The Durham daily globe., 1893-02-25
A VICIOUS BILL !!
Watson, Of Forsyth, Gets
at 1t Now.
WANTS WINSTON IN IT.!
Il Will Chase the Tobacco Buyer
Out.
II Seems That Winston Wants All That
Is in Sight.
THE WHOLE STATE TO BE ANNOYED

day Morning, and All Loyal North
Carolinians Should Take
Look at This Matter
Pretty Soon.
The following is the full bill which has
been introduced and which has caused
so much comment during the last few
days:
A bill to be entitled an act to license
tobacco warehouses in this state and 10
protect tobacco growers from fraudulent
combination to reduce the price of to-
baCCO sold in such warehouses.
The general assembly of North Caro-
lima do enact
Section /. That no person, co partner
ship or corporation shall run or operate
warehouse in this state for the sale of
leaf tobacco either in loose parcels or in
packages, after the first day of May 1898,
without having first obtained from the
sheriff of the county wherin such ware.
house is situated, license to operate the
same. That upon application such sher
III shall upon the payment Of license
tax of 81 90 and fee of % cents issue to
the applicant license to run and oper-
ate a tobacco warehouse, for one year,
from the first day of May, until the thirty
first day of March Of the succeeding year.
Such license shall be issued annually as
above prescribed.
Any person violating this section shall
be guilty of misdemeanor.
Sec. 2. Any combination, contract or
agreement entered into or formed be-
tween two or more persons, co-partner
ships, corporation or associations of any
kind in this state, or by or between any
persons, CO partnerships, corporations or
associations in this state, with any per-
son, co partnership, corporation or asso.
citation without this state, or by and be-
tween any persons, copartnerships or as
sOciations of any kind without the state,
but doing business through agents, fac
tories, brokers, commission merchants or
buyers within this state, with intent to
prevent, or which in any manner does
prevent fair, free and full competition
in the purchase of leaf tobacco, or which
shall tend to the suppression of bidding
for leaf tobacco sold in open market, Ii
Censed, and established under the pro-
visions of section one in this act, or
which tends to and does induce and ac
Complish sale of leaf tobacco for less
price than such tobacco would sell for in
open market if such combination, con.
tract or agreement did not exist, is hereby
declared against public policy, fraudulent
and unlawful.
Sec. 3. 1t shall not be lawful for such
person, association, copartnership or cor
poration, as set forth in the second Sec
tion of this act, acting under any such
agreement, contract or combination as
set forth in said section, to bid for or pur-
chase, directly or indirectly, in person or
ey agents, factor, broker or bidder Of
leaf tobacco at any public sale at auction
IN any public tobacco warehouse licensed
Under the provisions of this act or in any
public warehouse opened or operated in
This state for The sale of leaf tobacco, at
Nction; and any officer, manager. agent,
~oker, factor, commission merchant or
OOyer of any such person, copartnership,
%sociation or corporation who know
ngly violates the provisions of this act
~alI be guilty of crime, and upon con-
"ction shall be fined not less than 800
uoF more than So 900. and imprisoned not
NSS than three months in the county iail
U0t more than three years in the state
"'Son' and each day during a violation