Chapter 412 All is Chaos
Sheffield had already planned to target Morgan's Northern Securities Company for a scam. After all, different subpoenas involved different industries, and the economic systems were naturally interconnected. The trust was a monopoly model in a separate field. For example, a crackdown on the railway sector required the support of groups whose interests were damaged by the railway monopoly.
Of course, the biggest victims were farmers everywhere. They responded to the lawsuit by Northern Securities Company. The subtext was that the Department of Justice was asking them to choose between the two cases: win in the railway system or win in the beef and canned food industry. From the perspective of the federal government, of course, the railway system was more important to the country.
After formulating this close-up tactic, Sheffield was not idle. On the one hand, he used the Russo-Japanese War to divert attention, and on the other hand, he contacted Democratic members of Congress to question the Federal Department of Justice.
Although slave owners abide by the rules and will not use unscrupulous means, they will never surrender. Aren't they just representatives of Congress? There are many in the United Company.
"William, it's Gail calling." Natalia picked up the phone and called back the slave owner who was about to go out for the US-Japan goodwill meeting, which brought negative impact on the international exchange work.
"What's the matter?" Sheffield sighed, and took the phone reluctantly, "Gail, it's me!"
"I have a piece of news that not many people know about. I want to tell you now." Gale's mysterious voice came from the microphone. "I believe you will be interested in this news. You may even gloat over it."
"Am I still in a mood to gloat over someone else's misfortune?" Sheffield said to himself with a wry smile. It is quite appropriate to find joy in misery.
"Don't be impatient, listen to me!" Gail almost laughed out loud, "Didn't James Duke just finish talking to you? I was talking about his business. My international trading company transships some goods to third countries, including a lot of tobacco business. Guess what? James Duke just returned to North Carolina and received a subpoena from the Department of Justice. The reason is that the American Tobacco Company was involved in monopoly and unfair competition. I guess James Duke is so angry now."
Sheffield, who was holding the phone, stood up suddenly, almost breaking the phone line, and asked, "Really?"
"The news is absolutely reliable!" Gale listened to the noise on the other end of the microphone and couldn't help but put the microphone away and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you so excited?"
"He was teaching me in Baba's class a few days ago?" Gail was right. When the slave owner saw that James Duke had lice on his body, he suddenly felt that he was not itchy anymore. He was such a person who enjoyed other people's misfortunes. He held back his laughter and asked Gail if he had time to come over and visit.
After hanging up the phone, Sheffield clenched his fists and punched the air twice. The whole northwest Shanxi was in chaos. Who can withstand the attack of the antitrust law now has nothing to do with who helps whom. Everyone has to take care of themselves. Let's see who can survive this round of attacks.
"So happy?" Natalia, who was watching the performance, felt that her man was still very energetic.
"Of course, I am that kind of person." Sheffield said shamelessly. This is a world of comparison. Being strong is only one basis, and the other basis is whether others are weaker than you.
Many battles are about who can hold out longer. If you are receiving care from the Ministry of Justice, can you not expect other companies to receive care as well? This is not contradictory.
Everything that happens is a mixture of good and bad. You can't take all the good things for yourself and all the bad things for others. The most powerful country in the world is still West Asia. The history of the Mesopotamian region is older than that of Egypt. Just let it be powerful. Everyone else should stop playing around.
If United can turn a small loss into a win in this round of attacks, it will become even stronger after the storm is over. Whether James Duke is furious or not is no longer something Sheffield should care about.
All he had to do now was to keep an eye on Morgan. If Northern Securities appealed, United Securities would follow suit. It was that simple.
In the White House, Alice Roosevelt, the first daughter, secretly appeared from the doorway. Looking at her father who was reading the newspaper, Roosevelt seemed to sense something. He turned around and saw his daughter, and said with a smile, "Why do you look like a thief? Is there something wrong?"
"What are you reading, father?" Alice Roosevelt came over and glanced at the newspaper about the Russo-Japanese War in Roosevelt's hand. She said, "You seem to be particularly interested in this naval battle."
