The Sherman Antitrust Act was enacted in July 1890 and made combining of businesses to prevent competition illegal.
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A company buying another company to eliminate it as competition
Describe the events of the 1902 coal strike
They secretly gave money to members of Congress. This qualifies as bribery and would be illegal today.
Under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act a company could expand its business by buying a competing company.
it is as illegal as parachuting from skycrapers.