My America

At the Arlington Manor, Anne's step-by-step appearance showed up and saw two people visiting the house. He sat down dignifiedly and asked, "The two don't know what happened to this small city?"

"We are investigators of the Federal Ministry of Justice, and nothing is wrong, just two summons." One of them really said straight, "Mrs. William, we received some canned trusts involved in the joint company. 1. The beef trust ’s complaint will be summoned by the interim court when appropriate. "

"Are you threatening me?" Annie opened her slightly innocent eyes and took the coffee handed over from her maid, with an expression that I knew nothing about, "I am a woman, but the wife of the boss of the United Company, Are you thinking that my husband is not at home and going to bully people at home, actually I am thinking about one thing. "

"I don't know what Mrs. William remembered?" The investigator who just opened the subpoena asked.

"I'm thinking about whether to beat you out and accuse you of robbery in the manor. But even if you think about it, after you leave, there will be someone to send a subpoena, and things can't be solved." Anne's face appeared a gentle smile. , "That's it, you won't let Arlington Police arrest you."

After the two left, Anne sighed slightly and came to Annabel's room to talk about the ins and outs and said, "Should we find William now."

"Beef? Canned food?" Annabel took off her glasses and set aside the book in her arms. "It doesn't seem to be a big deal. I heard that Morgan is going to bring the lawsuit to the Supreme Court? This matter is best for us. , Let Morgan try the pressure of the White House. "

"But their court summons have been delivered!" Annie said hesitantly. "I'm afraid he will come back and say me."

"Little William is not an unreasonable person, he has the qualifications to say that you do n’t know where he is from year to year." Annabel reassured her granddaughter, "At this point, he is a little more convergent than the prodigal. . "

Annabelle ’s prodigal son was naturally the one in Paris. He was not very against the moral shortcomings of the private, but the last heir was really, just want to spend money and not make money, a style of Vanderbilt family, This is something she cannot tolerate. The heirs of this generation can spend and earn, and it is still within the scope of tolerance.

When Sheffield returned to Arlington, exactly one month after the St. Louis trial, Northern Securities Co. appealed to the Supreme Court at this time.

"Ah? Court summons?" Sheffield's first reaction turned out to be that, fortunately, Alice Roosevelt did not enter the manor with him, but rested in a house in the city.

This is also respect for the hostess of Arlington, but Sheffield did not expect the joint company to receive a subpoena. He thought he could leave him alone and watched Morgan be packed up by the White House.

But these two subpoenas seemed to break the slave-owner's fantasy, and it seemed that he could not stay out of the matter.

"What do you think?" After finally looking forward to returning her husband, Anne was relieved in her heart and asked the real joint company boss if there was a solution.

"Canned food, beef?" Sheffield saw the two classifications written on the summons. In all fairness, he really didn't think these two things were particularly important. Establishing a trust was nothing more than profit. Both of these are agricultural and animal husbandry products, and the profits are inherently low.

After the successful distribution of supermarket chains, canned and beef have already relied on supermarket chains to become easier to monetize. It is no longer as important as it used to be. Even if these two trusts are not in hand, the joint company will not be affected.

For a moment, Sheffield wanted to dissolve the two trusts, directly admitting to turn the trust into a cartel. Although the cartel has instability, the deception motives of the members of the cartel: This is a typical "prisoner's dilemma." Given that the production quantity and prices of other enterprises are unchanged, then a member company secretly increasing its output will gain additional huge benefits, which will encourage member companies to secretly increase production.

If each member company secretly increases production, it is clear that the market's total supply has increased significantly, and market prices will inevitably fall. Cartel's efforts to limit production and raise prices will collapse. If the cartel cannot effectively solve this problem, it will eventually lead to the disintegration of the cartel.

However, agriculture and animal husbandry are not just industries that can increase production. If you want to increase production, agriculture must increase land and animal husbandry must increase the number of animals. The former can be found at a glance. The latter is also very easy to find because of the growth time of the animals. It's not like if the industry secretly increases production, a large number of products can be shipped in a short time.

In the field of basic raw materials, the cartel has existed for a longer period of time, which is more stable than the cartel in the manufacturing industry. The more high-tech and high-value-added industries, the less viable the cartel.

