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ILLUSTRATIONS

1. FRONTISPIECE-The Octopus-"Aldrich Plan.”

2. THE BEACON-Liberty-Rule by the People 3. POISONOUS-"Snakes" in the Aldrich Bill.. 4. NATIONAL RESERVE ASSOCIATION

COMMITTEE-In Session.

5. THE EXECUTIONER "Aldrich Plan"

EXECUTIVE

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6. PROFITS DIVIDED "A Friendly Game".

7. THE MAGNET-All Money Drawn to Wall Street. 73

8. A BILLION LIABILITY-Is Government Obligated? 95

9. ELASTICITY-BUT-Who'll do the Stretching?. 10. CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES-Banks are the Cause.

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14. NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-Where Central Bank Scheme was hatched.

15. A CONFIDENCE GAME-Wall Street Fooling the Banks

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16. THE CONSPIRATORS-Wall Street and the Big Banks

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17. TALE OF THE TAPE-A Stock Exchange Ticker.. 186

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18. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE-In Wall Street.

19. AMERICA'S PANIC FACTORY-Wall Street's Stock Exchange-Panic in Progress .

20. CASH CONTROLS CREDIT-Steel Trust's $75,000,000 Cold Cash in Banks

21. BIG BANKER-Who Repudiated, Now Grabs at

Public Currency

22. MONEY IS POWER-Two Living Americans.

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25. BANKERS FIGHT PRESIDENT LINCOLN-Demand Double Profits.

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FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN HISTORY—Banks vs.
Government .

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28. JUSTICE MUST BE IMPARTIAL-Lawless Bankers and Labor Leaders

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29. SQUARE DEAL BANKING-Uncle Sam to the Bankers 308

30. POLITICAL TUG OF WAR-Progressives-Current Politics

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"WHITE MANn's Burden”-Bank Incubus on U. S. 328

34. COMING CENTRAL MONEY TRUST-Wall Street to Drive All Banks and Business .

CONTENTS

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I. CENTRAL MONEY TRUST. A warning. Wall
Street and Big Banks promoting "Aldrich
Plan." Patriotic Bankers are fighting the
Will this new issue create a new

measure.

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party-the National Progressive Party?
"Shall the people rule"-their money supply? 7

II. THE ALDRICH PLAN. Commission's pending
bill, each section analyzed. Amazing and
dangerous "jokers." 24,392 banks legally
tied together in great money trust for 50
years

III. FOOLING THE PEOPLE. Bank reserves to be
left in Wall Street, not put in "Central
Reservoir"

IV. A DISCOVERY. Government to be liable on a
billion corporate currency? Conflicting
statements by big banks and monetary Com-
mission's members. Letters. What's the
game?

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V. INFLATION AND CONTRACTION. Cost of living
and prices go up. Why?

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VI. FRENZIED FINANCING. A billion dollar corpo-
ration to be formed without investment of a
dollar. Greatest feat of financial legerde-
main in all history. The mystic power ex-
plained

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VII. CONFESSION OF WALL STREET. Original let-
ters of big banks and financiers. Great
bank-Wall Street Conspiracy. Complete
documentary proof

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VIII. WALL STREET'S FIRST AND SECOND "PLANS."
Aldrich's Central Bank Scheme of, by and for
high finance. Full proof. Documents. Inside
history. Rothschilds of Europe. Interna-
tional Money Combine to control the world. 146

IX. A CONFIDENCE GAME. Banks victimized by
Aldrich Plan. Just what banks get and
must give-shown. State banks and Trust
Companies hard hit.

X. A CENTRAL BANK to be BOUGHT? $1,000,000
"promotion fund" raised

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XI. WALL STREET STOCK "MARKET." A "fixed"
Monte Carlo. The game exposed in detail.
U.S. Attorney-General's strange opinion.. 185

XII. PANICS NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL? Inside facts
about 1907 panic .

XIII. MONEY IS THE POWER. Secrets of high finance
exposed. Steel Trust's $75,000,000 cash.
The real money trust. Heart of the Trust
problem.

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XIV. THE SLAVERY OF DEBT. Mortgage on human
race 39 billions. Warning to American Jews. 226

XV. HISTORY OF NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM. AS-
tonishing official record revealed. Political
and legislative intrigue. Gold standard and
free silver campaigns. Corruption and law-
made profits. Banks fight government
money, want bank currency. Investigation
imperative.

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XVI. BANK GRAFT AND CRIME. U. S. Comptroller's
terrible official charges against bankers. His
report quoted. 59 per cent of all National
Banks guilty.

XVII. CRIME OF CONSPIRACY. 40,000 bank officers
and directors each liable to $10,000 fine and
two years imprisonment. Law is plain and
evidence abundant. Same offense for which
the union iron workers have been arrested
by the government. Supreme court decis-
ions cited

XVIII. BANK CREDITS vs. GOVERNMENT CURRENCY.
Cash basis. High cost of living. Bank tax
on business and consumers

XIX. THE LEGAL-TENDER "JOKER."

A new pro-

gressive party? National City bank letters.
"Lawful money" and "Legal Tenders" de-
fined. Government money vs. corporate
currency

XX. REORGANIZING THE MONEY SUPPLY. New
system, government money secured by gold,
instead of unlimited optional, non-legal
tender corporate currency.

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XXI. U. S. MONETARY COUNCIL. A new currency
and banking plan. Public Institution, in-
stead of Aldrich's private corporation.
"People shall rule"-their money supply. . 336

XXII. THE OCTOPUS. Coming incorporated Money
Monster.

APPENDIX. LETTERS TO PRESIDENT TAFT BY AUTHOR.

Position of present administration on the
Aldrich Central Bank plan. Surprising in-
side facts made public

GOVERNOR HARMON'S POSITION.

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