Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-24
Representative Cummings In
PRODUCES a Measure to Pre-
vent Discrimination
TO GIVE ALL A SQUARE DEAL
Provides Punishment for the Trust
Where 1t Employs Unfair Methods
to Crush the Smaller and Independ-
ent concerns-Text of the Measure
Given Herewith.
to Times-Republlcan


Des Moines, Feb. 24.-The following
is the text of the important bill intro
duced yesterday in the house by Mr..
Cummings, intended to curb the oil
monopoly in its manner of defeating
competition by determinations, bill
asked for in the interest of independ-
ent oil dealers in the state:
Section /. Any person, firm, COM
pany association or corporation, for
eign or domestic, doing business in
the state of Iowa, and engaged in the
production, manufacture or distribu-
ton of any commodity in general use,
that shall Intentionally for the purpose
of destroying the business Of a COM
petitor in any locality, discriminate be-
tween different sections, communities
or cities of this state, by selling such
commodity at a lower rate In one Sec
ton, community or city than is charg-
ed for such commodity by said party
in another section, community or city,
after making due allowance, If any,
in the grade or quality and in the ac-
tual cost of transportation from the
point of production, il a raw product,
or from the point of manufacture, II
manufactured product, shall be
deemed guilty Of unfair discrimina-
ton, which is hereby prohibited and
declared to be unlawful.
Sec. 2. Any person, firm, company,
association, or corporation violating
any of the provisions Of the preced-
ing section, and any officer, agent or
receiver of any firm, company, assoc
citation or corporation, or any mem
Der of the same, or any individuals
found guilty of a violation thereof.
shall be fined not less than $500 nor
more than $4,000, or be imprisoned IN
the county Jail not to exceed one year.
or suffer both penalties.
Sec g. All contracts or agreements
made in violation of any of the provis-
ions of the two preceding sections shall
be void.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the
the attorney-general, to enforce tn"
provisions Of the preceding sections Of
this act by appropriate actions in
courts of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 5. If complaint shall be made to
the secretary of state that any cor
poration authorized to DO business in
this state is guilty of unfair discrimin-
alton, within the terms of this act, it
shall be the duty of the secretary "
state to refer the matter to the at
torney- general who may, if the facts
justify it in his judgment, institute
proceedings in the courts against such
corporation.
Sec. 6. If any corporation, foreign or
domestic, authorized to do business in
this state, is found guilty of unfair
discrimination, within the terms of
this act, it shall be the duty of the
secretary of state to Immediately re-
woke the permit of such corporation to
do business in this state.
Sec. Z. If after revocation of it's per-
NIT such corporation, or any other
corporation not having permit and
found guilty of having violated any of
the provisions of this act, shall con-
tinue or attempt to do business in this
state. it shall be the duty Of the at
torney general, by proper suit in the
name of the state of Iowa, to GUST such
corporation from all business of every
kind and character in said state Of
Iowa.
Sec. g. Nothing in this act shall be
construed as repeating any other act,
or part of act but the remedies herein
provided shall be cumulative to all
other remedies provided by law.