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Frenzied Finance, Volume I: The Crime of Amalgamated

Frenzied Finance, Volume I: The Crime of Amalgamated

by Thomas William Lawson

This volume compiles a series of articles originally published in Everybody's Magazine concerning the practices of high finance. The author presents a historical account of business dealings spanning twelve years and challenges readers to evaluate the veracity of the events described.

Languages
English·Español
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1905
Latest release
Aug 7, 2026
Pages
732
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Paperback nonfiction
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Table of Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Saints, Sinners, and In-Betweens
  4. Foreword
  5. Chapter I. The Tortuous Course of Amalgamated
  6. Chapter II. The "System's" Method of Finance and Management
  7. Chapter III. The Men in Power Behind the "System
  8. Chapter IV. My Own Responsibility
  9. Chapter V: The Power of Dollars
  10. Chapter VI. Construction of "Standard Oil's" "Dollar-Making" Mill
  11. Chapter VII. Juggling with Millions of the People's Money
  12. Chapter VIII
  13. Chapter IX. A Votary of the "System
  14. Chapter X. Addicks Comes to Boston
  15. Chapter XI. How Addicks Captured Boston Gas
  16. Chapter XII. Stock-Brokers Not All Bad
  17. CHAPTER XIII. THE "SYSTEM" VERSUS WESTINGHOUSE
  18. CHAPTER XIV. THE ALLIANCE WITH ADDICKS
  19. Chapter XV: The Great Bay State Gas Fight
  20. CHAPTER XVI. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH ROGERS
  21. CHAPTER XVII. A MEMORABLE CONFERENCE
  22. CHAPTER XVIII. THE DUPLICITY OF ADDICKS
  23. Chapter XIX
  24. Chapter XX: An Awkward Attack of Appendicitis
  25. CHAPTER XXI. BRIBING A LEGISLATURE
  26. CHAPTER XXII. PLUNDERED OF THE PLUNDER
  27. CHAPTER XXIII. TWO GENTLEMEN OF FRENZIED FINANCE
  28. CHAPTER XXIV. BUYING A BUNCH OF STATES
  29. Chapter XXV. Athletics of Finance
  30. CHAPTER XXVI. THE CIRCLING OF THE VULTURES
  31. CHAPTER XXVII. COURT CORRUPTION AND COIN
  32. CHAPTER XXVIII. PEACE AT LAST
  33. Chapter I. The Magic World of Finance
  34. Chapter II. The "System" and the Louisiana Lottery Compared
  35. Chapter III. The Fundamentals of Finance
  36. Chapter IV: The Magic "Jimmy
  37. Chapter V. How the "System" Does Business
  38. Chapter VI. How Wall Street's Manipulations Affect the Country
  39. CHAPTER VII. ECONOMICS OF COPPER
  40. Chapter VIII. My Plan for "Coppers
  41. CHAPTER IX. BIRTH OF "COPPERS
  42. Chapter X: Rogers Grasps "Coppers
  43. Chapter XI
  44. Chapter XII. The Buncoing of the Stockholders of Utah
  45. Chapter XIII. The Trap in Finance
  46. CHAPTER XIV. LAWYER UNTERMYER DISCOVERS THE "NIGGER
  47. CHAPTER XV. DEGREES IN CRIME
  48. Chapter XVI. Mr. Rogers Unmasks
  49. Chapter XVII
  50. CHAPTER XVIII. THE BITERS BIT
  51. Chapter XIX. The Despoiling of Leonard Lewisohn
  52. Chapter XX. The Christening of Amalgamated
  53. CHAPTER XXI. FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY
  54. CHAPTER XXII. THE RESPONSIBILITY FASTENED
  55. CHAPTER XXIII. THE FIRST CRIME OF AMALGAMATED
  56. Chapter XXIV
  57. CHAPTER XXV. DOLLAR HYDROPHOBIA
  58. CHAPTER XXVI. DEVILTRY AFOOT
  59. CHAPTER XXVII. THE BLACK FLAG HOISTED
  60. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BOGUS SUBSCRIPTION
  61. CHAPTER XXIX
  62. CHAPTER XXX
  63. CHAPTER XXXI
  64. CHAPTER XXXII
  65. CHAPTER XXXIII
  66. I
  67. II
  68. III
  69. Notes