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There may have been more motivations for the Lake Company to control the water levels then just for the mills in Massachusetts. By flooding the smaller mills and depleting them of water at different times, they destroy the small competition for labor and for textiles. There were few if any anti-trust laws at this time to prevent the mills in Massachusetts from eliminating all competition. Also, by being a separate corporation, it does not appear that the large Lowell mills are behind it. They may not have been, but there is more evidence to suggest that they were. ~~Kyle Allwine | There may have been more motivations for the Lake Company to control the water levels then just for the mills in Massachusetts. By flooding the smaller mills and depleting them of water at different times, they destroy the small competition for labor and for textiles. There were few if any anti-trust laws at this time to prevent the mills in Massachusetts from eliminating all competition. Also, by being a separate corporation, it does not appear that the large Lowell mills are behind it. They may not have been, but there is more evidence to suggest that they were. ~~Kyle Allwine | ||
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| + | It is not surprising that such a conflict arose involving the water company. Often when large transformations occur everyone does not benefit equally. Those who benefit well tend to become the target for those who do not. Typically those who have more money get the upper hand and leave everyone else behind. From what I have seen, systems favor those with money because it benefits from what they are doing in some manner. However, that is not to say that the poorer class was completely the victim either. It seemed that they put themselves in a poor position by trying to gain money from the water company flooding land. The water company may have been acting somewhat selfishly in sending water to larger factories, but that is also how business works. They had to place their time and money where they would be gaining the largest benefit, which that is still how things operate today. Recently in my home town large power lines were placed in the middle of farm lands to provide power to other states. The residents were extremely unhappy and petitioned, but could not compare to the power of the electric company. Citizens have to adapt to the technological and economic changes that occur around them because there does not appear to be many other options. --Meagan B. | ||
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== ''Great Falls v. James Worster'' == | == ''Great Falls v. James Worster'' == | ||
