The Making of America: Industry and financeRobert Marion La Follette Arno Press, 1973 - Business & Economics |
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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advantages aggregate American amount average stockholding canal capital stock Carnegie Steel company census cent charter Chicago cities coal combination commerce commission competition consolidation corporations cost cotton crude oil deposits distribution dividends dollars economic engineering England enterprises Erie railroad established existence fact favor freight funds important increase independent individual industrial institutions insurance companies interest investment investor J. P. Morgan labor large number less loans machinery manufacturing ment methods million monopoly national banks Ohio Ohio river operation organization output ownership pany Pennsylvania period pipe lines Pittsburg plants policy holder present production profits promoter purchase question railroad railway refiners result roads savings secure shares South Improvement company speculative Standard Oil company Standard Oil trust supply surplus tion trade transportation trust companies twenty union United wages wealth York York Central railroad