The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25
WHERE TRUSTS
CAN THRIVE
States That Have Very
Lax Laws.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, March 24.-Attorney
General Griggs' recent declaration that
the regulation Of trusts and monopol-
les must be left to the various States
rather than to the national Congress.
has led the Herald to inquire what
antitrust legislation is now on the
statute books of the States. The condi-
ton of antitrust legislation is given in
the dispatches herewith:
ALBANY, N. Y, March 24.-There are
no effective antitrust laws upon the
statute books of New York State.
NEW ORLEANS, March 24-Louislana
has an antitrust law which prohibits the
formation of trusts or the entering into
of agreements by individual firms or cor
poratiOns in order to affect prices In
order to prosecute a trust it is not neces-
sary to identify all parties to the char
ters of interpretations violating this act
which the law provides shall be revoked
and foreign corporations offending against
it's provisions shall be prohibited from do
ing business in the State,
INDIANAPOLIS, March 24-Indiana
has an antitrust law, enacted in 1897. 1t
applies only to corporations chartered un-
der the laws of this State. The Attorney
General of the State says 1t cannot be
made effective.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 24.-Minne-
sotas antitrust law provides that nc
create or enter into in this State any
pool or trust to regulate or fix price or
limit production of any commodity what
ever produced or sold in this State. The
penalty is a fine of from 500 to $1,000 and
Imprisonment for from one to ten years.
CINCINNATI, March 24.-Under an act
of the Legislature passed April 19. 1898,
any combination formed TO restrict com
merce or prevent competition in manu-
featuring is prohibited from doing bust
ness in Ohio. 1t is sufficient to prove that
a trust exists. 1t shall not be lawful for
any corporation or agent Thereon to issue
to limit the price of any article OF com
merce. Each person associated with a
trust shall forfeit $50 day to the State.
DETROIT, March A.-Nfichigan has a
statute which prohibits the formation of
combinations, agreements or understand
ings designed to enhance, control or regu-
late the market price or any commodity.
Every contract, combination, etc, made
under this act shall be declared Illegal
and void, whether made or entered into
within or without the confines OF this
State. The penalties are fines from 800 to
$500, or imprisonment for not more than
one year, or both.
CHICAGO, March 24-Illinois has an
antitrust law forbidding combinations of
corporations organized under the laws of
this or any other State, or any association
of persons, for the purpose of regulating
or fixing the price of any article of mer-
chandise or commodity or entering into
any agreement, contract, combination,
etc, to fix or limit the quantity of any ar
ticle, commodity or merchandise to be
manufactured, mined, produced or sold in
this State A violation of this act comes
under the head of conspiracy.
LEWISTON, Me, March 24.-Maine
has a sweeping antitrust law, passed in
1889 1t forbids persons or firms forming
trust to deal in articles of common use.
BOSTON, March A.-There are no spe-
cific antitrust laws in Massachusetts,
but general corporation laws, requiring
the paying in of capital stock and the
regulating of methods of raising money
so as not to burden stockholders or the
public, have prevented the incorporat ton
of any monopolistic trusts under the Mas
sachusetts laws. There is nothing to
prevent Massachusetts corporations from
uniting with trusts formed in other
RALEIGH, N. C., March .24.--An anti
trust law was passed by the last Cen
eraI Assembly, but it is not effective eth
er to regulate or suppress trusts.
PHILADELPHIA, March 24.-PennsyI-
vania has no antitrust statute, though
several have been introduced in the pres
ent session of the Legislature. Under
common law, monopolistic trusts have
been declared Illegal and can be proceed
ed against civilly and criminally on the
ground of conspiracy.
has no law TO control monopolies.