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The immediate result of the present situation will necessarily be activity by all the companies under different managers, and then competition must follow, or there will be activity by one company and stagnation by another.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

He predicts that the restructuring of companies will lead to increased competition among them.

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