CONTENTS

 

 

PAGE

 

DEDICATION

i

 

INTRODUCTION

xi

 

FOREWORD

xxxv

CHAPTER

 

 

I.

A MONOPOLIST IN THE MAKING

1

II.

THE MONOPOLIST MADE

9

III.

BUSINESS AND POLITICS

17

IV.

THE TRAINING OF A MONOPOLIST

28

V.

THE LESSONS JOHNSTOWN TAUGHT

34

VI.

HENRY GEORGE, THE MAN AND HIS BOOKS

48

VII.

THE MONOPOLIST IN CONGRESS

59

VIII.

THE MONOPOLIST IN CONGRESS (Continued)

68

IX.

SOME PERSONAL INCIDENTS AND STRAY OBSERVATIONS

82

X.

THE LESSONS OF MONOPOLY

89

XI.

MORE LESSONS OF MONOPOLY

98

XII.

ELECTED MAYOR OF CLEVELAND

108

XIII.

THE CITY GOVERMENT AND THE TAX SCHOOL

121

XIV.

HOW RAILROADS RULE

132

XV.

THE WAY OUT

145

XVI.

GOVERMENT BY INJUNCTION

156

XVII.

MAKING MEN

167

XVIII.

SUPREME COURT BLOCKS PROGRESS

185

XIX.

STATE CAMPAIGNS

195

XX.

HOW PRIVILEGE FIGHTS

206

XXI.

PERSONAL LIABILITY SUIT AND THE "PRESS" GUARANTEE

221

XXII.

FIRST THREE-CENT-FARE CAR

237

XXIII.

AFTER SIX YEARS OF WAR

250

XXIV.

THE BURTON-JOHNSON CAMPAIGN

264

XXV.

LAST DAY OF THE FLIGHT

276

 

THE LAST CHAPTER (by Elizabeth J. Hauser)

295

 

APPENDIX

315

 

INDEX

319

 


 

TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS

 

 

 

OPPOSITE PAGE

 

Tom L. Johnson at seventeen

10

 

A. V. du Pont

10

 

Biderman du Pont

10

 

Tom L. Johnson at twenty-six

18

 

Johnson Company Works, early picture

28

 

Johnson Company Works, recent picture

28

 

Tom L. Johnson at thirty-two

32

 

Henry George

56

 

The Lorain Steel Company plant

76

 

"Chance was responsible for my tent meeting campaigning"

84

 

Hazen S. Pingree

96

 

Frederic C. Howe

120

 

William J. Sringborn

120

 

Edward W. Bemis

132

 

The Johnson mansion on Euclid avenue

148

 

Surveying at Franklin Circle for three-cent fare line

162

 

Laying the first rails for the three-cent line

162

 

Pitching tent in the Public Square, Cleveland

170

 

Fred Kohler, Chief Police

182

 

Harris R. Cooley

182

 

"My enemies called my tent a circus menagerie"

194

 

A poster in the campaign of 1902

194

 

Pitching the tent in a cornfield

204

 

"The tents were sent from town to town by wagon train"

204

 

Mr. Johnson in 1905

214

 

Asking Mayor's permission to play ball on streets

224

 

"By common consent I was the motorman"

238

 

First three-cent fare car

238

 

Forest City Company laying temporary tracks

242

 

Tom L. Johnson entering voting booth

248

 

Portrait group

250

 

Characteristic group receiving election returns

264

 

At work on Pay Enter Fare Box

276

 

Mayor Johnson signing bonds

284

 

A. B. du Pont

290

 

E. H. Goff

290

 

Peter Witt

294

 

Tom L. Johnson, 1910

294

 

Newton D. Baker

294

 

Dinner given to Mr. Johnson in London

298

 

The Johnson-George medallion

310


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