St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-26
IN A HEAVY SEA.
The Western Passenger Associa-
ton May Be Broken Up by
Trust Law.
Organized Effort to BE Made To-
day to Secure the One-Fare
Rate.

CHICAGO, June 25.-The Inter Ocean
will publish tomorrow review OF the
Berry trust law of this state, which has
just received the signature of the gov
ernor, and shows where it will enable
the attorney general to break up the
passenger and freight associations
now controlling and fixing rates
from and to this city. The
sections applying to the case are those
which make it illegal for any combina-
ton of capital. skill OF acts by two or
more persons, firms, corporations or as
sociation of persons or Of two or more of
them for either of the following pur-.
poses: To prevent competition in man.
ufacture, making, transportation, sale
or purchase of merchandise, produce
or commodities. To make or enter
into, or execute or carry out any con-
tract, obligation or agreement of any
kind or description by which they Shall
bind or have bound themselves not to
sell, dispose Of or transport any
article of commodity or arti-
Gle of trade, use, merchandise.
commerce or competition below
common standard figure; or
agree in any manner TO keep the price
of such article, commodity or trans
portation at a fixed or graduated figure,
or by which they shall III any manner
establish or settle the price of
any article or commodity or trans
portation ebetween them or them
selves and others to preclude a
free and unrestricted competition
among themselves or others in the sale
or TRANSFORMATION of any such article or
commodity, or by which they shall
agree to pool, or combine, or unite any
interest they may have i'll connection
with the sale or transportation OF any
such article Or commodity that its price
might In any manner be affected.
That any corporation holding char
ter under the laws of this state which
shall violate any Of the provisions Of
this act shall thereby forfeit its charter
and franchise, and its corporate exist
ence shall cease and determine.
Every foreign corporation violating
any OF the sections of this act is hereby
denied the right and prohibited froul
doing any business within this state,
and it shall be the duty Of the attorney
general to enforce this provision by in
junction or other proper proceedings in
amy county in which such foreign cor
p0ratlon does business, III. the Name of
the state OH his relation.
The Sherman antitrust law and its
applicability to the case, and the Riner
decision, are also discussed, and the
statement made that an organization
has been perfected to cali upon At
torney-General Maloney and District
Attorney Milchrist to at once begin in
junction proceedings agains. the West
ern Passenger association, restraining
the roads embraced therein from COM
bining or agreeing to fix rates to Chi
cago during the worlds fair.
The Inter Ocean advises. however,
that no rash measure be adopted, but
that instead delegation consisting of
the executive officers of each state in
terested appear before the Western
Passenger association, which meets
here Tuesday, and insist that the one
rate excursion plan be adopted. 1t is
understood tonight that the suggestion
will be acted upon and that strong
delegation is being organized.