CHAPTER XIX. THE MONOPOLISTS AT THE DOOR OF THE WHITEHOUSE, 180-185 CHAPTER XX. THE UNITED STATES TREASURY THE VASSAL OF WALL STREET--STOCK "OPERATIONS" EXPLAINED, 186-197 CHAPTER XXI. HOW WALL STREET BUILDS RAILROADS--A HOT-BED OF CORRUPTION, 198-201 CHAPTER XXII. THE SUPREME BENCH INVADED--ITS DECISIONS REVIEWED, 202-222 CHAPTER XXIII. BANK MONOPOLISTS--THEIR CONTROL OF THE CURRENCY--A BANKRUPT FINANCIAL POLICY, 223-230 CHAPTER XXIV. OUR TARIFF POLICY--DOES "PROTECTION" PROTECT? 231-239 CHAPTER XXV. PATENT RIGHTS, AND THEIR ABUSES, 240-246 CONCLUSION. REFORMATION OR REVOLUTION--A RADICAL CHANGE DEMANDED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS--CONCLUSIONS OF THE AUTHOR, 247-326 APPENDIX. CHAPTER I. LEGAL TENDER DECISIONS, 329 CHAPTER II. DISSENTING OPINION OF CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE, 330-345 CHAPTER III. DISSENTING OPINION OF JUSTICE CLIFFORD, 346-386 CHAPTER IV. DISSENTING OPINION OF JUSTICE FIELD, 387-430 CHAPTER V. GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF RAILROADS, 431-453 CHAPTER VI. THE INFLUENCE OF MONOPOLIES UPON LABOR, 454-462 ERRATA. Page 125, third line from top, for "Then" read _These_. 153, second line from bottom, for "Gould Jay" read _Jay Gould_. 202, fourth line from top, for "jealous" read _zealous_. 238, eleventh line from top, for "1862" read 1872. 257, second line from bottom, for "to" read _by_. 272, fifteenth line from bottom, for "ultro" read _retro_. MONOPOLIES AND THE PEOPLE. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. In treating of the topics discussed in this work, the author addresses himself to the task with no partisan bias. His purpose is to draw aside the veil, and let the facts speak for themselves. He writes, as he believes, in the performance of duty. Serious dangers are threatening the people. There is a power in the land, possessing elements destructive not only of the industrial and producing public, but of the very form and spirit of republican government. It will be the aim of the author to show forth the progress and present attitude of this power in its relations with the people, and to suggest, if not to advocate, such measures of relief and protection as the exigency demands. It is a fact to be admitted by every candid thinker, that of late years, corporations, rings, and single speculators have, by united and persistent efforts, obtained control of the government; that their interests are guarded and protected by the legislative, executive, and judicial departments of the government, both state and national.