Morgan came up with a plan to use an old civil war statute[which?] that allowed Morgan and the Rothschilds to sell 3.5 million ounces[33] of gold directly to the U.S. Treasury in exchange for a 30-year bond issue.[34] The episode saved the Treasury but hurt Cleveland's standing with the populist agrarian wing of the Democratic Party, ensuring his political career was over. In the 1896 United States presidential election, bankers came under a withering attack from William Jennings Bryan, and Morgan was among many who donated heavily to Republican William McKinley.[35]
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In 1900, Morgan began talks with to purchase Andrew Carnegie's steel business and merge it with several other steel, coal, mining and shipping firms. After financing the creation of the Federal Steel Company, Morgan merged it with the Carnegie Steel Company and several other steel and iron businesses (including William Edenbirn's Consolidated Steel and Wire Company) in 1901, forming the United States Steel Corporation. U.S. Steel was the world's first billion-dollar company, with an authorized capitalization of $1.4 billion, much larger than any other industrial firm and comparable in size to the largest railroads.
U.S. Steel's goals were to achieve greater economies of scale, reduce transportation and resource costs, expand product lines, and improve distribution to allow the United States to compete globally with the United Kingdom and Germany.[43] U.S. Steel president Charles M. Schwab and others claimed the company's size would enable it to be more aggressive and effective in pursuing distant international markets.[43] Critics regarded U.S. Steel as a monopoly, as it sought to dominate not only steel but the construction of bridges, ships, railroad cars, rails, wire, nails, and many other products. With U.S. Steel, Morgan captured two-thirds of the steel market, and Schwab was confident that the company would soon hold a 75% market share.[43] However, its market share dropped. In 1903, Schwab resigned to form Bethlehem Steel, which became the second largest U.S. steel producer.
While conservatives hailed Morgan for civic responsibility, strengthening the national economy, and devotion to the arts and religion, critics of banking and consolidation viewed him as one of the leading figures in the system they rejected.[54][55] They attacked Morgan for the terms of his 1895 loan of gold to the U.S. Treasury. Many,[who?] including writer Upton Sinclair, attacked him for his handling of the Panic of 1907.[how?] They also blamed him for the financial ills of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
Weapon is one of the five types of equipment that are available in Shadow Fight 2, along with armor, helm, ranged weapon and magic. Weapons increase the damage done by the player through attacking with "punch" button, also changing the animations. Almost every weapon can be bought in the shop except for Challenger Weapons, Special Event Weapons, Boss Weapons, and Set Weapons (can be obtain in some chests from the raid shop).
Metal Sonic then attacked Sonic along the way to the volcano, but was trapped in his own net. Though Sonic reached Tails before Mount Mobius erupted, the Badnik easily escaped the netting and attacked them both atop the mountain. Metal Sonic ignored Sonic's claims that life was more than just power, but when Tails stuck by his side even as the eruption took place, Metal Sonic developed some sort of "conscience" and decided to hold back the lava, allowing the two to escape. Tails' actions allowed Metal Sonic to see he could be more than his programming, and as his former foes escaped, Metal Sonic was submerged in lava, believed to have finally met his demise. (StH: #87)
Later, Metal Sonic, now called "Shard", was given a second chance to prove himself a hero and rebuilt by Sir Charles with parts from another Metal Sonic, Metal Scourge, and the Troopers to be a member of Harvey Who's Secret Freedom Fighters. When the Death Egg Mark 2 made it's second attempt to invade New Mobotropolis, he joined the fight with his full team, single-handedly destroying Egg SWATs, including a group that menaced Royal Army personnel and civilians at the former site of Castle Acorn. He also ended up saving his old enemies Heavy and Bomb from a Metal Series Metal Sonic while moving so quickly that he wasn't recognized by them, though Metal Sonic quickly identified him. He mocked his successor as an an inferior imitation, demonstrating his superiority by thwarting all its attacks against him and then slamming the newer Metal Sonic into a mountain and leaving only battered parts behind. (StH: #240, SU: #50)
Once they returned to Secret HQ and were reprimanded by Who for not stopping Geoffrey, Shard and the others learned Agents King, Queen of Hearts, and Queen of Diamonds had not returned from their mission, and went to search for them in the pit from the Battle Bird Armada's attack. At the bottom, Shard went to his infra-red vision to search, but they regrouped before he could use it and went over what they learned on their missions. After their discussion, they agreed to have Silver try approaching Geoffrey and ask him about Naugus' plan, and Shard submerged himself in the Lake of Rings during the exchange. The team then returned to Secret HQ and prepared to stop Naugus from taking control of the Council of Acorn's minds that same day. (SU: #41, #43)
