The Federal Power Over Carriers and Corporations (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Federal Power Over Carriers and Corporations

The present work deals, as its title indicates, with the nature and extent of powers belonging to the general government, not with Congressional legis lation. One statute, however, the Act of July 2, 1890, popularly known as the Sherman anti-trust Act, so closely concerns the principles of govern ment that it has required a full consideration.

It is common in discussing these questions largely to disregard the purposes which influenced the formation of our government and for a century directed its administration. Present questions, it is urged, are new, beyond the contemplation of the statesmen of a century ago, and new meanings must therefore be given to the Constitution. This is surely a most dangerous and mistaken notion.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.