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Dates: during 1930-1939
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According to the independents, the growth of these four firms is largely due to pressure from the manufacturer on the dealer. Said retiring A. F. C. President David B. Cassat at last week's convention: "The ways in which coercion is practiced by these factories are in some cases subtle and hidden and in others they are brutally frank. . . . When and if a dealer fails to accede ... it is generally insinuated to him that if he did business with a certain finance company, perhaps he would get more prompt delivery. . . . Sometimes a direct threat of cancellation of his franchise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Monopolistic Coercion | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

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