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Bill Taft: “It has been made more clear now than it was then that a purely negative statute like the anti-trust law may well be…”

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It has been made more clear now than it was then that a purely negative statute like the anti-trust law may well be supplemented by specific provisions for the building up and regulation of legitimate national and foreign commerce.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Taft argues for the need to enhance anti-trust laws with provisions that support legitimate commerce.

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