Show rockefellers ROCKE FELLERS MILLIONS UNLAWFUL rUL CONTRACTS TO RUIN RUIH OTHER OPERATORS henry D lloyd asks if the chicago university founder has not interfered with tho the nights bights of others chicago nov 9 0 the following open letter to protessor professor laughlin ot of the sity ot of chicago from henry D lloyd will appear in tomorrows chicago papers and Is sent by request chicago ill nov 9 ISM to prof laughlin Univ emly of chicago you are reported to have said at a public meeting november lith in kent hall university of oc chicago to the students and others present that what wh ateer eier might be charged against one of 0 the y founders of the old monopoly no ono one had bad said that he accumulated his millions lit in any way that interfered with the accumulations of 0 others in the supreme court of ohio to found und as aa reported in volume 43 of the ob ohio to state reports that the monopoly had a freight contract with the lake shore railroad to keep the price down tor for the favored customer and up tor for all others and the court said the inevitable tendency and effect of this con ir act was to enable tills this company to ruin all other operators anti and dailve them chent out of business and tile the court annulled the contract as unlawful with the help of 0 such buch unla fill ill con tracts the capital of the oil ell monopoly has increased in thirty years from hotl ing to hun hundreds a of in million items of dol lais 1 if fr this were not a public matter you nv would not have discussed it 11 at a public lic meeting allow tire me therefore to asic a question ot of you as the head head of one at 0 the most important departments of political economy in the country it if this accumulating of 0 millions by the help of unla unlawful ful contracts to ruin all other operators Is not an air interference w u ith the accumulations sc of others w A hat Is the scientific name tor for it and for or tile the kind hind of political economy which commends it for initiation imitation to tile the young men and women omen st the country HENRY D LLOYD |