"As much an epoch-making book as Uncle Tom's Cabin." -Edward Everett Hale, Author and Historian (1899) Wealth Against Commonwealth (1894) by Henry Demarest Lloyd was written as one of several projects the author undertook to publicize the negative effects of early twentieth century, monopolistic business practices, especially those of the Standard Oil company. It had a major influence on the growth of the Progressive Movement that was popular at the time.