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Teddy Roosevelt: The consolidation, in the form of what are popularly called trusts, of corporate interests of immense value has tended…

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The consolidation, in the form of what are popularly called trusts, of corporate interests of immense value has tended to produce unfair restraints of trade of an oppressive character, and these unfair restraints tend to create great artificial monopolies.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt critiques the formation of trusts and their impact on trade fairness.

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