Since the Anti-Monopoly Act only restricts monopoly on the surface, but in essence only makes it more concealed and efficient, it is natural that the real monopolists will not really oppose it, and of course, this bill will still harm the interests of some less large monopolists. For example, then the local monopolist.

During the westward movement, some people obtained the first pot of gold in their lives through various legal and illegal means, and then relied on the pattern that the western region was still far away from the sky, by controlling the branch railways, and then using these branch railways to expand to other fields, such as agriculture, such as mining, so that regional monopolies were also formed in some areas.

This kind of monopoly, in order to compete with the big capital in the east that has penetrated more and more influence, is more obvious in the way the monopoly is organized, for example, their railway companies give special preferential prices to the enterprises in the organization, and charge higher prices for other enterprises that meet the requirements of the market. Relying on such means, in some areas of the western United States, they have been able to stubbornly resist the infiltration of big capital in the east. However, according to the new Anti-Monopoly Act, this practice is a typical act of "price discrimination" and must be stopped. Moreover, according to the principles of the new law, these enterprises, which include transportation, finance, agriculture, mining, and so on, but carry out economic accounting in a unified manner, will naturally have to be separated. Therefore, if the Anti-Monopoly Act is passed, it will really be the end for them.

There are two ways to prevent the passage of the bill, one is the legal way, that is, through lobbying, influencing the members of both houses to vote against it, as long as the number of votes against it is more than the number of votes in support, the bill will naturally fail to pass. However, the political influence of these local monopolies is limited to the local. If this is a resolution to be passed by a city council, they can easily veto it, because at the municipal level, they have absolute control, and even at the state level they have a lot of control, but at the national level, because of financial constraints, they have much less influence. Even some of the congressmen and senators with whom they had always maintained good relations seemed to be on opposite sides of the issue.

In fact, this is also a very easy thing to understand, the guy who can sit in the position of senator and representative, which one is not a human spirit? They are naturally aware of the balance of power on this bill today, and under normal circumstances, the passage of this bill, which is supported by the big capital in the east, is almost no problem. And once this bill is passed, the economic situation of their former financiers may be quite unoptimistic in the future. You may not be able to continue to give yourself enough support. So except for those who are too tightly entangled with those local forces, the others have more or less other thoughts. In such a situation, it is not so easy to veto this bill by legal means, and it can even be said that there is no hope at all.

As for the other way, that is, the illegal one. The way is actually very simple, that is, find someone to kill President Roosevelt with one shot. This kind of thing, those guys in the east have done a lot of things. So there are some people who try to send killers to do it. For example, the Sniper Sith was given such a mission.

Sith had served in the army, and while fighting the Spaniards, he managed to snipe more than fifty Spanish Fools, including several Foolish officers who liked to show off in costume. As a result, he has also received several medals.

It's just that the Sith has a not-so-good habit, which is gambling, and as a result, he owes a lot of gambling debts. However, these gambling debts are not a big problem, and the Sith has a solution. Because he can help people solve their problems. There are always things in the world that his customers don't want to talk about again, and there are people that his customers don't want to see again, and what the Sith is best at is to make such things forget by his customers forever, and such people will never appear in front of his customers again. In the period after the war, the Sith solved many of these problems for his customers, and also made a good name for himself in the dark world.

A few days ago, a regular customer approached Sith and told him that there was a man who was sorry for his boss, and that his boss wanted this person to never trouble him again, so he wanted to ask Sith to persuade that person to stop bothering his boss.

At that time, Sith only thought it was ordinary business, so he asked indifferently, "What's that person's name, do you have any photos?" Does he have a habit and a pattern of activities? If there is, as long as you are willing to pay a reasonable labor fee, this is not a problem. ”

In fact, killing people is not an easy thing to do, even for a veteran like the Sith. Killing people is a certain risk, and if it is not difficult and high-risk, why don't those customers who place orders with him do it themselves? They can't do it or don't dare, which in itself shows the difficulty and risk of this thing. Just to live, the Sith had to take risks.

"Yes, I don't think I need to give you a picture of this person, because you know him." The man replied, "He's President Roosevelt." ”

"What? Do you need me to assassinate the president? Sith was taken aback.

