...be considered, before any just conclusion can be arrived at with regard to the actual existence of abuses, if proved, are not matters on which it is...over all important branches of the British trade. . . . (<J) There shall be established a tribunal, consisting of a person of legal qualifications as...

...final or considered judgment. But we are satisfied that trade associations and combines are rapidlv increasing in this country, and may within no distant...trade. We are satisfied that considerable mistrust wRh regard to their activities exists in the public mind, and that the effect of such mistrust may...

...satisfied, however, that trade associations and combine» were rapidly increasing in this country, and might within no distant period exercise a paramount control...over all important branches of the British trade. The Cummitt.ee were alao satisfied that considerable mistrust with repaid to their activities existed...

...movement may be judged from the following statement in the report of the Committee on Trusts, 1919 : " We are satisfied that trade associations and combines...a paramount control over all important branches of British trade." Although this was written at a time when industries were still, psychologically, on...

...CONCLUSIONS IN their Conclusions and Recommendations the members of the Committee on Trusts state : — " We are satisfied that Trade Associations and Combines...a paramount control over all important branches of British Trade." 1 In our opinion, this period has arrived, and British trade at present in the autumn...

...our disposal compels us to conclude with the report of the Committee on Trusts unanimously signed: "We are satisfied that Trade Associations and Combines...a paramount control over all important branches of British trade."* I shall discuss the social effect of combinations presently; all that I wish to establish...

...forty-eight firms. Moreover, it was forgotten that the Report of the Committee on Trusts in 1919 had stated : We are satisfied that trade associations and combines...a paramount control over all important branches of British trade. Unfortunately, however, no scientific investigation has recently been made into the...

...APPENDIX ........ 213 INDEX ........ 229 INDUSTRIAL COMBINATION IN ENGLAND CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION " We are satisfied that trade associations and combines...a paramount control over all important branches of British trade." 1 This finding of a committee appointed in 1918 to inquire into the existence of trusts...

...outstanding and important feature of modern business. In 1919 the Government Committee on Trusts reported : " We are satisfied that trade associations and combines...a paramount control over all important branches of British trade." The process has been facilitated by the growing size of industrial undertakings reducing...

...before the War. In 1919 the Parliamentary Committee on Trusts found a danger that monopolies might soon "exercise a paramount control over all important branches of the British Trade," and recommended the establishment of machinery like that of Canada and the United States for the investigation...