", and much more. As the globe reels from 21st-century financial crimes, this is a stunning reminder of lessons of old that went unheeded." -- From Amazon

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