A new concept that became popular with department stores was using credit cards, and buying on credit: it allowed the users t posses good they cannot afford and on the other hand gave more revenue to the shops and they could charge interest.
Answer:
By selling land given to them to build the railroad
Explanation:
The government gave the railroad companies large amounts of land to sell both so that the railroad companies earn some money and so they can speed up the settling of the frontier.
A major progressive business reform that President Taft enacted was the "<span>breaking up large monopolies", since these monopolies were seen as being highly detrimental to the economy. </span>
