Between the original producer and the ultimate consumer of the commodity there come in the middlemen, the dealers and speculators, with their charges, which are nothing more nor less than a direct tax upon the commodities which pass through their hands… So far as these middlemen, and storage and transportation agencies are absolutely necessary to economically convey commodities from the original producer to the ultimate consumer, their reasonable charges may be considered as a necessary tax upon these commodities…
In fact, Rice shows that, in direct contradiction to Cleveland’s conspiracy theory about trusts upholding protection, the only advocates of free trade who appeared to testify before Congress had been foreign importers and their selling customers: - The same tactics appear time and time again by those who wish to subvert
In fact, Rice shows that, in direct contradiction to Cleveland’s conspiracy theory about trusts upholding protection, the only advocates of free trade who appeared to testify before Congress had been foreign importers and their selling customers: - The same tactics appear time and time again by those who wish to subvert