... had conducted the examinations, and
all the managers and foremen of the
factory were present. In spite of their
official character, these dinners were
always good and lively, and the guests sat
a ... into the kitchen.
After wandering by the stove and the
cook's bed he bent down and went by a
little door into the passage.
There he saw again the white...
... our allies, and then groan
under the oppression of the enemy. I might
illustrate this by the case of the meek and
long-suffering musk-rat, by spiders or
ants, but these must wait another day."
Again ... prairie of fuel
around him. I am not speaking of Bombay
people, with their clubs and gymkhanas
and other devices for oiling the wheels of
about the bun...
... auto-
mobile, of which we had heard so many rumours, was actually in
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decorated staircase in the square hall, and to the room at the end
of the corridor. There I pushed aside a portière...
... out the
highest grade of talent, and the result was
a selling and distributing organization that
was the model and the envy of
competitors. But questions of employment
seem to have gone by default, ... an obvious and easy
answer to all these questions is that both
the Government and the road were
controlled in many cases, as the people of
California well know...
... towns. These are the
sure nesting-places of monopoly, and
therefore, of all the fantastic extremes of
wealth which make puppets of our
politicians and set before the youth of the
nation snobbish and ... for the average
man. When, recently, a swarm of sharp
practices came out in another of the great
concerns whose products reach half the
homes of the natio...
... defence of the railroads
against the attacks of the new Rebate bill.
In fact, Ryder managed to keep the Senate
busy all the time. When, on the other hand,
the senators wanted anything and they
often ... face of Mr. Grimsby
looked incredulous.
It was hard for these men who plotted in
the dark, and cheated the widow and the
orphan for love of the dollar, to...
... Russell
Lowell
524
Crimson Cord, The
Ellis Parker
Butler
470
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almost ... towards the upper end
of the town, where I found there were
stores and shops of all sorts and sizes.
And I met a feller,...
... thirty
thousand dollars!" When the sofa reached
the house, it was found necessary to get
the end of the year, and yet have a good
income, I advise you to take a few sheets
of paper and form them ... like to go to bed boys and
wake up men; and to accomplish this they
copy the bad habits of their seniors. Little
Tommy and Johnny see their fathers or
uncles smoke a...
... this
wonderful brother of hers, Francis the
clever, the handsome, the charming, until
he has become the only hero of dreams I
have ever had? It was too wonderful. I
and there he lived for the rest of his ... looking out of the garret window
right down on the little bald spot on the
top of Uncle Abimelech's head, as he
stood laying down the law to Murray
The...
... across
towns, and reloaded into other trains. The
CHAPTER I.
INDUSTRIAL
AMERICA AT THE
END OF THE CIVIL
WAR
A comprehensive survey of the United
States, at the end of the Civil War, would
reveal a state of ... dawning—an era of ruthlessness, of
personal selfishness, of corruption, of
disregard of private rights, of contempt for
law and legislatures, and...