107; upon intangible property, 79-80. Carnegie Company, 310, 313-314.
Cash, issuance of stock for,
78 (see capitalization, basis of).
Causes of combinations, 21-
55, 229-230. Certificate of incorporation, provisions concerning, 274-276; amendment of, 277-278; of stock, defi- nition of, 78; provisions regulating issuance of, 285-288.
troleum, 150-157 (see Standard Oil Company); in sugar industry, 133- 146 (see American Sugar Refining Company); in steel and wire, 165-170; in tin plate, 157-164; in whiskey, 146-150; of la- bor and capital at expense of consumer, 187-188, 235-239, 245; of various concerns into one great corporation, 117 - 124, 309.
Combinations, ability under, 38-41, 213; advertising may encourage, 208; ag- riculture not adapted to, 208-209; ambition pro- motes, 73-74; among manufacturers, 14-20; bankruptcy prevented by, 196-198, 241, 248; banks, relation of to, 91-97; beef, control of by, 209; black- mailing of, 190-194; by- products, utilization of, 153-154, 213; capital, amount of, affects, 16-20, 64-76, 209; capitalization of, 98-107; character of industries adapted to, 208- 209; closing of plants by, 34, 176-177, 186-187, 196, 215; destruction of, 47, 217-219; discretion of employees of, 203- 206; economies of, 21- 43, 130-131, 153-154, 171-189, 213, 229-230; effects of, 130-170, 190- 211; efficiency under, 125, 186; employees, how af-
fected by, 24, 26-27, 171- 189, 201-207, 235-239, 244-245; energy, waste of, prevented by, 42-43; export trade, relation to, 75-76,
213, 241-244; favors to, chapter iii., 44- 55, 60, 73 219-221; field of, 208-210; financiering of, 87-90; fittest, survi- val of, under, 195-200; flour, controlled by, 209; individual self-direction and, 194-207, 216; indus- trial, in Europe, chapter xii., 228-254; interna- tional, 47-49, 222; labor and, 24, 26-27, 171-189, 215, 224, 235-239, 244- 245; leather, 37; chinery, how distributed under, 36-38; manage- ment and organization of, chapter vii., 108-129; milk, controlled by, 208; millinery trade not adapted to, 209; moral tone of business, whether lowered by, 216; organization and management of, chapter vii., 108-129; overreach- ing by, 70-71, 149; pe- troleum, controlled by (see Standard Oil Com- pany); power of, 176– 182, 211; prices, influ- enced by, chapter viii., 130-170, 240-244; pro- duction, relation to, 33- 36, 186-187, 200-206, 240-241; proposed plans for regulating, 251-307; public, how affected by,
103-105; qualities, good and evil of, 212-216; rail- road, 204; raw material and, 41-42, 121-123, 130, 133, 215, 234; retail trade and, 11-14; salesmen un- der, 24, 26-27, 182-183; savings of, 21-43, 130- 131, 153-154, 171-189, 213, 229-230; social ef- fects of, 96-97, 190-211; State legislation against, 217-219; stock of (see stock); tariff and, 44-49, 217, 221-222, 241-244; thread, 47; underwriters of, 90-97; unions and, 175-182, 235-239, 244- 246; wages, how affected by, 132, 159, 167, 171- 189, 215; whiskey, 24, 26-27, 147-150, 171-172, 182, 196 (see competition, corporations, monopoly, pools, trusts). Commercial travellers (see salesmen). Commissioner of corpora- tions in Massachusetts,
99. Committee of Manufacturers,
testimony of Mr. Green- hut before, 172. Common law concerning re- straint of trade, supple- mented by statutory pro- visions, 218-219; inter- pretation of, by English courts, 249. Common stock (see stock). Comparative bookkeeping,
energy of managers stimu- lated by, 235.
