Does Price Fixing Destroy Liberty?

by George Howard Earle, Jr.

Does Price Fixing Destroy Liberty?

A Consideration of Certain Economic and Common
Law Principles Applying to Governmental
Interferences with the Liberty
of Trade

By

George H. Earle, Jr.

of the

PHILADELPHIA BAR

Philadelphia

1920

Copyright 1920,
by
George H. Earle, Jr.

The Author gratefully acknowledges
the valuable editorial
assistance of

H. Edgar Barnes, Esq.,
and
John A. McCarthy, Esq.,
of the Philadelphia Bar

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

			Page
Introduction			7
Chapter	I—	General Considerations	13
Chapter	II—	The Real Meaning of the Lever Act	37
Chapter	III—	The Constitutionality of the Act	51
Chapter	IV—	The Uncertainty of the Act	63
Chapter	V—	Prices of Commodities Cannot be Made Fair by Governmental Regulations	91
Chapter	VI—	The Act in Relation to the Uncertainties of Trade	113
Chapter	VII—	Our Paramount Interest	149
Chapter	VIII—	General Conclusions	157
Chapter	IX—	The Aftermath	159
Chapter	X—	Final Summary	173
Table of Cases			179
Bibliography			183