WEALTH AGAINST COMMONWEALTH BY HENRY DEMAREST LLOYD [Illustration] NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1894 Copyright, 1894, by Henry Demarest Lloyd. _All rights reserved._ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. "THERE ARE NONE"--"THEY ARE LEGION" 1 II. CUT OFF FROM FIRE 9 III. PROHIBITION THAT PROHIBITS 20 IV. "SQUARE EATERS" 30 V. STRIKING OIL 38 VI. "NOT TO EXCEED HALF" 61 VII. "YOU ARE NOT TO REFINE" 73 VIII. "NO!" 84 IX. WHO PIPED AND WHO DANCED 104 X. CHEAPENING TRANSPORTATION 118 XI. SONG OF THE BARREL 128 XII. UNFINISHED MARCH TO THE SEA 152 XIII. PURCHASE OF PEACE 166 XIV. "I WANT TO MAKE OIL" 182 XV. SYMPATHETICAL CO-OPERATION 199 XVI. "TURN ANOTHER SCREW" 212 XVII. IN THE INTEREST OF ALL 227 XVIII. ORDINARY SUPPLY AND DEMAND 243 XIX. THROUGH THE WOMAN'S EYES 257 XX. TAKEN FROM THE JURY BY THE JUDGE 272 XXI. CRIME CHEAPER THAN COMPETITION 285 XXII. ANOTHER TALE OF TWO CITIES 299 XXIII. FREEDOM OF THE CITY 313 XXIV. HIGH FINANCE 326 XXV. A SUNDAY IN JUNE 341 XXVI. TOLEDO VICTOR 352 XXVII. "YOU ARE A--SENATOR" 369 XXVIII. FOR "OLD GLORY" AND AN--APPROPRIATION 389 XXIX. "THE COMMODITY IS NOT SO GOOD AS BEFORE"--_Coke_ 405 XXX. "TO GET ALL WE CAN" 420 XXXI. ALL THE WORLD UNDER ONE HAT 432 XXXII. "NOT BUSINESS" 455 XXXIII. THE SMOKELESS REBATE 474 XXXIV. THE OLD SELF-INTEREST 494 XXXV. AND THE NEW 516 APPENDIX--PARTIAL LIST OF TRADE COMBINATIONS, OR TRUSTS 537 INDEX 545 WEALTH AGAINST COMMONWEALTH CHAPTER I "THERE ARE NONE"--"THEY ARE LEGION"