"What, you're scared? Or do you think you don't have what it takes? The man cocked his legs and said, "Sith, we all know that you have a lot of expenses. After all, killing is a high-risk thing, and if you do it all the time, there will always be an accident. Haven't you ever thought about making a big deal, earning all the money you can spend for the rest of your life at once, and then finding a good place to live happily? ”

"Kaul, do you think I can still refuse now?" Sith smiled bitterly.

Sith was not a fool, and of course he knew that since people came to the door and made such a horrific request as soon as he opened his mouth, he would never be allowed to refuse. Over the years, the Sith has made no less than ten deals just by Mr. Kaul. I have too many handles in the hands of others, and my situation is too clear to the other party. Although Sith believed that if he turned his face and did it now, it would only take 0.5 tenths of a second to make Kaul finish, but what about after that? He didn't have much confidence in whether he could escape, and more importantly, Sith wasn't alone, he had a family, he had a wife, and he had children. Sith was sure that his family must have been under surveillance when Kaul came looking for him. Kill Kaul and escape with his family, this may almost non-existent.

"What do you say?" Kaul smiled and said, "Sith, let's not talk about those things that hurt our feelings. Let's talk about something that will make people happy. Like, we all love money. ”

In this way, Sith took the most expensive and riskiest deal of his life. Then he told his wife that he was going to the east to negotiate a deal and that it might be months before he returned, and then he picked up his suitcase and went out.

At the train station, Sith sat on a bench with a suitcase and waited for the train, and at this time, a man also sat next to Sith with a much larger suitcase, and Sith nodded at him. After a while, the train that the Sith was waiting for came, and the Sith picked up the box that the man had brought and got into the car. The crate was much larger and heavier than the Sith's original one, as it contained a specially made, up-to-date MacDonald sniper rifle.

Compared with the old 1857 series sniper rifles of the year, this gun is much more advanced in technology. This rifle pioneered the use of a heavy floating barrel and a special sniper bullet that improved its accuracy compared to previous older rifles. Of course, the price is naturally not cheap, and if it weren't for the fact that he had made a lot of money in his previous business, the Sith would really be reluctant to buy such a gun.

Since President Lincoln was killed with a sniper rifle, theoretically, when the president appears in public, the relevant departments, police, secret agents, etc., must first control some possible sniper points in the vicinity. At that time, under normal circumstances, the killing distance of a sniper rifle was only about 600 meters, so the deployment and control were also carried out according to this standard. But because of the inefficiency of the police and the incompetence of the security agents directly under the president, the control in practice is much worse than theoretical.

However, the recent assassination of the president, and the introduction of a bill that could lead to assassination, are believed to be in good spirits for the police and security agents. Moreover, considering the interests of some people behind this bill, I am afraid that these people may not be willing to see the president have an accident, and with their influence, I am afraid that the morale of the police department will be quite high.

However, this was not enough to stop the Sith, because the police still had a range of 600 meters, and the rifle in the Sith's hand had a range far beyond 600 meters.

Sith stayed in a hotel in Philadelphia, and at night, Sith closed the curtains and closed the door. Then he opened the compartment of the king-size box. In the mezzanine, the most conspicuous thing is the barrel that is fixed diagonally along the box. This is a 1.2 meter long 0.50 caliber barrel. As well as that large scope fixed to the side and various other accessories.

Due to the lack of coating technology, and the quality of the optical glass of this era was far comparable to that of later generations, the size of this scope was exaggerated in order to ensure sufficient field of view and clarity while maintaining magnification. It has an objective lens diameter of 110 mm and weighs 2.5 kilograms. And the price is also terrible, just this sight cost the Sith more than a thousand dollars. Add in the price of the gun, and the whole price is even more than three thousand dollars.

Sith carefully checked and wiped all the parts one by one, and these things must not be sloppy. In the end, the Sith picked up a special sniper bullet. It is a 0.5-inch caliber bullet made with the highest precision manufacturing technology, and with this expensive slam rifle, it can be quite effective at targets around 900 meters. Of course, the price is not cheap, and the price of a bullet is as high as 25 dollars, which is almost as good as an ordinary second-hand rifle. If it weren't for the fact that it was for a target like the president, the Sith would really be reluctant to use such a bullet.