Many of these quotes and statistics below could prove useful in writing your essay about whether the Age of Exploration is something to be proud of or embarrassed about. There are many more that you missed in the documents and in the text.
"By a process of pitiless testing we discover who are the strong and who are the weak" Carnegie pg 282
"Bound to be rich" Rockefeller pg 278
"was smart enough to surround himself with men far cleverer than himself" Carnegie pg 281
"The millionaires are a product of natural section" William Graham Sumner pg 282
"Every contract, comvination, in the form of trust otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trae or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal." word of the act pg 284
pg 279- "It owns and controls the pipe lines of the producing regions that connect with the railroads... it could overbid it's competitors for crude oil in the producing regions and undersell it's competitors in the markets of the world."
pg 284- "Every contract, combination, in the form of a trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal."
pg 291- "The work is dangerous... they are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench, or caught in the die when it comes down to press the parts of the buttons together."
pg 292- "During the past week, nearly one boy a day has been killed, and the public has become so familiar with these calamities that no attention is given them after the first announcement through a newspaper or friend."
pg 310- [There are] five hundred thousand wage earners in this city, 200000 of them women, and 75000 of those working under dreadful conditions.... If the working people had all they ought to have, we should not have paupers and the criminals.... It is better to save them before they go under than to spend your life.... taking care of them afterwards.
Pg. 279-"It owns and controls the pipelines of the producting regions...Controls both ends of these roads. Ships 90% of all oil." (it would be Standard Oil)
Pg. 284-"Every contract, combination, in the form of trust or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations is hereby declared to be illegal."
Pg. 282-"The millionares are a product of natural selection, they get high wages and live in luxury, but the bargain is good for society." -William Sumner.
Pg. 267- "Such oppertunities for making money never existed before in all my expierience"- Thomas Mellon
Pg. 272- "It takes money to fix things" -Collis Huntington
-"By means of superior facilities for transportation which it thus possessed, it could overbid [its competitors for crude oil] in the producing regions and undersell [its competitors] in the markets of the world."
-New York Legislature 1880(pg.279)
-"These new Americans were primitive souls, ruthless, predatory, capable, single-minded men;"
-Historian Vernon L. Parrington(pg.276)
-"Honesty and good faith are scarcely regarded."
-Charles Francis Adams Jr.(Pg.272)
-"Its moral tone is deplorably low...."
-Charles Francis Adams Jr.(Pg.272)
- Conwell says " you have no right to be poor. It's your duty to be rich"
- "But as a matter of reason and principle, the question of capitalization concerns the stockholder and the stockholders only"
-" That any railway, anywhere in a republic, should be a monopoly is not a supposable case. If between 2 points A and B, a railway is constructed, and its charges for gares and frieght are burdensome to the public and unduly profitable to itself it will no be a long time before another railway will be lain between these points and then competition may be samfely trusted to reduce prices"
-" of every thousand dollars spint in so-called charity today, it is probable that $950 is unwisely spent"- Carnigie's views( prove waht he feels not as statistic)
- " imust say the workingwomen are discouraged. If i speak withthem they go back and don't like to speak much anout the buisness and the pay. They fear that if they say how it is they will get sent out of the shop. They hate the bosses and the formen more than the nbosses,a nd that feeling is deeep"
-"Analyze the most talked-of men of the age and one is likely to find a splendid audacity coupled with immense wastefulness."
-Historian Vernon L. Parrington(Pg.276)
Stats
Pg. 279-1870, Rocketfeller's Standard Oil company was processing 2-3% of crude oil produce in US, 9 years later, 90% of nations refining business brought order to indusrty.
Pg. 268- By 1900 British investors owned $2.5 billion in American railroad securities-more than twice the nation debt of US.
Pg. 271- In 1860 railroads carried less than half as much freight as inland waterways, by 1890 they carried 5 x's as much.
Pg. 278- 1839 to 1937 worlds largest fortune was $1 billion.
Pg. 278- In 1890, there were 24 trusts worth $436 million. In 1900 there were 183 huge combinations with a total worth more than $3 billion.
-"By means of superior facilities for transportation which it thus possessed, it could overbid [its competitors for crude oil] in the producing regions and undersell [its competitors] in the markets of the world."
-New York Legislature 1880(pg.279)
-"These new Americans were primitive souls, ruthless, predatory, capable, single-minded men;"
-Historian Vernon L. Parrington(pg.276)
-"Honesty and good faith are scarcely regarded."
