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Slowly, however, the error of that judgment was corrected, and only in the last three or four years has the heavy hand of the law been laid upon the great illegal combinations that have exercised such an absolute dominion over many of our industries.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Taft notes the gradual correction of judicial errors regarding illegal business combinations.

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