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求一篇有关美国历史的小故事,要求英文版!不要超过300
1870年美国铁路的价格大战和其出人意料的结果.
  当年美国有两条基本平行的铁路干线,一条叫“伊利”铁路,老板叫古尔德;另一条叫“中央”铁路,老板是船王范德比尔特.双方为了争夺从水牛城到纽约的牲畜运输货源,进行了一场“殊死的”搏斗.
  那年5月,他们打起了价格战.船王范德比尔特运输一个车皮牲口的成本价是125美元,古尔德却把价格降低到每车皮75美元.船王方面当仁不让,进一步降到50美元,古尔德以25美元的价格回敬.船王无疑自认为可以比伊利铁路更能承受这种自杀性的降价,也如法炮制再次降价.
  在当年的6月25日,船王索性把价格降到了纯属象征意义的每车皮只收1美元的荒唐水平,而古尔德似乎被对方压到不再跟进.
  当新价格开始实施之后,船王范德比尔特得到报告,伊利铁路上的火车趟趟放空,而他的中央铁路线上却车车满载.船王特喜不自胜!
  但他很快就查明了原委,发现自己上了古尔德的大当!原来古尔德把从中西部运至水牛城的所有的牛全部买下来,然后通过几乎是免费的中央铁路,将这些牛运到纽约,转手倒卖大发横财
  船王这才明白,自己的铁路线上奔驰着的满载的列车,都是在为自己的竞争对手古尔德白白地干活.他几乎气疯了!为自己如此轻易地被对手击败而感到耻辱和愤怒,发誓“再也不跟这帮骗子打任何交道”.
  我发觉这真是个资本主义发展史上的经典故事,把那种杀人不见血的竞争表现得淋漓尽致!我想学经济类专业的朋友可能听老师讲过这个故事.隔行如隔山,对政治经济学孤陋寡闻的我,简直对这些“资本家”的手段“佩服”得五体投地!我上网一查,在两本翻译成中文的书《华尔街的恶魔天才》和《伟大的博弈:华尔街金融帝国的崛起》中,都记载了这个故事,只是略有出入,有兴趣的朋友不妨去找来仔细读读.特别对有意在商海扬帆的朋友,一定大有裨益!
  In 1870 the United States railway price war and beyond all expectations of the results.
  In the United States has two substantially parallel to the railway line,one called " Erie" railway,the boss told Gould; another is "the central" railway,the boss is ship king vanderbilt.Both sides in order to capture from buffalo to New York cattle transport supply,conducted a " desperate".
  In May of that year,they hit the price war.Ship king Vanderbilt transport a wagon stock cost is $125,but Gould to bring the price down to $75 per wagon.Ship king aspects then,further reduced to $50,Gould at a price of $25.Ship king certainly think can than the Erie Railroad can withstand this suicide reduction,also be modeled on the prices again.
  In June 25th of that year,the ship king simply bring the price down to a purely symbolic significance of each wagon only $1 absurd levels,while Gould appears to be pressed to no longer follow up.
  When the new price begins to carry out,ship king Vanderbilt received reports of the Erie Railroad,the train trip times are short,and his central railway line is car loaded with.Wang Texi did not win since the ship!
  But he soon found out the whole story,found himself in Gould's big when!The original Gould took from the Midwest to Buffalo all cattle all buy down,then through virtually free of the central railroad,the Niu Yun to New York,reselling windfall
  The ship Wang Zhecai knew that,own railway line runs the crowded trains,is for his rival Gould white work.He was almost driven mad!Himself for being so easily defeated by his opponent and the shame and anger,vowed" never tell any dealings with this group of swindlers".
  I find it really is a capitalist development history classic story,take that kill without spilling blood in the competition is behaved most incisive!I want to learn economy kind professional friends may listen to the teacher told this story.Interlacing as foster,on political economics with very limited knowledge and scanty information I,was the" capitalist" means" admire" extremely admire!I checked on the Internet,in two the translation into Chinese of book" Wall Street of the evil genius" and" the great game:Wall Street financial empires",recorded the story,just a slight discrepancy,interested friends may wish to carefully read.Particularly intended to sail to the sea friends,must be of great advantage!