The evening world., 1894-04-11
YOUR CHANCE TO SMASH MONOPOLY
Consumers in New York and Brooklyn
May Take Advantage Of the
Cost Price Rates.
JUDGE ANDREWS ON C0NSPIRAClES
Those That Prevent Competition in Trade
Are Against tho Law-some Day the
Law May Kill This Combine.

Yesterday morning The World began to
receive orders for anthracite coal at $3.50
a ton, or 10 cents a ton less than the price
fixed by the Retail Coai-Dealers EX
change. Orders were received at The
Worlds main Office, Pulitzer Building.
and the uptown. Harlem and Brooklyn
offices Of The World.
The Worlds offer has been gratefully
received by the coal consumers of New
York and Brooklyn. and there IL every
Indication that they will profit by the OPP
portunity given them to make so consid-
cradle a saving in their purchases OF this
important article The high price OF coal
Is an especial hardship upon the poor.
Five dollars and a quarter per ton. as
tixel by the retail dealers, is unnecessary.
\ lower rate would give to them a fair
and remunerative profit.
At the various offices on the first day.
siXty-aeven tons of World coal were sold
for S3O6.75
1t should be understood that all coal
dumped on the sidewalk or shoveled
into the cellar is delivered without extra
charge. For coal that Is carried into the
cellar by basket or slowed away in bins
by extra labor the trade charge is %
cents per ton additional. Sometimes
purchasers want ton of coal carried
by basket to the fourth or fifth floor.
In such case a special charge is made
for the extra labor involved. In this
respect The World follows the custom
Of the coal trade everywhere.
ALL AT COST PRICE
In this work. 1t should be said again,
The World receives not cent of
profit, either directly or indirectly. All is
done for the benefit of the coal consumers
of the metropolis and its sister city OF
brooklyn. The enterprise is established
to put an end to the organized system of
robbery against which there has so long
been bitter but vain cutlery. 1t Is time
to establish a combination of consumers
against the triple combination of mine
| owners. carriers and retail dealers. This
| triple combination has long had it's way
in New York and Brooklyn, and every
tireside, no matter how poor its owner, is
compelled to pay 1t tax.
The triple combination has had abso-
lutte control of the market. 1t has fixed
the price as 1t pleased. and whether
| times were good or bad its profits have
always been enormous.
| - VIC bS'pie SuppOil tIlS movement
(and their interests are vitality concerned
in III the retail dealers in the two cities
will be compelled to reduce their prices
to the reasonable scale fixed by The
| World. This is the end sought, and this
Is the end that will be achieved.
TIME FOR CONSUMERS TO ACT.
| The poor people especially should come
into This combination of consumers
AGAINST AGAINST , the triple alliance. depressing
them. The mine-owners, the carriers
and the retailers have enjoyed a monop-
oily 1t Is now time for the consumers
to act.
The Retail Coal Exchange tries 10
shove all the blame for exorbltant prices
ON the lnine-owners and carriers. They
defend their own organization as Legal
and praiseworthy institution. They could
almost make you believe that 1t was or.
In fact, the bylaws Of the New Yor:k
Coal Exchange have such a convincing
sent down here and got copy of them
They read them again and liked then
better than ever. Then they formed al
orsanLaation of their own and adopted
nI !hG sss are IRE rersons IN tEoCkport who
thing was organized to keep up the pric,
OF coal and rob the people, They prose
rut'd the dealers who were in the ex
change, ana these dealers were con
Victed and fined The case was carried
- the Court of Appeals. and that cour
affirmed the judgment.
THE COURTS DENCNCIATION.
Here are some very important extracts
from Judge Andrews's opinion as ren
present and forCihle application:
The confederacy into which the de
PENDANTS entered was an act injuriou.
results In any particular case. A com
hination between independent dealers L
prevent competition In the sale of al
article or prime necessity is. in the con
temptation OF law. an act inmical tt
trade or commerce whatever may b,
\ aone under On In pursuance OF it.. ant
| that, even although the object OF tn,
!, combination Is merely the protection q
, tn" parties to IL against ruinous rivalr,
4 and even although no attempt is mad
, TO charge undue or excessive prices.
v III the agreement of conspiracy is I,
4 he adjudgcd void or invalid accordin,
s. TO the fact whether II Is made the mean
I for raising the price of n commodit,
n neyond ITS usual and reasonable value
. CONVICTION. Hut the question does no
turn upon the point whether the agree
" mGnt between the. retail dealers in COZ
u dld, as a matter OF fact, result as an in
y jury to the public or the community O
V LoCkport.
) oFFENsEs OF CONSPIRACY.
The question Is was the agreemer
:. one, IN View OF what might have bee
N'''S e'iNi " uIHl TIE IuCt tnlt IL was
agreement the crfct OF which was I
prevent competition among the co,
dealers, upon which the law 6xe
he brand Of condemnation and which
Will not permit, The organization was
carefully devised scheme to prevent con
clifton N the price OF coal among III
retail dea .ers, and the moral and materl,
v power OF the combination afforded
e reasonable guarantee that others woul
,r noI engage In the business except
Is conformity with the rules of the L,
y change.
u The gravamen Of the offences OF CO,
y srlracy Is the combinations and agre
Il ments to prevent competition I'm traC
l. that are in contemplation Of law injurlol
- trades. because they are liable TO
injurlously used; The present case ma
v coal then fixed by the Exchange migi
% be reasonable in view OF the interests boI
of dealers and consumers, but the o
!, gan!zatl0n might not ALWAYS be guild,