The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-22
ANTITRUST FIGHT

Has Been Started in the South Carolina
General Assembly.
: REGULATING THE RAILROADS.
Some Measures Which VIII be Up
! for Disposal at this Session Of
the Legislature. Fighting
| Trusts.
! The legislature is beginning at once
. to take up the matter Of combination
Of capital into trusts" and there are
! also some bills relating to other cOrpO-
rations. Mr.. McGowan of Laurens is
| the author of the antitrust bill.
! Mr.. ". J, Johnson Thursday intro
duced bill to require railroads and
| railroad companies to accept as full
payment for freight the rate provided
; by the bill Of lading and the pro rata
/ Of freight on the amount or quantity
,. Of goods delivered.
J Mr.. deLoach of York has a bill
brought over from last session Ito reg
| ulate the settlement OF freight short
age
Mr.. Theus Of Hampton will intro
duce a bill to impose on all railroad
; companies in this State liability for
! loss or damage to property delivered
! to them for shipment and lost or DAM
aged beyond their own line"
AGAINST THE TRUST.
The title Of Mr. McGowan's measure
is: "A bill to prohibit all manufactur,
; ing corporations from buying or leas-
ing or otherwise acquiring property,
rights, franchise Of good will or capt.
; tai Stock
1t bigins with preamable stating:
whereas the buying, leasing or other
wise acquiring by manufacturing cor
porations, the property, rights, fran
chises and good will Of other corpora
ttons engaged in similar business tends
10 lessen the price Of agricultural pro-
ducts Of the State, creates monopolies
and stiles competition and increases
the price Of manufacturing products.
Therefore,
''Section |. Be it enacted by the
general assembly OF the State OF South
Carolina that all manufacturing cor
! porations, be and they are hereby pro-
hibited from buying, leasing or other
wise acquiring the property, rights,
franchises and good will. or controll-
ing interests in the capital stock of
other corporations engaged in the
same kind Of business.
Sec. 2, That al corporations vio-
lating the provisions shall De subject
to fine Of five per cent. Of the capital
stock of the offending corporations to
be recovered by the attorney general
in an action on behalf Of the State and
for the use Of the State.
Mr.. DELOACH's BILL.
The following are the provisions OF
Mr.. de Loach's bill: That whenever
any shortage occurs in freight to be
delivered within this State by any
railroad company or common carrier,
such railroad company or common
carrier shall deliver the balance Of
such freight to the consignee upon de-
mand after such consignee has tender
ed-to said railroad company OF COM
mon carrier the full amount OF carri-
age charges, less the cost value Of
such shortage; and in case such short
age exceeds the. carriage charges, such
railroad or common carrier shall, upon
demand, deliver the balance of such
freight then in their possession to the
consignee undera penalty Of SO per
day for each and every day such
freight may remain in their possession
after said demand, to be recovered in
any court of competent jurisdiction
by the person aggrieved."
The bill to be introduced by Mr..
Theus provides: That all railroad
companies in this State shall be deem
ed and become liable to the owner,
whether consignor or consignee, for all
property delivered to them for ship
ment beyond their own lines. And
THAT all connecting lines of rail-
road receiving property from the ship
ping railroad as aforesaid shall and
they are hereby declared to be the
agents of the railroads receiving said
property for shipment for the purpose
Of transportation and delivery"
And the following are the provisions
of the bill introduced by Mr.. W. J.
johnson to prevent railroads from col
lecting
FREIGHT ON ovERCHARGEs.
Sec. l. That any railroad or railroad
company in this State or any other
State receiving merchandise, wares or
commodities of any kind for shipment
to any place or point in this State
shall issue a bill OF lading therefor
with the rate Of freight with the
point Of destination therein stated,
and when said goods merchandise
! commodities shall reach their point OF
destination or place OF delivery the
railroad company delivering the same
goods, merchandise, wares or commodi-
ties shall protect tine rate OF freight
stipulated in the original bill OF lad
| ing issued by the receiving company.
Sec. ,. ANY effort or attempt on
! the part ot'any railroad in this State
! to collect a greater amount than the
through rate stated in the original
bill Of lading or any effort to with
| hold the delivery Of said goods, wares,
merchandise or commodities when the
! freight eQualing the rate stated in the
bill of lading is rendered by the con-
signee. Shall be fined in the sum Of
not less than 500 for each and every
offence. In addition. being liable for