ABSTRACT
Finely meshed networks of transportation, communication, and energy bind the whole more closely and rigorously together with each passing day. As the separate strands are extended, a point is reached at which, willy-nilly, a choice of direction is forced upon the businessman. Considered solely from the point of view of vested interests, this choice is not an easy one for organized business to make. A comparative study of attempts to expand business controls within the several capitalistic systems becomes a prime necessity for both business and the public. Many of the steps by which the larger issues have been pushed to the fore, and also the history of business methods evolved to meet them, have still to be traced. As a general rule, the bigger and more comprehensive trade associations and their federational or "peak associations" become, the more clearly do social and political policies edge to the fore.
