He boiled everything down to a case of right versus wrong and good versus bad. If a trust [monopoly] controlled an entire industry but provided good service at reasonable rates, it was a good trust to be left alone. Only the bad trusts that jacked up rates and exploited consumers would come under attack.
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. — Theodore Roosevelt
He boiled everything down to a case of right versus wrong and good versus bad. If a trust [monopoly] controlled an entire industry but provided good service at reasonable rates, it was a good trust to be left alone. Only the bad trusts that jacked up rates and exploited consumers would come under attack.
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. — Theodore Roosevelt