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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