Trust (business)
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A trust or corporate trust is a large grouping of business interests with significant market power, which may be embodied as a corporation or as a group of corporations that cooperate with one another
The Rockefeller-Morgan Family Tree (1904), which depicts how the largest trusts at the turn of the 20th century were in turn connected to each other
Octopus representing Standard Oil with arms wrapped around U.S. Congress and steel, copper, and shipping industries, and reaching for the White House
Sherman Antitrust Act
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The Sherman Antitrust Act is a United States antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce and consequently prohibits unfair monopolies. It was passed by
Sen. John Sherman (R–Ohio), the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act
1911 comic depicting trust opposition to the Sherman Antitrust Act
Benjamin Harrison, head and shoulders bw photo, 1896