No one respects military bosses more than slave owners. This is beyond doubt. As for conflicts with the Ministry of Justice, they are limited to the Ministry of Justice, not other departments of the federal government. Generally speaking, they are preventable and controllable. They cannot be

Because of the fault of one department of the Department of Justice, it shows that the federal government has malicious intentions towards the joint company.

"Dear Mr. Dodd, Mr. James, everyone is aware of the current situation. The Department of Justice has gone crazy and made irrational actions. This time I came to New York with the goodwill of the United Company, hoping to

Reduce internal friction." Pat nodded to his two industry colleagues, showing his goodwill.

Dodd is a lawyer for the Rockefeller family and has served Standard Oil for almost as long as the super trust was established. Many people believe that the trust business model was Dodd's advice to the old Rockefeller.

As for the other lawyer, he is more familiar with it. He represents Northern Securities Company in confronting the White House and is already a famous figure in the industry.

Pat came to New York this time and took the initiative to find the chief lawyers of the two giants. Naturally, he had his own purpose. There was no talk of uniting all the forces that could oppose the government. What Sheffield meant was that alliance was impossible. Big companies

The risks of uniting to fight against the federal government are very high.

Once all companies involved in antitrust laws are united, there will naturally be two results. If they defeat the federal government, then all companies will no longer be able to hide and will inevitably come to the forefront.

This is unlikely, because once all the companies unite, it will be equivalent to confirming the concerns of the White House and proactively telling the citizens that President Roosevelt was right, and the country has been controlled by greedy big companies.

Then the second result will occur, because many large companies have united to fight against the federal government, and citizens will support the White House to use tough measures to let these united large companies die together.

Everything will lead to half-and-half results, and it will definitely not work if successful people like slave owners get lucky. Even if it is a fluke that the federal government sees a complete goodbye, what will happen in the future? Will the victorious big companies still have to fight it out?

?After all, the businesses of many companies overlap.

Once this situation occurs, Sheffield is very familiar with similar history. Isn't it just another version of warlord melee? In the end, there is only one winner, and all other competitors will die.

If the slave owner comes with a few nuclear bomb benefits when he is reborn, he doesn't have to choose and just choose the latter. But if he doesn't, then he can only continue to resist within the rules and use legal means.

How can people with vested interests choose to risk their lives, but that doesn't mean that they can do nothing. It's okay to give each other a guarantee. As the chief lawyer of the United Company, Pat came to New York this time for this purpose.

"In such a difficult moment, my boss wants to avoid competition between enterprises and use all his strength to fight the attack of the federal Department of Justice. I believe this is also in our mutual interests." Pat took it from his bag.

A contract was drawn up and it was put on the contract and said, "To put it simply, in order to avoid malicious competition, United Company hopes that Standard Oil, **** and United Company will sign a non-poaching contract and strictly use high salaries.

If you are found to have poached technical personnel and managers from each other's companies, you must compensate for the losses. If someone in the three companies wants to change jobs, the other company cannot take them in unless they get the consent of the other two parties. You two gentlemen, you can read the contract first.

, we are all legal professionals, if we have anything to add, we can still talk about it.”

Dodd and James exchanged glances with each other and checked the contract quietly. Regarding the contract that Pat took out, they had been in the legal field for so many years, so they could naturally see the true purpose of it.

Not poaching each other naturally blocks the flow of relevant talents in areas where several companies compete. The biggest advantage is that it can avoid high-paying poaching. After relieving this worry, it avoids raising wages due to competition and saves huge labor expenses. Regularly report to the society every year

Provide talents without worrying about causing criticism.

"Once one of the three of us makes an example, the doors of the three companies will be closed to that person forever." Dodd said while flipping through the contract, "This also includes all our alliance partners."

"Adding our allies into the mix, it can be said that the so-called talents with great talents have entered social death." James raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "It can avoid unfair competition. It is really a valuable

contract."

Once this agreement is made, the companies involved can communicate with each other about which employees can be hired and by whom. By exchanging key employees with each other or prohibiting exchanges, the companies can avoid costly lawsuits or the risk of losing key employees.

to protect their intellectual property rights.

You can also control the flow of relevant talents and screen out people who are truly loyal to the company. There are simply too many benefits.

"Pat, have you obtained the full authorization from United Company?" After a few minutes of reading the contract, James looked at his old friend, got Pat's affirmative answer, and continued, "I still need to get Mr. Morgan's authorization."

