[125] There need, of course, be no actual diversion of goods into the possession of the Ring: the essence of the monopoly consists in the control, not in the possession of goods.
[126] Baker, Monopolies and the People, p. 81.
[127] Cf. Miss Potter, The Co-operative Movement, p. 199.
[128] Porter, Progress of the Nation, pp. 283-285.
[129] C.S.T. Dodd, "Ten Years of the Standard Oil Trust," Forum, May 1892.
[130] "The Standard Oil Trust," Roger Sherman, Forum, July 1892.
[131] Roger Sherman, "The Standard Oil Trust," The Forum, July 1892.
[132] Argument of Standard Oil Trust before the House Committee on Manufactures, 1888 (quoted Baker, Monopolies and the People, p. 21).
[133] J.W. Jenks, Economic Journal, vol. ii. p. 73.
[134] Report to the Commission of the Senate of New York State, p. 440.