Excerpt from Selected Articles on Federal Control of Interstate Corporations Resolved, That all corporations engaging in interstate commerce should be required to take out a federal charter, granting such legislation would be constitutional. Introduction I. There has been a remarkable growth in the number and business of corporations. A. The early corporations were mostly local. B. Now the great majority engage in commerce in nearly every state of the Union. II. As a result, it is demanded that corporations engaged in interstate commerce be chartered by the federal government. A. It is advocated by President Taft and other executive officers. B. Much has been written in favor of it. C. Many heads of corporations desire it. D. Financial interests favor it. III. By federal incorporation is meant A. All corporations engaged in interstate commerce must obtain from the federal government charters defining their powers and organization. B. In so far as these corporations engage in business confined to the states, they will remain subject to state regulation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.