Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...campaign fund it is alleged that the Standard contributed in 1904, brought suit against the Standard " as a combination in restraint of trade " under the Sherman Anti-Trust Law. The case lasted four years, and dissolution was ordered in 1911. In consequence the New Jersey Co. gave up the ownership of the stock of its constituent companies, thus ceasing to be a " combination," and capitalized for $100,000,000. At that time the New Jersey Co., as holding company, owned practically all the capital stock of 38 other companies, with par value of $145,000,000, and a majority...
Leaguers, and advocates of Government ownership...
William J. Bryan: The railroads should print on their stationery: "Remember Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth." . . . " While I prefer private ownership for the railroads, I fear the country will be forced to give in to Government ownership because private ownership will not endure...
...boom for Debs. Milwaukee is a Socialist city, but Hoan by his own abilities has been in office (as city attorney) even when the Socialist ticket as a whole was defeated. In 1916 he became mayor of Milwaukee and carried the city for the Socialists with the slogan: "Public Ownership of Public Utilities...
...editor of Labor. Instead he brought about more or less of unification among all shades of Democrats, and appointed Mr. Adams, a "mild Conservative." The new Senator, a Yale graduate, a lawyer, during the war a member of the Judge Advocate's department, announced his policies: 1) Private ownership of the railroads. 2) Some modification of the Esch-Cummins railroad law. 3) Enforcement of prohibition. 4) Adequate military and naval defense. 5) Opposition to La Follette's attitude in foreign affairs. 6) United States participation in the World Court. His appointment is good till the Fall...