Rapid industrialization in the United States in the late 1800s led to significant changes in business organizations. Justice Barrett of the Supreme Court of New York described the impact of one of these powerful new companies in the sugar industry: "It can close every refinery at will,... artificially limit the production of refined sugar, [and] enhance the price...at the public expense..." How did reformers propose that Congress respond to this type of powerful new business?

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