Agreed, in any case, in this difficult time, we companies should not continue to hold each other back, and it is really gratifying to be able to protect each other."

"Yeah, at such a difficult time, my boss said that if we unite to fight against the federal government, it will only make things bigger and worse, and even end up being impossible to deal with. This time, we can only get through this storm by ourselves. I hope we can each other

Everyone has good luck." Pat said sincerely, "I hope we can still formulate economic rules here in a few years."

In the Oak Manor, Sheffield was teasing a milk dog with a piece of meat sausage. While teasing, he said, "Yanji, come here!" The little milk dog ran over and circled around its owner.

.

Sheffield was not in a hurry at all. He was just teasing the meat sausage and was not in a hurry to let the little puppy achieve his goal. He used actions to prove in the eyes of the puppy that although I am not a human being, you are a real dog.

"Look at how anxious it is!" Sheffield, who was squeezing the sausage, looked at the anxious look on the puppy and turned to Natalia. When he turned back, the little girl was drooling anxiously, "Look here.

It’s greedy!”

"It's dripping like this. Give it the sausage quickly." Natalia saw that the dog was pitiful and couldn't help but screamed.

The bodyguards around him stayed away calmly. They were all elites and took actions to avoid asking questions that shouldn't be asked. They pretended not to hear such vulgar words.

"Restrain your words from now on!" Sheffield threw the meat sausage to the puppy and took Natalia to sit on a lounge chair under the shade of the tree. Natalia's face was red, as if what he just said was true.

A bit ambiguous.

After lying down and chatting for a while, Jesla strode over and said, "Boss, Mr. Pat said that the negotiation has been completed. Everyone is very satisfied. Both companies have expressed their gratitude to you."

"Why are you thanking me? It's not all for yourself?" Sheffield chuckled and said in a sinister tone, "If it wasn't beneficial to everyone, would they agree? Is it really as easy as providing a thousand talents to society every year?"

If a hundred years later, this kind of agreement will disrupt the normal flow of human resources in the market and cause unfair competition in the industry, which will be a violation of the anti-monopoly law. From the perspective of contract law, it will violate the basic principles of public order and good customs.

As an individual, you can consider it from the perspective that the company violates labor laws and harms the rights and interests of workers who choose a career.

But at the beginning of the 20th century, this was undoubtedly a great innovation, and it did not violate the relatively crude antitrust laws. Many provisions of the antitrust laws themselves were very vague, and they did not cover matters such as mutual non-poaching agreements.

"Mr. Pat didn't say when he would be back!" Sheffield asked Jesla casually.

"He said he would go to farmers in various places to collect response documents and prepare to compete with the Ministry of Justice." Jesla also heard the next plan from Pat's few words.

At the Washington train station, Alice Roosevelt followed the observers from the Department of the Navy onto the train with great interest. The Department of the Navy is an important department of the federal government and receives more attention than other combat departments. The Secretary of the Navy is a permanent member of the presidential cabinet and is in charge of the Army.

Not so the War Department.

Thinking that she would be able to meet the man in her heart soon, Alice Roosevelt was in a great mood, and she had a great time chatting with the high-minded people. President Roosevelt himself had a strong influence in the Navy Department, and he had a lot of influence on the president.

Daughter, these observers naturally expressed their friendship. From their point of view, this is a publicly funded tour.

Being able to enjoy the sunshine and beaches in the south should be the biggest gain this time. As for other gains, I don’t even think about it. The destination is the Houston Shipyard. It is a shipyard whose equipment and personnel cannot be compared with the East Coast shipyards. This kind of

What kind of technology can the shipyard accumulate? No 10,000-ton ship is manufactured here.

In any case, these observers have no hope and have focused their main attention on a romantic encounter. Think about what is wrong, maybe pie in the sky will fall?

"It's a pity that I can't blow up the aircraft carrier too!" Sheffield rarely brought a bottle of perfume, as if he were going out on a date. Whether the Admiralty is interested in aircraft carriers is a trivial matter.

It doesn’t matter if he’s not interested. The loss is the United States of America. The worst he can do is sell it to Cuba. Can he still throw it into his hands? It’s just that he is on an aircraft carrier and really doesn’t dare to set off fireworks. An aircraft carrier is not like a submarine. It’s easy to say it’s an accident. If it really explodes, it will only happen.
Chapter completed!