Chapter 453 The Challenge of the Strongest Trust
The window paper had been broken long ago. Alice Roosevelt didn't care about other people's opinions, and other people didn't know either. Since they didn't know, then it didn't exist. In a society ruled by law, evidence is required.
"My father wants me to get married. He said he has his eyes on several Republican politicians!" Alice Roosevelt hugged the man's body. Everything that happened just now made her feel happy. She said blankly, "I don't know what to do now?"
Sheffield was stunned. Given their naked state, it was inappropriate to talk about such things, right? When a bastard like the slave owner heard such talk, it would be easy for him to turn to the plot of Japan's pillar film industry.
"Hmm!" Sheffield asked with a smirk, pinching Alice Roosevelt's cherry, "So what do you think?"
"It hurts!" Alice Roosevelt slapped Sheffield's hand away and said in a reproachful tone, "If you continue to do this to me, I will listen to my father and marry a decent Republican politician."
"Isn't this bad?" Sheffield pretended to count with his fingers and shook his head, "I don't think most people are not afraid of death. If you marry her, you will delay her life. Please be a good person."
The meaning of this statement is obvious. If Alice Roosevelt chooses to marry, her husband may die of a cold. With the advanced medical system of the United States, it is absolutely impossible to detect it. If it is not detected, it is equivalent to an accident.
"Can I stay single forever?" Seeing Sheffield's harsh words, Alice Roosevelt felt a little sweet in her heart, and her attitude softened. She whispered, "I'm not young anymore."
"Twenty-four years old, indeed. We will think of a solution after your father's term of office is over." Seeing that the first daughter was already a little anxious, Sheffield had to use the "delay" tactic from Sheffield's Eight-Character Mantra.
Sheffield knew that after this term, Roosevelt would most likely not run for election. It would be useless to take four years to reduce the hatred of big business towards him. When Roosevelt ran for election again, he was also assassinated. It was not known whether it was a self-directed assassination.
As long as Roosevelt was no longer president, this goal would not be so big. When the halo of Alice Roosevelt faded, many things would be much easier to handle. Sheffield knew that publicly marrying multiple times was not in line with the Western tradition of monogamy. Maintaining mistresses was the Western tradition, but there were exceptions to everything.
On this issue, Sheffield, like the Knickerbocker Trust, had a can-do feeling.
Sheffield personally sent Alice Roosevelt and the ten female bodyguards behind her to the warship of the Great White Fleet. The slave owner was not a curious person. He only needed to see the so-called shocking fleet once, as it was not his own.
However, we can still try our best to build the United States' dreadnought. We should discuss with the Frege brothers, the former owners of the San Francisco Shipyard and now important shareholders, and build a warship as soon as possible to restore the shipyard affected by the earthquake.
The Frege brothers both agreed with this. The San Francisco Shipyard had once consumed a lot of their efforts. They did not want to see their shipyard decline, so they asked Sheffield what he thought.
What kind of thoughts could a slave owner have? Only the kind that would scare you by saying my name. Of course, his real thoughts would be to punch Yamato and kick Musashi. It doesn't matter even if the country doesn't want him. He can just sit there and participate in the speedboat race on his super battleship.
However, there are limitations of the times. The Houston Shipyard did not have the ability to manufacture 10,000-ton ships. This capability was only provided by the San Francisco Shipyard. In this case, the slave owners certainly could not make random claims.
"The overlord of the world's oceans today is the British Empire. In terms of navy, the British Empire fleet is undoubtedly number one in terms of experience and creativity. With ready-made experience in front of us, it is not shameful to learn from the strong." Sheffield pondered for a moment and spoke eloquently in front of the Frege brothers.
"In other words, we just need to copy the new British dreadnought-class ship." Alfregg suddenly realized.
"Ah, yes and no!" Sheffield looked at his partner deeply. If he was not a man of his word, he should fire this partner immediately and let him go. "He is good at learning advanced experience, which can save costs and avoid detours, and eventually achieve overtaking on the curve."
In fact, in terms of tonnage, it was not difficult for the United States to manufacture the dreadnought-class warships. Among the Great White Fleet that just left, some warships were no less than the British dreadnought-class in tonnage. The dreadnought-class warships simply used a new layout.
Sheffield remembered that the United States's Dreadnought class seemed to be quite conservative at the beginning. It wanted to show off its strength to the European powers, but also take into account the characteristics of the United States, so as to avoid Europeans accusing the United States of copying and looking for a father for the United States' same type of warship. So time was wasted on the plan.
