They are in most of the great railways radiating from Chicago.

They dominate in several of the systems that extend to the Pacific.

It is their votes that make Mr.Morgan so potent, though, it may be added, they need his brains more than he needs their votes-- at present, and the combination of the two constitutes in large measure the 'community of interest.' "But railways could not alone absorb rapidly enough those mighty floods of gold.

Presently John D.Rockefeller's $2,500,000 a month had increased to four, to five, to six millions a month, to $75,000,000 a year.

Illuminating oil was becoming all profit.