Word: trusting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...address last night on "Pending Legislation regarding Combinations and Corporations," Professor E. Dana Durand declared that with one exception, all the bills relative to the trust question now before Congress have a common weakness in their failure to distinguish between harmless and monopolistic combination. These bills would rule out the element of reason in the judicial interpretation of trust cases, thus making no discrimination between the petty and harmless restraint of trade allowable by late decisions of the Supreme Court, and the large and detrimental monopolies by the more powerful corporations. Such acts would do little toward bettering the situation...
Difficulties of Trust Regulation...
After defining the terms "trust" and "pool" Professor Durand stated that there were three main plans for dealing with these two forms of combination. The first of these, "laissez faire," he defined as the policy of having the government prohibit the trusts from using all monopolies, price discriminations and other unfair competitive methods, but otherwise to let them continue as they are. This policy is dangerous, for the growth in power of many of the trusts has not been due to any of these things, but rather to the practice of buying up their competitors and the willingness of these...
...Trust Problem Monday...
...other attractive proposals pending; everything depends, however, on the response of the students. The tickets for Mr. Grasse's recital are on sale at Amee's bookstore and the prices, 50 cents for reserved seats, 25 cents for general admission should be within the power of every one. I trust my personal assurance may be taken that this is an occasion not be missed. W. R. SPALDING...