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FIGHTING THE FIRE ENGINE - collections.mnhs.org
FIGHTING THE fire ENGINE TRUST NEW "AMERICAN " ENGINE . 174 Minnesota History IV</ ^^ ^k a 1= '^' ,r* s i ir^isi n ^^ ^Iv ..rkl v>-~ '^^-.^-V^sci^^-rrTv; ^ fii :^ The Nott fire ENGINE Company of Minneapolis Richard L. Heath THE HISTORY of monopolistic business combinations in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is well known. It has been told most often in terms of populist and public efforts to "bust the trusts" by statutes and regulations preventing business prac-tices in restraint of trade. The formation of a trust that attempted to force one Minnesota firm out of business, however, provided a challenge to that company to ex-pand its production and take on the trust in head-to-head competition.
Fire Engine Compan\' wit, h privately held stock valued at nine million dollars. It purchased the assets of no less than 11 fire apparatus manufacturers, including every steam fire engine builder: LaFrance, American, Water ...
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