The Trust Problem INTRODUCTION The information here presented has been gathered during the last twelve years, chiefly from personal investigation of large corporations through contact with their officers and workmen, their opponents, dealers in their goods, and also from such printed statistical data as seemed, on the whole, to be trustworthy. The chief v opportunity has been in the investigation carried on by the United States Industrial Commission during the past year, though it should be understood that the Commission is in no way responsible for opinions here expressed. It has been intended to present mainly facts, and the judgments of those who, from their intimate connection with the corporations under discussion, either as members, rivals, or otherwise, |