My America

St. Louis was actually a car manufacturing base that competed with the Detroit Chamber before the United Company stepped in. Because St. Louis is almost in the middle of the United States, it is similar to Luoyang's position in the Republic.

So after the establishment of the automotive company by the United Company, a large number of automotive talents in St. Louis went south and provided automotive talents no less than Detroit. In the manor on the riverside, Sheffield hoped that Rockefeller Jr. would be calmer, would n’t he also have to see who Roosevelt rushed at first? .

"I don't believe that he issued a State of the Union address, passed the legislation, and then you can get it done in a day. You can complete all the steps and hit the Supreme Court to let the judge rule that it will not be done in a few years." Sheffield fell I don't think how serious this matter is. In the long run, it is really serious, but it is not that there is no time for confrontation.

"Since you also said, then I will discuss with the major shareholders here and get things done at once." Rockefeller Jr. is not as irritable as he was when he first met. Since things are unavoidable, he is calm. Accept, it is inevitable to have a final fight, it will need the support of other shareholders of Standard Oil.

Compared with Morgan, the representative of financial capital, Rockefeller's standard oil has the advantage that its organizational power far exceeds Morgan's loose alliance, and there are not many shareholders, but it is a big man who jumps out casually. Many people are railroad tycoons in an era with Vanderbilt.

Shareholders are important, which is why Rockefeller Jr. hates antitrust laws very much. This is not to protect the shareholders of Standard Oil, but the increase of Standard Oil shareholders later. This is the result of responding to antitrust laws. At an earlier time, when the antitrust law was not introduced, the Rockefeller family's control of standard oil was even stronger than it is now, almost the same as Sheffield's control of the United Company.

In the early years, Rockefeller was the only important person who shaped the new oil industry, so he ruled the team. The power is concentrated in the company's headquarters in Cleveland, but the headquarters' decisions are all made by pretending to be cooperative. Although there are a lot of shareholders, it is actually the Rockefellers.

"If it doesn't work out, your joint company will soon become Standard Oil, and those shareholders who only pay dividends without decision-making power will also become shareholders with decision-making power. This is the change in Standard Oil after the emergence of antitrust laws. "Rockefeller Jr. disapproved of seeing Sheffield, quite pleased," Do you believe it? "

"Maybe?" Sheffield was undecided. If judged from the normal development, it may be that the evolution of Standard Oil will eventually become the evolution of the United Company. But the slave owner hated this kind of loan prophet, and he was more confident than his reference to historical evolution. Isn't it just that there are two stinky money? Really think that you stand far and far?

"But the law is dead and the person is alive. The law also depends on who will explain it. This time Roosevelt has to make an explanation that is not good for us. This is too annoying." Rockefeller Jr. said something inexplicable.

"That's true!" Sheffield still cherishes words like gold, but he can understand what Rockefeller Jr. means.

No matter what the law is, no matter how strict it is, there are always opportunities to drill. So a society with procedural justice such as the United States will definitely exist. Even if it also exists in other countries, is there any scumbag in the minor protection law? Psychiatric homicides need to be identified, but there are also psychotic homicides who want to kill as soon as they become ill. These are all debatable.

After the anti-trust law came out, apart from giving the trust companies a shock, most of the time they were used by the trust companies to deal with the workers! This is to see who is explaining the antitrust law, if according to the description of the trust model, is the union a trust model organization? If it counts, it can be used against unions.

Wide space is left for judicial interpretation, and this kind of judicial interpretation is deeply influenced by the economic background. Therefore, the promulgation of this law is often used by courts to oppose trade union organizations and suppress the workers' movement.

After contacting the major shareholders, Rockefeller Jr. determined the attitude to fight to the end, which also won the support of most shareholders, and then told these shareholders the attitude of the joint company, which is to reassure these shareholders. We have a strong Ally, stand firmly with us.

In fact, the current communication is not just staged between Sheffield and Rockefeller Jr. It can be said that since Roosevelt submitted the State of the Union address, the meeting that the offensive and defensive alliance wants to confront has been staged throughout the United States and in all walks of life. This is a threat to all trust companies.