Therefore, the first generation of the United States' dreadnought class was a defective product, and the second generation of the Delaware class battleship was the real dreadnought class. The Delaware class battleship strengthened its firepower, added a main turret at the stern of the hull, equipped with ten main guns, and reduced the structure of the superstructure to lower the center of gravity, and the secondary guns were installed in the hull. The power system was improved, and the North Dakota was modified to experimentally carry steam turbines. After studying the results of the sea trials of the North Dakota and Florida class battleships, the Federal Navy believed that the endurance was insufficient, so it was hesitant to equip steam turbines and did not continue to use them on subsequent ships.
As for how to actually build a ship, with Sheffield's basic shipbuilding knowledge, he could only put forward the basic suggestion of increasing the tonnage and making the guns thicker. The actual parameters still needed to be studied by the Frege brothers.
What can the slave owners be responsible for? They can only put pressure on the federal government. "San Francisco has been hit hard by the earthquake. The federal government must provide appropriate support. Otherwise, the number of unemployed people in San Francisco will increase. It will cause social instability and reconstruction will inevitably be a long way off."
The bulk of the reconstruction work is being done by the Umbrella Corporation. If the federal government does not provide certain policy support to California at this time, and there are really unfinished buildings or something like that, it must be that the federal government has not done its job well.
This is equivalent to crying if you don't give me candy. However, as the old saying goes, it's all about making money, don't shiver. Now that the federal government attaches so much importance to the Pacific, if you don't take the opportunity to ask for it, you will miss it.
The midterm elections did not have a political impact on California. This Pacific coastal center is increasingly meeting the definition of a deep blue state. Sheffield modestly said that this was all his own credit.
In the slave owner's plan, he has only two things to do this year: keep an eye on the signs of financial crisis, sort out the current base of the Democratic Party, strive to overthrow the Republican Party which has won three consecutive elections in the national election, and let himself taste the sweetness of collusion between officials and businessmen.
That was the plan, but Sheffield soon received a call that showed that he had been thinking too simply. The federal government once again mentioned antitrust investigations into Standard Oil. Sheffield had promised that if faced with antitrust lawsuits, he would stand with the Rockefeller family.
"Edith Rockefeller's family and Alice Roosevelt's family are fighting?" Sheffield licked his lips and muttered to himself after hanging up the phone. He felt that this summary was very appropriate.
The government does not interfere with the development of the private economy. This is just a casual remark. Is Rockefeller Company a monopoly planned by the government? No, it was earned by Rockefeller's hard work. Are Rockefeller Company's products of low quality and high price? No, Rockefeller Company's products were of high quality at the time and cheaper than its competitors, bringing many conveniences to consumers. However, Rockefeller Company was eventually broken up by the Supreme Court.
The reason for the final split was also very simple. The Supreme Court believed that Rockefeller's various behaviors of burning money and engaging in price wars would hinder the development of emerging companies. Although in the short term, low prices brought benefits to consumers, in the long run, a market without competition would inevitably harm the overall welfare of the nation.
In fact, the United Company is also cutting costs and using low prices to prevent the emergence of competitors. In fact, the United Company is only temporarily fine. If the federal government wants to punish you, selling too cheaply is also a reason to punish you.
Don’t think that the federal government is one of the most business-friendly governments in the world. The common problems of other governments also exist in the federal government, but the symptoms are milder.
After receiving the notice from Edith Rockefeller, Sheffield immediately rushed to Chicago, and then the two went to the Rockefeller estate together. Edith Rockefeller said with some emotion, "My man keeps his word. He said he would stand with the Rockefeller family, and he is here today."
"Of course!" Sheffield said with a determined look. In fact, there seemed to be still a few years before Standard Oil was split up. According to history, the Rockefeller family once again withstood this antitrust investigation, so what was the harm in stating his position?
As soon as he arrived in New York, Sheffield went directly to the Rockefeller estate. After a day of in-depth discussions, he understood the cause and effect of this incident. Rockefeller Jr. said, "Because of the relationship with Northern Securities Company, it can never be resolved through legal means. I have called together shareholders to discuss and try to set up obstacles for the investigation and win over public opinion."
"No problem!" Sheffield said he had received it. The next day, an article defending the Rockefeller family appeared in the New York Daily News. The content of the article was to ask, could it be that maintaining the stability of domestic energy prices at low prices would also become the goal of the Ministry of Justice? Has the abuse of public power reached such a level?
In the following period, Rockefeller Jr. did everything he could to obstruct the Justice Department's investigation, and at the same time asked members of Congress to attack the Justice Department, accusing it of having too much power and Attorney General Knox of being more like a trust.
(End of this chapter)
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