-Charles Francis Adams Jr.(Pg.272)
-"Its moral tone is deplorably low...."
-Charles Francis Adams Jr.(Pg.272)
-"Analyze the most talked-of men of the age and one is likely to find a splendid audacity coupled with immense wastefulness."
-Historian Vernon L. Parrington(Pg.276)
1. child labor...."this work is dangerous they are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench or caught in the die when it comes down to press the parts of buttons together"
2. " factory work was dangerous, miners breathed coal, factory workers breathed sawdust and other kinds of harmful dust"
3. "labor unions faced serios problems with organizing"
4. "Rockefeller used methods so shrewdly brutal that when they were reavealed he became on of the most hated men in america."
5. " in new jersey there were 340,000 children of school age; about 90,000 attnded full jobs
1. "perhaps no other single factor was more responsible for the grwth of industry in the US tham the expansion of the nations railroads."
2. " yet vanderbilt and other railroad entrepenors provided great benefits to"l
3. " a flood of important inventions helped increase americas productive capacity."
4. " the incandesent electric light had been demonstrated in Britan in 1879."
5. " the northrop automatic loom led to the manufacture of cloth at a faster rate."
pg 267-Between 1860 and 1890 the U.S. population more than doubled, rising from 31 million to nearly 75 million
pg 271-By the mid-1870's the amount of track had doubled, and by 1890 it had more than doubled again. In 1900 passenger and freight trains steamed along 200000 miles of rails.
pg 290-Work days of 10-14 hours were common. Although real wages-- wages adjusted for inflation-- rose more than 10% between 1870 and 1900
pg 298- Between 1890 and 1900, when other labor organizations lost members, AFL membership rose from 190000 to 500000.
- THre frieght rate on cotton goods chipped from boston to denver was 1.79 a hundredweight; if the chipment went 1400 mi further to San Fran, the total charge was only 1.50
- Had to borrow $100 at 33.33% intterest to finish law school
- Kansas Midland cast 10200 per mile. It is capitalized at 53024 per mile
- The road didn't cost Dillon a dime. It is "NOW" capitalized at $106000 per mile.
- This company owes the government $50,000,000 with accruing interest which is destined to accumulate for many years
- " i turn out 2 ot 3 times as much work per day as i did proir time before the war"
"Bound to be rich" Rockefeller pg 278
"was smart enough to surround himself with men far cleverer than himself" Carnegie pg 281
"The millionaires are a product of natural section" William Graham Sumner pg 282
"Every contract, comvination, in the form of trust otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trae or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal." word of the act pg 284
pg 279- "It owns and controls the pipe lines of the producing regions that connect with the railroads... it could overbid it's competitors for crude oil in the producing regions and undersell it's competitors in the markets of the world."
pg 284- "Every contract, combination, in the form of a trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal."
pg 291- "The work is dangerous... they are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench, or caught in the die when it comes down to press the parts of the buttons together."
pg 292- "During the past week, nearly one boy a day has been killed, and the public has become so familiar with these calamities that no attention is given them after the first announcement through a newspaper or friend."
pg 310- [There are] five hundred thousand wage earners in this city, 200000 of them women, and 75000 of those working under dreadful conditions.... If the working people had all they ought to have, we should not have paupers and the criminals.... It is better to save them before they go under than to spend your life.... taking care of them afterwards.
Pg. 279-"It owns and controls the pipelines of the producting regions...Controls both ends of these roads. Ships 90% of all oil." (it would be Standard Oil)
Pg. 284-"Every contract, combination, in the form of trust or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations is hereby declared to be illegal."
Pg. 282-"The millionares are a product of natural selection, they get high wages and live in luxury, but the bargain is good for society." -William Sumner.
Pg. 267- "Such oppertunities for making money never existed before in all my expierience"- Thomas Mellon
Pg. 272- "It takes money to fix things" -Collis Huntington
-"By means of superior facilities for transportation which it thus possessed, it could overbid [its competitors for crude oil] in the producing regions and undersell [its competitors] in the markets of the world."
-New York Legislature 1880(pg.279)
-"These new Americans were primitive souls, ruthless, predatory, capable, single-minded men;"
-Historian Vernon L. Parrington(pg.276)
-"Honesty and good faith are scarcely regarded."
-Charles Francis Adams Jr.(Pg.272)
-"Its moral tone is deplorably low...."
