Chapter I: Front Matter

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, OR TRUSTS 537

INDEX 545

WEALTH AGAINST COMMONWEALTH