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Probing Wall Street Power in the Pujo Inquiry Era
The piece surveys the Pujo committee investigations into Wall Street finance led by Morgan Baker and others. It explains the money trust concept, how banks lend other peoples money, and proposed reforms to curb control. It also notes Stock Exchange reforms and Horace White’s views on widening credit access.
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Charles N. Luarie
New York
Pujo House of Representatives
Washington
Morgan
Baker
Friends of the
Money Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Pujo
United States
John Pierpont Morgan
James Stillman
George F. Baker
Jack Robinson
Hyatt's Corners
John Jones
Tom Smith
Congreaa
Ali Baba
Pujo Committee
Samuel Untermyer
Trinity Church
Stillman
Wallingford
Hughes
Supreme Court
Stock Exchange of
Stock Exchange
The
Exchange
Horace White
Hughes Stock Exchange
Albany
New York Stock Exchange
New York Clearing House
Pujo Money Trust
J. P. Morgan
Bankers' Trust Company
John C. Spooner
Arsene P. Pujo
National City Bank