CONTENTS. 15 



Blunder The Loan does not command the Public Confidence The true 

 Character of the Scheme What Might Have Been The Sequel Report 

 of the German Commissioners A Capitalist's View of the Scheme The 

 Bisks too great to warrant the Investment of German Capital A remark- 

 able Statement of the Character and Prospects of the Northern Pacific 

 Bailroad 208 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 DANGER AHEAD. 



Evils resulting to the Country from Railroad Mismanagement The Dan- 

 ger of Monopolies Disregard of Individual and Public Rights Efforts 

 to corrupt the Legislative and Judicial Powers of the Country How 

 the Corporations menace the Public Liberties Mistakes of the People 

 Helplessness of the Community Mr.Thomas Scott's Boast justified 

 A Railroad King Contrast between Vanderbilt and Drew Immense 

 Power of Commodore Vanderbilt A Gigantic Monopoly A Real Dan- 

 ger An unsafe Power in the Hands of an Interested Man Danger 

 Ahead The Way to meet it 236 



PART II. 

 THE COAL MONOPOLY. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



OPERATIONS OF THE COAL RING. 





 Character and Extent of the Coal Deposits of the United States 



The Supremacy of Anthracite Enormous Coal Wealth of the Country 

 This should be a Land of Cheap Fuel Coal one of the Costliest 

 Articles of Consumption The Cause of this The Anthracite Fields 

 Their Location and Value The Pennsylvania Coal Ring A Crush- 

 ing Monopoly Efforts of the Corporations to keep up the Price of Coal 

 Condition of the Companies kept secret History and Present Con- 

 dition of the Reading Railroad A Danger6us Monopoly Immense 

 Wealth and Power of this Corporation Ten per cent, on Watered 

 Stock How Money is extorted from the People by the Coal Ring 

 An Inside View of the Scranton Coal Sales Amount of the Tax paid 

 by the People to the Coal Ring An Imperial Tribute Who are 

 the Sufferers The Poor driven to Despair How a Scarcity of Coal 

 is brought about The People at the Mercy of the Coal Ring Popular 

 vs. Corporate Rights The Remedy for the Great Evil How to bring 

 down the Price of Coal and destroy the Power of the Monopoly The 

 Remedy in the Hands of the People The Future of the Country at the 

 Mercy of the Coal Ring The Duty of Congress Will Congress stand by 

 the People or yield to the Monopoly?. 253 