In the coal industry, which is different from the petroleum industry, almost the same scene is also being staged. The communication between the organizers and coalition companies of the coal company and St. Louis is almost the same, but it is more complicated and cumbersome. Because there is no trust company like Standard Oil in the coal field, but there are several companies with similar strengths. These companies form a cartel alliance to control the national anthracite market.

Cartels control almost every piece of anthracite in the United States, and its tentacles have extended into the fireplace of millions of Americans. Unlike many cartel alliances, the members of the coal cartel have cooperated for more than a decade, and each company has adopted a similar strategy. This rare negotiation has caused the coal cartel to show strong synergy.

Coal Cartel ’s solidarity is an alliance built on blood. When it was first established, it met with workers ’strikes. Workers smashed the railway, smashed the machines, and burned down the mine facilities. At that time, the operators who had just formed a cartel still controlled the company. As a result, the workers who were forced by hunger had to return to the work piecemeal and receive more meagre wages.

If the matter ends here, it is just a general confrontation, but then, the coal cartel alliance company directly took the strike workers to court, pointing out that when the coal workers went on strike, they threatened, beat, arson, The shooting threatened everyone in the coal company and pointed out that these were masterpieces of some instigators among anthracite miners.

Dozens of coal workers were arrested by the coal cartel buying police. In the following year, an unprecedented and highly publicized murder trial was held in the village of the anthracite coal mine. The criminals were the workers who went on strike. They have been arrested by the coal cartel ’s private police. At the trial, not only did the coal cartel's secret agent appear in court to confirm the suspects' crimes, but also against all the strike members, but also against the coalition of miners who no longer existed at the time.

Twenty workers were sentenced to hang, and twenty-six workers were sentenced to imprisonment. The coal cartel won praise from the press, saying that it was a great project for the benefit of the public.

This can be said to be a brilliant battle to suppress the strike, and the coal cartel won an absolute victory. The process of this case, in fact, will certainly have a good sense of perception in the eyes of people who are concerned about the process of rebuilding New Orleans. Because Sheffield planted residents who resisted demolition, they learned from the coal cartel.

Coal Cartel made up an Irish trade union at that time, using public opinion that the Irish were excluded. Sheffield used Dixie's aversion to black people, and finally achieved their goals.

In a somewhat shabby but empty room, many cartel alliance members are waiting for someone to appear, and finally, with the opening of the door, an old man in his sixties with gray hair is slow Came to his place and sat in the empty seat that everyone was paying attention to.

"What should I do, Jess? If you consider that Roosevelt has just criticized many large companies, this time the workers proposed to increase wages, and they did not intend to extort us while taking advantage of public opinion!"

"We still have to communicate with Mr. Morgan about this matter!" Jess listened to the complaints of some allies, and finally reluctantly said, "You also know that now the president can stare, public opinion is not very favorable."

"If Gao En is still alive, this matter will be resolved long ago." A member complained with dissatisfaction.

"But he's dead, he met a stronger opponent." Jess sighed and unkindly, "You and I are both witnesses."

Everyone mentions Gao En's name a little bit sigh. This name used to be the most talked about business leader in the United States. At that time, it was as famous as Andrew Carnegie or John Rockefeller. Although he didn't start from operating coal mines, in that era, it was he who made coal a hugely expanding monarch in American hearts.

Gao En finally reached out to the railway, clashed with railway king William Vanderbilt, and was eventually identified by Morgan, kicking him out of the coal cartel and becoming a victim at Morgan's feet.

"Gentlemen, Mr. Morgan has come to the telegram and temporarily agreed to the miners' request." While the conference room was still arguing, an assistant-like person pushed the door away, and such a telegram reported, "Now in Washington The situation on the side is still uncertain. Do n’t direct your attention to yourself. "

"You also heard that in fact our concessions are not big, we just need to make a little concessions to let the miners get a little sweetness. Once the attitude of Washington is determined, if there is nothing wrong, the benefit of letting us go is still You can get it back. "After listening to the telegram read out by his assistant, Jess persuaded the alliance members," It can only be done now. "

No one wants to be the first bad luck, Roosevelt's State of the Union address, has already played the effect of raving.