Anti-Trust
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 attempted to control trusts based on their size not their monopolistic strategens. Not really effective because crafty corporate lawyers uncovered loopholes to slip through. BUT effective in that it decreased labor unions that were "restraining trade." It was used in 1911 against the Standard Oil Co.
The Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914 lengthened the list of no-no's of business practice: price discrimination. It gave benefits to laborers~exempted labor and agricultural org's from anti-trust prosecution and legalized strikes and peaceful picketing.
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