As we might expect, the monopolist fearful of attack from these directions often attempts to hide excessive returns. He may pay himself, and even to relatives, salaries out of all proportion to the market value of their abilities. Or, as is more often the case, he can innate the capital stock of his business in order that it may appear to be earning but a nominal return, whereas the return based on the actual capital investment may be excessive. Or again he may organize, dummy corporations to which he pays large amounts of money for some trifling service. Whatever method he may employ, the end in view is the same: the concealment of excessive returns which might tempt competitors or the government to step in and force a reduction of prices.