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

FRENZIED FINANCE

THE STORY OF AMALGAMATED

_PART I_

CHAPTER I

THE TORTUOUS COURSE OF AMALGAMATED

Amalgamated Copper was begotten in 1898, born in 1899, and in the first
five years of its existence plundered the public to the extent of over
o