Report of Committee on General Laws Relative to Combinations Commonly Known as Trusts |
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... bills by the sugar refiners . Q. Have you any such arrangements with the other refiners by which they allow that rebate ? A. No , sir ; we have never approached anybody else except the refiners in the trust ; when the Wholesale Grocers ...
... bills by the sugar refiners . Q. Have you any such arrangements with the other refiners by which they allow that rebate ? A. No , sir ; we have never approached anybody else except the refiners in the trust ; when the Wholesale Grocers ...
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... bill before introduced in Congress , which shut them up , so that there was no hope of their salvation if that bill became a law ; they were flat before and did not propose to start up . Q. How many of these mills did you buy up the ...
... bill before introduced in Congress , which shut them up , so that there was no hope of their salvation if that bill became a law ; they were flat before and did not propose to start up . Q. How many of these mills did you buy up the ...
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... bill ; some of the mills had closed up , and the Mills bill was introduced wiping out the business entirely , and the only thing to do was to make what money we could this year . Q. Would the Mills bill have wiped out the industry ? A ...
... bill ; some of the mills had closed up , and the Mills bill was introduced wiping out the business entirely , and the only thing to do was to make what money we could this year . Q. Would the Mills bill have wiped out the industry ? A ...
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... bill has ceased , I suppose you gentlemen , having taken this money simply to protect yourselves , will return it , won't you ? A. Exactly to whom we should return it we don't quite see ; I don't think that we shall . Q. Was there any ...
... bill has ceased , I suppose you gentlemen , having taken this money simply to protect yourselves , will return it , won't you ? A. Exactly to whom we should return it we don't quite see ; I don't think that we shall . Q. Was there any ...
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... bill had been in operation ? A. This season we could have done almost anything ; there was nothing to compete with us . Q. Supposing the Mills bill had been in operation for six months before that , could you then have raised it ? A ...
... bill had been in operation ? A. This season we could have done almost anything ; there was nothing to compete with us . Q. Supposing the Mills bill had been in operation for six months before that , could you then have raised it ? A ...
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agree agreement amount association Atlantic Mining Bagging Company BLISS boat boatmen Buffalo buyers canal capital cent a bushel cent a pound CHAIRMAN charge combination commission committee competition consumer contract copper corporations cost cotton bagging creamery dairy dealers deed Delaware county delivered difference dividend dollars elevator farmer five-eighths fix the price forty cents freight French syndicate grain interest jute lactometer Lake Superior LANGBEIN lessee lessor LINSON LO LO manufacture McEvoy bill mills Mining Company monopoly months one-fourth cent one-half cent Orange county organization paid party present price fixed price of milk profit purchase railroad raw sugar refined sugar sell Senate shipping milk sold stockholders storage Sugar Trust supply and demand testified as follows trade trust board Ulster and Delaware unloading vessel Waterbury Weehawken wholesale grocers York city York Milk Exchange
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Page 8 - It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which say that a given contract is void as being against public policy, because if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, and that their contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily, shall be held sacred, and shall be enforced by courts of justice.
Page 302 - The clear tendency of such an agreement is to establish a monopoly, and to destroy competition in trade, and for that reason on grounds of public policy, courts will not aid in its enforcement. It is no answer to say that competition in the salt trade was not in fact destroyed, or that the price of the commodity was not unreasonably advanced. Courts will not stop to inquire as to the degree of injury inflicted upon the public ; it is enough to know that the inevitable tendency of such contracts is...
Page 306 - Any combination, the tendency of which is to prevent competition in its broad and general sense and to control, and thus at will enhance prices to the detriment of the public, is a legal monopoly.
Page 233 - WITNESSETH that the said party, of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of One Thousand two hundred dollars, lawful money of the United States of America to them in hand paid by the party of the second part, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged...
Page 7 - VI. c.14. to be the buying or contracting for any merchandise or victual coming in the way to market; or dissuading persons from bringing their goods or provisions there: or persuading them to enhance the price, when there: any of which practices make the market dearer to the fair trader.
Page 250 - And it is further agreed that if any rent shall be due and unpaid, or if default be made in any of the covenants herein contained, it shall then be lawful for the said party of the first part...
Page 7 - Regrating was described by the same statute to be the buying of corn, or other dead victual, in any market, and selling it again in the same market, or within four miles of the place.
Page 296 - When the certificate shall have been filed as aforesaid, the persons who shall have signed and acknowledged the same, and their successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, by the name stated in such certificate, and by that name...
Page 300 - We are not aware of any rule of law which makes the motive of the covenantee the test of the validity of such a contract. On the contrary we suppose a party may legally purchase the trade and business of another for the very purpose of preventing competition, and the validity of the contract, if supported by a consideration, will depend upon its reasonableness as between the parties.
Page 304 - One word in passing only on the contention that this combination of the defendants was unlawful because it was in restraint of trade. It seems to me it was no more in restraint of trade, as that phrase is used for the purpose of avoiding contracts, than if two tailors in a village agreed to give their customers five per cent, off their bills at Christmas on condition of their customers dealing with them and with them only.