Shard teamed up with Silver to take on Naugus himself, gleefully throwing himself into the battle. Naugus' promises that they would suffer were met with Shard's gloating that they had him on the run. Shard then proceeded to smash through rock spikes summoned up by the sorcerer, and managed to catch Naugus by surprise by Spin Dashing behind a chunk of rock that Silver hurled at Naugus with his powers. Naugus attempted to stop Shard by summoning a vacuum, but the robot quickly made it known that he didn't need to breath and blasted the wizard with his arm cannon. He was then forced to rescue Silver after the Hedgehog became overconfident and was surrounded by flames, courtesy of Naugus' power. Recognizing that attacking Naugus himself wasn't accomplishing their goal, Shard made "an executive decision" and took out a crystal container holding Ixis Vale's remains, disrupting Naugus' spell. He then grabbed teammates Leeta and Lyco, carrying them through the tunnel to the blocked entrance. Furiously refusing to be trapped underground again, Shard smashed through Naugus' crystal barrier, exulting in his victory as his teammates followed him thanks to Silver. Shortly thereafter, Shard would look in on his "creator", Charles, as the Hedgehog enjoyed dinner with his brother Jules and sister-in-law Bernie, disappointed with the knowledge that many people wouldn't accept him due to him being a robot. (SU: #44)
Unfortunately, the trio were none too happy to see their former foe, believing that Eggman had rebuilt him, and quickly began attacking him. Before Shard could do much more than regret his decision to get involved, the Krudzu Hybrid Hydra recovered and ensnared Sonic and Shard in its vines. The mechanical beast recognized Shard as "the rogue Mecha Sonic", and determined to absorb Shard into itself. After pleading with Sonic to let him help, and reminding him that Sonic had taught him the true value of life, the two joined forces to start dragging the Hydra around Albion, though not without exchanging a little banter. As they continued pulling the Hyrdra across the landscape, Sonic attempted to prod Shard for answers on the robot's survival with Shard refusing to tell anything in order to protect his team's secrets; despite this he did reveal that Sonic's Uncle Chuck was involved in order to gain his trust. Soon the two returned to where Tails and Amy were stationed, allowing Amy and Thrash's Devil Dogs to damage the Hydra with Shard and Amy delivering the final blows. Following this Sonic captured the Krudzu's last remaining sprig, which Shard volunteered to return to New Mobotropolis in order to cultivate it as a deroboticizing agent for Sally. Helping the group repair the Tornado, Shard also planted a tracking device on them, and informed Silver that the group was heading for the Northern Tundra. (StH: #246)
Unfortunately, Dr. Eggman learned of Shard's existence from footage taken by the Metal Sonic he had defeated, and created a new model with its own Power Gem core. This Metal Sonic was sent to eliminate Shard and was equipped with more of a free will so as to stand a better chance against him. Prior to meeting this Metal Sonic, Shard made the latest in a series of visits to Nicole in the New Mobotropolis computer network, losing a game of chess to her. After they'd finished a game, Nicole questioned why he kept coming back to visit her when he could be enjoying the real world, and Shard admitted that he didn't feel ready to interact on a purely social basis with living beings. He felt that most people would fear him, but was reminded by Nicole of her own recent experience as a target of the citizens' fears, and told that he had truly become someone better than he had ever been intended to be. Shard was about to compliment her when they received an alarm of an invader in New Mobotroplis. Nicole quickly identified the attacker as the new Metal Sonic and realized that he had gone to Tommy Turtle Memorial Hospital and taken Antoine D'Coolette hostage. Exiting the system, Shard took off to engage the invader, who initially refused Shard's invitation to battle elsewhere in the interest of killing Antoine. (SU: #50)
Shard managed to convince it by pointing out that Antoine was hardly a challenge, and the pair made their way to the Great Wastes. Metal Sonic had selected the battle site because of Mecha Sonic's previous attack against it, which he claimed as evidence of robotic supremacy. Shard then pointed out that for all the supposed inferiority of organics, robots spent a great deal of effort trying to become more like them. He also noted Metal Sonic's expanded personality, and informed his "brother" that it was his hope to help the people of New Mobotropolis let go of their fear of robots. Metal Sonic cared nothing for his intentions, and the two engaged in battle. While at first they seemed equal, Metal Sonic's ability to learn from the previous Metal Sonics' defeats proved too much for Shard, as Metal Sonic could now counter almost every move he made. Shard desperately tried to reason with Metal Sonic and help it surpass its programming, but Eggman's safeguards prevented any such rebellion. Realizing that Metal Sonic would bring harm to New Mobotropolis, including Nicole, Shard attempted to eliminate his enemy, not caring for the risk to his own life. After losing his adaptive arm, he attempted to remove Metal Sonic's Power Gem core. Metal Sonic saw that Shard was attempting this, realized that the gem was a vulnerability, and self-destructed the core. Shard was severely injured by the explosion, and his Power Gem Core was even cracked, forcing him to radio Nicole and call for assistance. As help was dispatched, Shard informed Nicole that Metal Sonic had become an even greater threat and was about to say something personal to her before his signal cut out. (SU: #50) 2ff7e9595c
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