"Of course!" Roosevelt said excitedly. "I feel like I have become a Japanese. I am so excited that I cannot perform my duties. I have been talking about this battle with visitors these days. And I fully realize that if they win, it means that they and we will have a struggle in the future. And our naval forces in the Pacific will be at a disadvantage in the face of the entire Japanese Combined Fleet. Our navy is mainly concentrated on the East Coast facing Europe. If a war breaks out, we may be defeated by the Japanese Combined Fleet with our weak Pacific Fleet. When the fleet on the East Coast is withdrawn, it may rush to the sea where the war broke out, just like the Russian Empire, and be defeated by the Japanese when we are very exhausted, repeating the tragedy of the Russians."
In front of his daughter, President Roosevelt opened his heart and said that if Imperial Russia was defeated, the friendly relations between the United States and Japan would be gone, and the relationship between the two countries would only become more and more tense.
"Father, I heard that the Houston Shipyard is researching a reconnaissance ship that can be mounted on an airplane, as well as a submarine warship. We should send someone from the Navy Department to inspect it." Alice Roosevelt had an idea and took the opportunity to make a suggestion to her father, the President. "I just don't know what this big Southern company thinks of the White House now. I heard that this company received a subpoena from the Department of Justice."
Alice Roosevelt recounted a scene that she claimed to have heard but actually saw with her own eyes. She also pointed out the antitrust lawsuit that the United Company was currently facing, and subtly inquired about the news to see if there was any room for maneuver.
"I said that the members of those two trusts are spread across the country and the number of people is very large. If a lawsuit is filed, it may have a great impact." Alice Roosevelt said, "Should we solve the problems one by one?"
President Roosevelt simply regarded these words as his daughter's concern for him. He shook his head slightly and said, "Alice, I only have a four-year term. If I solve these problems company by company, and if Northern Securities takes some time to find a company to sue, I can only dismantle three trusts in my four-year term. There are trusts in all walks of life now, and there are hundreds of them in total. If I only dismantle three trusts during my term, the antitrust movement will definitely fail, and I have not brought much change to this country."
"So I have to sue many trusts at the same time. Not all of them will succeed, but there will be many successful examples, so that future presidents will follow the precedent and know how to solve this problem."
Alice Roosevelt nodded. She understood what her father was thinking. Thinking of one of the people who was in trouble with the Ministry of Justice, she sighed inwardly. She wanted to take the opportunity to express her wish for reconciliation, but it had failed.
"But please tell me more about the reconnaissance ship mounted on the plane. I am very interested in it." Just as Alice Roosevelt was sighing, Roosevelt's voice gave his daughter hope again.
"I've heard about this battleship, too!" Alice Roosevelt quickly spoke up and recounted in detail what the slave owner had said to her. Finally, she said, "Actually, I haven't seen it either. If the Navy Department wants to go and take a look, I'll go with them."
With one arm shaken by his daughter, President Roosevelt reluctantly agreed, "I can't control you. Go if you want."
If we talk about the most popular profession in the United States recently, it must be lawyer. There are more than one or two companies that have been sued under antitrust laws. Lawyers are not actually a very scarce profession, but well-known lawyers are really scarce.
Major companies are collecting well-known lawyers, preparing to compete with the Ministry of Justice for their own business empires. This has also caused lawyer fees to rise sharply. However, due to market laws, only lawyers at the top of the pyramid can enjoy this treatment.
Sheffield was naturally also preparing to deal with the lawsuit from the Ministry of Justice, and because the trust had many members, a greater number of lawyers were needed. Even the lawyers from McHale and Gail were temporarily borrowed to use.
The slave owner's first step was to use the human wave tactic, using a large number of respondent members and materials to make the Ministry of Justice panic.
However, the Department of Justice has not been in a panic yet, but he has already been in a panic. At this time, he received a call from the Houston Shipyard. He listened to the incident with a poker face and sneered into the microphone, "Our government is really good. The carrot and stick policy is used on the United Company. But I am not someone who can be easily fooled. I also have a proverb: When encountering resistance, the iron rod sweeps across, and when the resistance increases, the iron rod becomes thicker."
"Boss, should we reject them? We heard that the president's daughter is among the observers from the Navy Department this time, so we called you to inform you." Further news came over the phone.
Sheffield licked his lips, looking a little embarrassed, complaining a little about why he didn't say it earlier. Zhenxiang said, "The so-called confrontation is also a confrontation between knights. All of this is carried out openly. How can I really not welcome the people from the Navy Department? I'm not a jerk from the Ministry of Justice. Everyone knows that I respect soldiers the most."
(End of this chapter)
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