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If we shall have by the decree defeated these purposes and restored competition between the large units into which the capital and plant have been divided, we shall have accomplished the useful purpose of the statute.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Taft emphasizes the goal of restoring competition through legal decrees against monopolistic practices.

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