A Study of Muck-raking in Four Popular MagazinesUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1921 |
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... million subscribers . By the end of 1904 it had 600,000 readers . At this time it was selling for ten cents a copy . The magazine never attained a circulation of more than 700,000 , however . 1 1. Thesis W.L. Ninabuck 1911 U. of W. p ...
... million subscribers . By the end of 1904 it had 600,000 readers . At this time it was selling for ten cents a copy . The magazine never attained a circulation of more than 700,000 , however . 1 1. Thesis W.L. Ninabuck 1911 U. of W. p ...
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... millions of people billions of dollars , and given them over to a score or two of men with power to use and enjoy them as absolutely as though these billions had been earned dollar by dollar by the labor of their bodies and minds . Yet ...
... millions of people billions of dollars , and given them over to a score or two of men with power to use and enjoy them as absolutely as though these billions had been earned dollar by dollar by the labor of their bodies and minds . Yet ...
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... million of dollars , 30 suicides , and 20 convictions . These almost unbelievable disasters are partly responsible for his desire to inform the public : My motives for writing the Story of Amalgamated are manifold : I have unwittingly ...
... million of dollars , 30 suicides , and 20 convictions . These almost unbelievable disasters are partly responsible for his desire to inform the public : My motives for writing the Story of Amalgamated are manifold : I have unwittingly ...
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... millions of people . ( 2 ) Mr. Lawson's views on the subject are also presented at this time : Mr. Laws on protests with all the fire and vehemence of which he is capable that he has no thought but for the interests of the policy ...
... millions of people . ( 2 ) Mr. Lawson's views on the subject are also presented at this time : Mr. Laws on protests with all the fire and vehemence of which he is capable that he has no thought but for the interests of the policy ...
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... Millions of the People's Money , " he waxes even more eloquent in regard to a deal consummated by Mr. Rogers one day ... million dollars for one honest day's labor 29.
... Millions of the People's Money , " he waxes even more eloquent in regard to a deal consummated by Mr. Rogers one day ... million dollars for one honest day's labor 29.
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1906 Cosmopolitan Addicks Aldrich Alfred Henry Lewis American Magazine April Armour Baker vol Beef Trust Bucket Shop chapter Chicago corporation corruption COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE crime of Amalgamated criminal deals December describes discussed dollars editor's note Edwin Lefevre election entitled Everybody's Magazine Everybody's vol Everybody's vol.11 evils Express Monopoly facts February fight Finance Lawson Everybody's Flynt Frenzied Finance Lawson graft Henry H Ibid industry instalment interests investigation July June labor land Lincoln Steffens March McClure's Magazine McClure's vol methods millions Miss Tarbell monopoly muck muck-raking muckraking articles Norcross November October organization Owners of America pany Phillips political pool-room profit published railroads Ray Stannard Baker rebates refrigerator car Rockefeller Rogers Roosevelt Russell vol says Senate series of articles shows Sinclair Standard Oil company sugar tariff telephone tell things thousand tion Upton Sinclair vivid votes writer written York
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Page 11 - Capitalists, workingmen, politicians, citizens— all breaking the law or letting it be broken.
Page 11 - Too many of them so respect the laws that for some "error" or quibble they restore to office and liberty men convicted on evidence overwhelmingly convincing to common sense. The churches? We know of one, an ancient and wealthy establishment, which had to be compelled by a Tammany hold-over health officer to put its tenements in sanitary condition. The colleges? They do not understand. [There is no one left; none but all of us.