Anti-Trust Law Case Study

The federal government under these two administrations was a difficult time. The way I understand is that President Cleveland was always against tariffs because he felt that they led to excess money in reserves which would allow congress to pass extravagant legislation. President Harrison passed the -Sherman Anti-Trust Act but it was deemed virtually worthless only 11 years after it was put into law. This Anti-Trust law came about after several states passed laws prohibiting combinations that restrained competition, the problem was that the larger corporations were able to escape the limitations by incorporating in other states such as New Jersey and Delaware. The states realized that if this law was to be effective it would have to come from