The purpose of the Anti-trust laws is to promote competition in the marketplace.
Competition benefits consumers by keeping prices low and the quality of goods and services high.
It also prohibits monopolies or attempts to monopolize. Outlaws business mergers which result in a non-competitive atmosphere. Unlike Sherman Act which deals with current practices, the Clayton Act outlaws activities which may affect future restraint of trade. This Act shall be construed in harmony with judicial interpretations of comparable federal antitrust statutes insofar as practicable. The presumes that they are violations and condemns them automatically.