Annie looked at her husband with a sullen face and stood quietly on the side without urging. Eventually Sheffield said, "There is nothing to worry about, prepare to sue and notify all two farm ranchers, including the trust, In response to the prosecution, it should be impossible that only our family received the subpoena. This kind of thing is either one. The first northern securities company has already appeared. If there is not only one goal, then it is definitely not just our family. , There must be others, ask if any other companies have received subpoenas. "

Sheffield, who took a step back, changed his mind before the words were exported. Don't look at how he took a step back when he evaluated Morgan and Northern Securities. The cartel alliance is the same, and it is not easy to be caught.

But that is to judge others, the railway system is not its own, of course, you can stand and speak without back pain. But the two trusts of bull head and canned food are their own, how can this be the same?

Just as the plague occurred, other countries banned flights to their own countries, Sheffield went crazy on the keyboard, exposing the hypocrisy and discrimination of freedom and democracy. In turn, if the plague occurs in other countries, his country does not prohibit flights, and he turns into hatred. The National Party is still madly round keyboard pointing.

The slave owner is so shameless, in fact, most people are so shameless.

From a profit point of view, even if the beef trust and canned trust are gone, it will not have any impact on the joint company, because there is a cash window for supermarket chains.

"These two trusts are gone, and they have no effect on our family. But the receipt of the subpoena shows that the joint company has been included in the scope of the attack. My idea is to use these two unimportant trusts and the White House. Spend time. Unimportant industries are suitable for this. ”Sheffield touched Annie ’s small hand.“ Our president is a cowboy-style person. If I dismissed the trust directly, he thought I was afraid of him. You will have to measure in. "

"Is that true?" Anne got into her husband's arms for a long time, and the hostess Arlington said she missed it very much. "I'm afraid he will never end up like the North Securities Company. ? "

"No, don't worry!" Sheffield sniffed Anne's strand of hair and comforted.

Beef trusts and canned trusts are not painful for the joint company. The automobile industry can be different. First of all, the automobile industry is not without competitors. Detroit's depot dishes are no wonder that the joint company. United Motors does not meet the definition of Trust. Instead, United Motors also sells engines to these assembly plants to help them maintain basic livelihoods.

Although the federal government is hooligan, if the difference between them is unclear, how the Maine of the American-Western War sank, Sheffield is ready to confront the president in the newspaper. At that time, Roosevelt was the Deputy Secretary of the Navy.

Lived in Arlington Manor for one day, to make up for the emptiness of the hostess's vacancy, the slave master put his pants in his pockets, and continued his life as a lion. The lioness naturally wanted to be at home, contacting the two trust members by phone, thinking How to deal with it together.

"I heard that the United Company received a summons from the Ministry of Justice!" When she saw Sheffield, Alice Roosevelt said apologetically, "I don't know what to say now. It must be related to the White House."

The White House and the Northern Securities Company are at a tit-for-tat. The prosecution of other trusts cannot be related to the White House.

Sheffield reached out and clicked on Alice Roosevelt ’s chin, and then picked one up, without being affected at all. “What ’s the matter? The Ministry of Justice wants to sue the joint company. The joint company responds. What does it matter? Why should you apologize? This is a matter for the federal government and trust companies. It has nothing to do with you. "

"But?" Alice Roosevelt had tears in her eyes, feeling that this was Sheffield's deliberately downplaying the impact on the United Company, and she was moved to be speechless. She didn't know that even if she lost the case, it would have little effect on the joint company.

"It's nothing!" Sheffield smiled, but said decisively, "The joint company has responded, now it's up to the federal government, where are you going to open the ad hoc court? You can take the time to tell the attorney general, the best Do n’t drive in the south, there are more members of my trust. "

Three days later, Pat, the lead lawyer of the United Company, formally responded to the complaints of beef trusts and canned trusts, using a gentle but tough tone, "The Ministry of Justice sued the food processing department of the United Company without evidence. Morality is also untenable. This is just the result of the proliferation of public power. We will pay attention to the progress of things and everyone will wait and see. "