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Show I .OHSt til Appoint Receivers rip j For Meijal 1 FUStS Corporations ll Mil ION DHKiiir ilHl)i. .V,l.tl l Vlloroi-r llrorlal ..I III. I nil, J M.lr.. sfygr I ' '' 'iij.vi.iihii ilnii nit ivi t Ih iijntiti 1 fur jliSS, livvir. iking uir.niliui win I lie outi.iini- (if n (lis- f fc& i uioii I liiiil villi nuotlicr law olllirr of tin- pivorn-tP9 pivorn-tP9 S V r ii nt t were tnikitlki ulniut economic iotimtl.ui ill lfi- J 'bo I mteil Stales, mill it wns Mill llint n amnio in UsasT A. iliMilmil or a company of immensely wenlthv nun y might evontiialh iret control of nearly every sort of f liiiMiiiiu miles mean went taken to ihcck ami roiru- ' ''- ' laic tlie inouotnliiitii' tendency of I lie lime. Wlint could lie done, we nnkiil, if It were shown in court Hint n crrtnin corporation, y it ownership of raw materials, imtcliim ry, olc, nlisolul.-h jrovcrnoil lomclic market in tho way of prim anil the supply of iU particular product? It opcrallons would lw in Fcatntitit of trmlo nml unmistakably illegal. What net ion, then, should tin court lake? Would it do to shut all (lie mills or factories of the monnNilv? l'crlmps a court would have the iiower to lu so, monopoly (.xmtiiift, but if the olfi'inling rortornlion owned (Mirking house the ieoplc would siilTor for wimt of meat. If it owned mills and elevators tho woplo would le mrm deprived of tlour. In either event the monopoly would lie punished by I hi 111; prohibited from doing Iiumiicm, Imt the public would lie itreallv In- I come nu mod and distressed and general business much disltirlted. H f Obwotisl), some other courw would lie hotter. Why not, we argue, I appoint a roeeixer? Xolhinjt then need In) eloed. The moiiiKily would In) I operated ns usual, hut uiuler tho tcmwrary direction of an ollloor of tho I Vnilcd Stab court until tho business could ho adjusted in harmony 9 with law. The people would not lie deprived of meat or Hour and eon-I eon-I fusion would not result to other kind of business. In tho meantime monopoly in a whole could lie broken up generally. The mill in New Knglaud, in tho south and on the Pacific coat could ho will (o separato M iiuloiiulent companies. 'l'hoo in tho central weit could lw finally m ' linnded lmck lo the IkwIcii moiioN)lnitii, along with tho money received v from tho salo of tho constituent establishment. Coinelllion would bo re 6lored, price would lie normal and a dangerotw situation would bo ended. I Tho receivership suggestion ban lieen misrepresented nnd called rev-I rev-I olutionnry, but it is sound nnd feasible when confined to monopolies I nlonc. |
