The Plain Facts as to the Trusts and the Tariff: With Chapters on the Railroad Problem and Municipal MonopoliesMacmillan, 1902 - 451 pages |
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... consumers , and the greater its power to keep competitors out of its field . Though the word monopoly originally meant control of the whole supply , cases of absolute monopoly probably do not exist aside from copyrighted books and ...
... consumers , and the greater its power to keep competitors out of its field . Though the word monopoly originally meant control of the whole supply , cases of absolute monopoly probably do not exist aside from copyrighted books and ...
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... consumers . But monopolistic as they are , not all features of the trusts are bad . Besides , as shown in their rapid increase , the motive for consolidation is strong , and influences a large proportion of the country's most important ...
... consumers . But monopolistic as they are , not all features of the trusts are bad . Besides , as shown in their rapid increase , the motive for consolidation is strong , and influences a large proportion of the country's most important ...
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... consumer's price , many of the costs of general management , adver- tising , traveling salesmen , and of multiplied agencies , all of which costs are necessary for every one of sepa- rate competitors . Combination also gives it the ...
... consumer's price , many of the costs of general management , adver- tising , traveling salesmen , and of multiplied agencies , all of which costs are necessary for every one of sepa- rate competitors . Combination also gives it the ...
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... consumers . But are Trusts Organized to Confer all these Benefits on the people ? Hardly . The fact that they can be con- ferred is no evidence that they will be . Human nature and business motive remain the same - certainly not less ...
... consumers . But are Trusts Organized to Confer all these Benefits on the people ? Hardly . The fact that they can be con- ferred is no evidence that they will be . Human nature and business motive remain the same - certainly not less ...
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... consumers by trusts , and of their tendency to lower prices paid to farmers , there seems to be more reason for the complaint , usually exagger- ated , that trusts tax the common people to enrich the plutocrats . Other phases of this ...
... consumers by trusts , and of their tendency to lower prices paid to farmers , there seems to be more reason for the complaint , usually exagger- ated , that trusts tax the common people to enrich the plutocrats . Other phases of this ...
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