American Foreign Trade: As Promoted by the Webb-Pomerene and Edge Acts, with Historical References to the Origin and Enforcement of the Anti-trust Laws |
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... OPERATION THE WATCH - WORD IN WORLD TRADE . CHAPTER PAGE VIII . Combinations at outbreak of the world war ... .. 119 IX . Effect of the world war on industrial combinations . X. Organization of export trade in the United States , prior ...
... OPERATION THE WATCH - WORD IN WORLD TRADE . CHAPTER PAGE VIII . Combinations at outbreak of the world war ... .. 119 IX . Effect of the world war on industrial combinations . X. Organization of export trade in the United States , prior ...
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... operation the Commission has developed essentially along two lines , ( 1 ) as a laboratory of applied economics , and ( 2 ) as a commerce police or trade umpire . The creation of the Federal Trade Commission marks the prelude to a new ...
... operation the Commission has developed essentially along two lines , ( 1 ) as a laboratory of applied economics , and ( 2 ) as a commerce police or trade umpire . The creation of the Federal Trade Commission marks the prelude to a new ...
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... operation . These were the principal underlying motives which prompted Congress to enact legislation to meet the needs growing out of our new position in international trade .. Two laws were passed to promote the export trade of the ...
... operation . These were the principal underlying motives which prompted Congress to enact legislation to meet the needs growing out of our new position in international trade .. Two laws were passed to promote the export trade of the ...
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... operation of pools , discriminatory rate agreements , etc. , first aroused public sentiment and led to repressive legislation . The Federal Transportation Act of February 28 , 1920 , contains rather elaborate provisions for the ...
... operation of pools , discriminatory rate agreements , etc. , first aroused public sentiment and led to repressive legislation . The Federal Transportation Act of February 28 , 1920 , contains rather elaborate provisions for the ...
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... operation with foreign combines will appeal to large and powerful circles of our com- munity . Aside from all other considerations , the rapidly pro- ceeding penetration of foreign industries and enterprises by American capital promises ...
... operation with foreign combines will appeal to large and powerful circles of our com- munity . Aside from all other considerations , the rapidly pro- ceeding penetration of foreign industries and enterprises by American capital promises ...
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Page 420 - An act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies...
Page 420 - It shall be the duty of the various district attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures.
Page 422 - That any person who shall be injured in his business or property by reason of anything forbidden in the anti-trust laws may sue therefor in any district court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found or has an agent, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold the damages by him sustained, and the cost of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.
Page 227 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution,, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 407 - Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act, may sue therefor in any circuit court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover three-fold the damages by him sustained, and the costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee. "Sec. 8. The word 'person,
Page 420 - States the sum of $100 for. each and every day of the continuance of such failure, which forfeiture shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States...
Page 406 - The several circuit courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act ; and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the Attorney-General, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations.
Page 422 - That it shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, to lease or make a sale or contract for sale of goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities, whether patented or unpatented...
Page 418 - ... to appear before the commission, or to produce documentary evidence if so ordered, or to give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 415 - ... to the person to be served, or to a member of the partnership to be served, or to the president, secretary, or other executive officer or a director...