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Dates: during 1880-1889
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SPARRING LESSONS.- Edw. J. Ferris has opened his sparring rooms in Brewer's Block, Brattle St., cor. of Palmer. Hours from 9 a. m. to 6 p...
...P. Sanford, L. S; closed for the afflrmative. The inherent quality of trusts is the turning over by the owners of vast amounts of property into the hands of a few practically irresponsible men. All transactions are secret, and there is no effective method of judicial control. Pools and corporations are public contracts, and are thus under the control of the laws. A law should be passed by Congress, that all combinations giving property to trustees shall be incorporated with charters, and obliged to publish their a ccounts. Upon information filed by the attorney general of any state that...
...P. Butterworth, '89, closed for the negative. Suppression is not needed. The Standard Oil Company has not raised prices, but has lowered them to the same point that competition would have done. It has adapted the supply to the demand, and has proved of incalculable benefit to the industry. The spirit of the times leads to trusts. They sprung up in all directions as a natural growth. The opposition comes from small tradesmen who have been undersold by the lowered prices, and from demagogues who wish to make political capital. Any attempt at suppression would be a blow at modern...
Affirmative.- F. B. Williams, L. S., C. T. R. Bates '92, E. E. Shoemaker '89, C. F. Ayer L. S., F. B. Lord '89, T. Woodbury '89, J. M. Perkins '92, W. C. Green '89, G. P. Costigan '92, C. Macy...
Negative.- J. F. Morton '92, W. Naumburg '89, W. Austin L. S., P. L. Horne '92, H. E. Oxnard L. S., A. E. Healey...