Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-27
ANTI-TRU ST BILL
DRAWN BY JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE COMPLETE.
Was Drawn by House Members After
Consultation With Attorney General
Clause Deprives Monopolies of
Rights of Interstate Commerce.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 23.-The
antitrust bill which will be the nu-
cleus OF legislation and which has the
general approval of the President and
attorney general was introduced in the
house today. 1t has been prepared by
the subcommittee under the chairman
ship of Representative Littlefeld of
Maine.
Provisions of the Bill.
The features of the bill follow, the
important sections quoted in iull:
SECTION This provides that all
corporations engaging in interstate or
foreign commerce shall furnish the in
terstate commerce commission, at
whatever time the commission ap-
points, full and detailed reports of
their transactions, stock or bond is
sues, capitalization, rules and by laws
for the control of their business and
all other data regarding the conduct
of their affairs.
SECTION 2-Swearing falsely to
any such report is held perjury, and
any person knowingly preparing any
such false report is deemed guilty of
SuDOrndJlOn OF perjury.
SECTION 3-The commission shall
publish on or before the first day of
June in each year, a list of all corpor-
ations making returns, with an alb
stract of the returns for free distribu-
ton under the direction Of the COM
mission.
Section 1.-The judicial power of the
commission is defined with the follow
ing provision: ANY person who shall
neglect or refuse to make returns, at
tend and testify or answer any lawful
inquiry herein before provided for, or
produce books, papers, contracts,
agreements, and documents, if in his
custody, control, or power to do so, in
obedience to the subpoenas or lawful
requirements of the commission, shall
be deemed guilty of an offense against
the United States, and upon conviction
thereof by court of competent juris-
diction shall be punished by a fine of
not less than $500 nor more than
$4,000.
Plan to Stop Rebates.
Section Sail persons subject to
the act to regulate commerce who
shall offer, grant, give, solicit
accept, or receive ana rebate, conces-
sion, facilities, or service in respect to
| the transportation of any property in
interstate or foreign commerce by any
common carrier subject to such act
whereby any such property shall by
any device whatever be transported
at less rate than that namea in the
| tariffs published and filed by such car
rier as is required by said act to regu
| late commerce, or shall receive any
advantage by way of facilities or ser
vice. shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
| demeanor, and shall upon conviction
| thereof be subject to fine of not less
than 1000.
MonopoIies Are Prohibited.
| SECTION 6-"No corporation en-
gagged in the production, manufacture
Or sale of any article of commerce vic
lating any of the provisions of sec
ton of this act or attempting to mo
nopolize or control the production
manufacture or sale thereof in any par
ticular locality by discrimination il
prices or by giving special privilege:
or rebates, or otherwise in order to de
stroy competition therein in such 10
| cality. shall use. either directly or in
| directly any of the facilities or instru
mentalities of interstate commerce o.
in any way engage in int rstate com
merce for the purpose of aiding o.
facilitating, either directly or indirect
ly, such production manufacture o
sale with such an intent; nor shall an.
other person or corporation use any o
the facilities or instrumentalities of in
/ ~, ,a1 ,,,,nr in or ono oo.
in interstate commerce, in buying sell
ing or disposing OF any such article o
commerce for the purpose of enablin!
such first mentioned corporations t.
engage or to continue to engage il
such production, manufacture or sal
or control with such intent. Every COZ
poration or person violating the provi
sons of this section shall be punishe
4 on conviction by fine of not less thai
$500 and not exceeding $4,000.
Carrier May Not Aid Monopoly.
Section 7-"That any common cal
rier, lessee, trustee, receiver, or trans
portation company engaged in inter
4 state commerce, now subject to tn
provisions of said act to regulate CON
merce, knowingly transporting an
property pfouuCeu, ulduuldcluleu
sold in violation of the provisions @
this act or in violation Of the provis
ions of AN act to protect trade an
commerce against unlawful restraint
and monopolies,' approved July 2,1S9
in interstate commerce shall be sui
ject to a penalty of nc
less than $1,000 to be recovere
by the United States in an
court of the United States havin
jurisdiction thereof, which suit ma
be brought IL any district in whic
such common carrier, lessee, truste'
receiver, or transportation compan
has an Office or conducts business"
Fixes Right of Trial Courts.
Section 8. "That in all prosecl
tons, hearings and proceedings unde
the provisions of this act and unde
: the provisions of AN act to protec
trade and commerce against unlawfl
restraints and monopolies,' approve
July 2, 1890, whether civil or crimina
: no person shall be excused from at
/ tending and testifying, or from pr,
!. ducing books, papers, contracts, agree
ments and documents before tn
courts of the United States and con
missionerS thereof or the interstat