-Charles Francis Adams Jr.(Pg.272)
- Conwell says " you have no right to be poor. It's your duty to be rich"
- "But as a matter of reason and principle, the question of capitalization concerns the stockholder and the stockholders only"
-" That any railway, anywhere in a republic, should be a monopoly is not a supposable case. If between 2 points A and B, a railway is constructed, and its charges for gares and frieght are burdensome to the public and unduly profitable to itself it will no be a long time before another railway will be lain between these points and then competition may be samfely trusted to reduce prices"
-" of every thousand dollars spint in so-called charity today, it is probable that $950 is unwisely spent"- Carnigie's views( prove waht he feels not as statistic)
- " imust say the workingwomen are discouraged. If i speak withthem they go back and don't like to speak much anout the buisness and the pay. They fear that if they say how it is they will get sent out of the shop. They hate the bosses and the formen more than the nbosses,a nd that feeling is deeep"
-"Analyze the most talked-of men of the age and one is likely to find a splendid audacity coupled with immense wastefulness."
-Historian Vernon L. Parrington(Pg.276)
Stats
Pg. 279-1870, Rocketfeller's Standard Oil company was processing 2-3% of crude oil produce in US, 9 years later, 90% of nations refining business brought order to indusrty.
Pg. 268- By 1900 British investors owned $2.5 billion in American railroad securities-more than twice the nation debt of US.
Pg. 271- In 1860 railroads carried less than half as much freight as inland waterways, by 1890 they carried 5 x's as much.
Pg. 278- 1839 to 1937 worlds largest fortune was $1 billion.
Pg. 278- In 1890, there were 24 trusts worth $436 million. In 1900 there were 183 huge combinations with a total worth more than $3 billion.
-"By means of superior facilities for transportation which it thus possessed, it could overbid [its competitors for crude oil] in the producing regions and undersell [its competitors] in the markets of the world."
-New York Legislature 1880(pg.279)
-"These new Americans were primitive souls, ruthless, predatory, capable, single-minded men;"
-Historian Vernon L. Parrington(pg.276)
-"Honesty and good faith are scarcely regarded."
-Charles Francis Adams Jr.(Pg.272)
-"Its moral tone is deplorably low...."
-Charles Francis Adams Jr.(Pg.272)
-"Analyze the most talked-of men of the age and one is likely to find a splendid audacity coupled with immense wastefulness."
-Historian Vernon L. Parrington(Pg.276)
1. child labor...."this work is dangerous they are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench or caught in the die when it comes down to press the parts of buttons together"
2. " factory work was dangerous, miners breathed coal, factory workers breathed sawdust and other kinds of harmful dust"
3. "labor unions faced serios problems with organizing"
4. "Rockefeller used methods so shrewdly brutal that when they were reavealed he became on of the most hated men in america."
5. " in new jersey there were 340,000 children of school age; about 90,000 attnded full jobs
1. "perhaps no other single factor was more responsible for the grwth of industry in the US tham the expansion of the nations railroads."
2. " yet vanderbilt and other railroad entrepenors provided great benefits to"l
3. " a flood of important inventions helped increase americas productive capacity."
4. " the incandesent electric light had been demonstrated in Britan in 1879."
5. " the northrop automatic loom led to the manufacture of cloth at a faster rate."
pg 267-Between 1860 and 1890 the U.S. population more than doubled, rising from 31 million to nearly 75 million
pg 271-By the mid-1870's the amount of track had doubled, and by 1890 it had more than doubled again. In 1900 passenger and freight trains steamed along 200000 miles of rails.
pg 290-Work days of 10-14 hours were common. Although real wages-- wages adjusted for inflation-- rose more than 10% between 1870 and 1900
pg 298- Between 1890 and 1900, when other labor organizations lost members, AFL membership rose from 190000 to 500000.
- THre frieght rate on cotton goods chipped from boston to denver was 1.79 a hundredweight; if the chipment went 1400 mi further to San Fran, the total charge was only 1.50
- Had to borrow $100 at 33.33% intterest to finish law school
- Kansas Midland cast 10200 per mile. It is capitalized at 53024 per mile
- The road didn't cost Dillon a dime. It is "NOW" capitalized at $106000 per mile.
- This company owes the government $50,000,000 with accruing interest which is destined to accumulate for many years
- " i turn out 2 ot 3 times as much work per day as i did proir time before the war"
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