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Page 14
... independent proprietor , it is almost impossi- ble to create such a class . The social attractions of land ownership outweigh those of high wages . Every one has heard of the difficulty which was encountered in this country during ...
... independent proprietor , it is almost impossi- ble to create such a class . The social attractions of land ownership outweigh those of high wages . Every one has heard of the difficulty which was encountered in this country during ...
Page 58
... independent producer , and the workers against any dangerous abuse of power . But if , in addition to these supports , the mere advantage of a big capital over a smaller capital , or , in other words , the operation of the law of ...
... independent producer , and the workers against any dangerous abuse of power . But if , in addition to these supports , the mere advantage of a big capital over a smaller capital , or , in other words , the operation of the law of ...
Page 59
... independent pipe line still exists , competing for export trade . But a growing degree of monopolist power attaches to the great corporations which I have described , and the sur- viving competition , real and potential , seems ...
... independent pipe line still exists , competing for export trade . But a growing degree of monopolist power attaches to the great corporations which I have described , and the sur- viving competition , real and potential , seems ...
Page 66
... independent concerns . In rapid succession there were organ- ized the Federal Steel company , the National Tube company , the American Steel and Wire company , the American Tin Plate company , the American Steel Hoop company , and the ...
... independent concerns . In rapid succession there were organ- ized the Federal Steel company , the National Tube company , the American Steel and Wire company , the American Tin Plate company , the American Steel Hoop company , and the ...
Page 71
... independent operators , was against any such idea . There are now , as we have seen , a large number of plants outside of the corporation ; and the building of new mills seems , if anything , to have been stimulated by the events of ...
... independent operators , was against any such idea . There are now , as we have seen , a large number of plants outside of the corporation ; and the building of new mills seems , if anything , to have been stimulated by the events of ...
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advantages aggregate American amount average stockholding canal capital stock Carnegie Steel company census cent charter Chicago cities coal combination commerce commission competition consolidation corporations cost cotton crude oil deposits distribution dividends dollars earnings economic engineering England enterprises Erie railroad established existence fact favor freight funds important increase independent individual industrial institutions insurance companies interest investment investor J. P. Morgan labor large number less loans machinery manufacturing ment methods million monopoly national banks Ohio Ohio river operation organization output pany Pennsylvania period pipe lines Pittsburg plants policy holder present production profits promoter purchase question railroad railway refiners result roads savings secure shares South Improvement company speculative Standard Oil company Standard Oil trust supply surplus tion trade transportation trust companies twenty union United wages wealth York York Central railroad