The Central Issue
The central issue in this case is the dominance of the American Fur Company in the fur trade. The case outlines the rise of Astor from a paid worker to a millionaire in the fur trade and the tactics that he employed in ensuring that he downplayed the efforts of other fur trading companies.
Recommended Course of Action
Since Astor had ensured that the other fur trading companies’ efforts in the trade, the government should have passed and enacted laws that outlawed extrapolated prices of goods and equitable pay for the fur. These government efforts should have included deploying civil officers to the west to ...
