The Making of America: Industry and financeRobert Marion La Follette Arno Press, 1973 - Business & Economics |
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Page 153
... Chicago , and at Chicago lower than at New York , which must be accounted for by some permanent reason . Still it appears that on many occasions the situation was reversed . Thus , oil sold cheaper at New York than at Chicago : in ...
... Chicago , and at Chicago lower than at New York , which must be accounted for by some permanent reason . Still it appears that on many occasions the situation was reversed . Thus , oil sold cheaper at New York than at Chicago : in ...
Page 174
... Chicago . With the entrance of the Erie road , and , in 1874 , of the Baltimore and Ohio , into Chicago , the competition for traffic throughout the region of the trunk lines became more imbittered . During the years from 1869 till 1873 ...
... Chicago . With the entrance of the Erie road , and , in 1874 , of the Baltimore and Ohio , into Chicago , the competition for traffic throughout the region of the trunk lines became more imbittered . During the years from 1869 till 1873 ...
Page 336
... Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul ; Louisville and Nashville ; New York , Ontario and Western ; Chicago , Rock Island and Pacific , and the Chicago Great Western - aggregating $ 779,245,516 of capital stock , or over one half of the ...
... Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul ; Louisville and Nashville ; New York , Ontario and Western ; Chicago , Rock Island and Pacific , and the Chicago Great Western - aggregating $ 779,245,516 of capital stock , or over one half of the ...
Contents
Our Industrial Position in the World | 1 |
The Pioneers of American Industry | 8 |
Concentration of Industry in the United States | 49 |
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