Competition, advertising un- der, 15-16, 27-29, 108; agreements limiting, II- 12, 33-34, 108-III, 153, 228-229 (see pools); among manufacturers, 14- 20; capital affects ques- tion of, 16-20, 209; de- structive, 66-67; exces- sive, 11-12, 17, 33-34, 108-111, 136, 140, 197- 200, 229; fear often pre- vents, 68-69; fittest, sur- vival of under, 195-200; fluctuations in price un- der unrestricted, 140-141; legal monopoly prevents, 59; nature of, chapter i., 10-20; nominal, 13; po- tential, in case of a capi- talistic monopoly, 61-72; prices, not always fixed by, 11-14 prices under, usually high, 21; retail trade and, II-14; sales- men under, 23-27; wastes of, chapter ii., 21-43 (see combination). Comptoir Métallurgique de Longwy, 249. Concealment of business of corporations encourages speculation, 126. Consumers, degree to which excessive competition ben- efits, 197-200; increased wages, how demand for affects, 179-180; injury of, through high prices, 215; plan to combine interests of labor and capital would be at ex- pense of, 187-188, 238;
Copper syndicate, Paris, 49. Corn, price of, how re- lated to price of spirits, 147. Corporations, blackmailing of, by legislators, 190- 194; capitalization of (see capitalization, basis of); Commissioner of, in Mas- sachusetts, 99; conceal- ment of business of, en- courages speculation, 126 (see publicity); dishonor- able practices, to what ex- tent employees of, must adopt, 207; European, chapter xii.; industrial combinations in Europe, 228-254; form of, largely determines method of management, 125-129; German laws concerning, 107, 240; government in- spectors of, 223, 268; im- proper influencing of leg- islatures and courts by, 190-194, 246; Massachu- setts law concerning, 99; New York Companies'
pre- vented by large combina- tions, 241, 248. Cross freights, 31-32, 213, 229 (see freights). Crude oil, control of price of, by Standard Oil Com- pany, 155-156; effect of discovery of new fields upon price of, 156-157; fall in price of, 152. Cuban cane crop, effect of shortage in, 145.
Act, 270-305; New York | Crises, State Bar Association, plan suggested by, for capitalization of, 106-107; normal profits, legislative restriction of, to, 189; ownership of, by a single corporation, 117-124, 309; Puerto Rico law concern- ing, 99; proposed plans for regulation of, 257-307; regulation of, attempted by United States and many States, 217-219; regulation of, desirable, 222, 225-226; reports of,
8; of promoter, 77; of stock certificate, 78; of underwriting, 91. Demolins, M., 194. Department of Trade and Industry, committee ap- pointed by, proposes regu- lation of Austrian com- binations, 252-254. Depression of industry, at
126, 223, 259, 302-304; DEFINITION of trust, social organization, effect of, upon, 194-206; stock and stockholders (see the words); taxing power may be used against, 226; ultra vires, trust form of, held to be, 112 (see com- binations, trusts). Corruption of legislatures and courts by corpora- tions, 190-194, 246. Counsel of corporations, 283. Courts, attitude of American
and European, toward com- binations, 218-219, 249- 251; improper influencing of, by corporations and combinations, 190, 193; proposed Austrian combi- nation court, 252-253. Creditors, not materially af- fected by prevention of bankruptcy of weaker con- cerns, 196-197. Credits, unwise extension of, 28-29, 198.
times results from exces- sive competition, 199–200 (see competition, exces- sive).
Derrick's Handbook on Pe- troleum, prices quoted from, 150. Destruction of monopolistic combinations attempted by United States and by many States, 217-219; of trusts, by removal of tariff, 47, 217. Destructive competition, 66- 67 (see competition). Diagrams, illustrating prices
product, 132-133, 240- 241; in case of petroleum,
ent policy of, 149 (see whiskey trust). Dividends, 291 (see profits). Doscher, Claus, 143. Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company, 121. Duties, tariff (see tariff).
150-155; steel and wire, ECONOMIES of combi-
165-170; sugar, 133-146; tin plate, 160-164; whis- key, 146-150. Dill, James B., 270. Dingley tariff on tin plate, 164.
Directors, powers, duties, and liabilities of, under New York Companies' Act, 279-282, 284; relations be- tween stockholders and, 125-129, 214, 263; re- sponsibility of, should be increased, 222. Discretion, large, granted to employees of combina- tions, 203-206. Discriminations, freight, 49- 55, 200, 219-220, 264 (see freights). Dissolution of corporations, under New York Com- panies' Act, 304. Distilling and Cattle Feed- ing Company, 147, 148- 149 (see Distilling Com- pany of America). Distilling Company of Amer- ica, organization and fi- nanciering of, 92–94; form of organization, 124; pres-
nation, disposition of, 130-131, 171-189; possi- ble, 21-43, 153-154, 213, 229-230.
Effects of combinations, po- litical and social, chapter X., 190-211; upon prices, chapter viii., 130-170, 240– 244.
Efficiency, essential object of combination, 125; of labor, increased under combinations of capital,.
Election of directors and
officers, under New York Companies' Act, 280-282. Employees, how affected by combinations: dishonest practices, extent to which employees are compelled to adopt, 207; indepen- dent thought and judg- ment, opportunities for,un- der combination, 203-206; nepotism, 201-202; sales- men and superintendents may be dispensed with, 24, 26-27, 182-185; steadi- ness of employment, 186, 241; trusts and wages,
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