Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-18
SUITS BASED ON
CARTWRIGHT LAW
TEXT OF MEASURE is GIVEN IN
FULL
Act Is That Upon Which Prosecution
of Ice Combine Is Made-Fuel
Trust investigation
Promised

Efforts of Deputy District Attorney
Blair to have the grand jury bring in
dictments against members Of the ice
trust and his failure because of non
Jurisdiction, coupled with his promise tc
investigate the fuel trust, has aroused
considerable curiosity as to what the
Cartwright law may be under which the
district attorneys office operates.
The provisions of sthe law are as fol
lows:
Section 1. A trust Is a combination
of capital, skill or acts by two or
more persons, firms, partnerships, cor
porations or associations of persons,
or of any two or more of them for
either, any or all of the following
purposes:
To create or carry out restrictions
in trade or commerce.
To limit or reduce the production. or
increase or reduce the price of mer-
chandise or of any commodity.
To prevent competition in manufac-
turing making, transportation, sale or
purchase of merchandise, produce or
any commodity.
To Ak at any standard or figure,
whereby its price to the public or
consumer snail III any Cull-
trolled or established. ,any article or
commodity of merchandise, produce or
commerce intended for sale, barter,
use or consumption in this state.
To make or enter into or execute or
carry out any contracts, obligations
or agreements of any kind or descrip-
ton, by which they shall bind or have
bound themselves not to sell, dispose
of or transport any article or any
commodity or any article of trade,
use, merchandise, commerce or con-
sumption below common standard,
figure or fixed value or by which they
shall agree in any manner to keep
the price of such article, commodity
or transportation at a fixed or grad
uated figure or by which they shall
in any manner establish or settle the
price of any article, commodity or
transportation between them or them
selves and others, so as to directly
or indirectly preclude a free and UNI
restricted competition among them
selves, or any purchasers or consum-
ers in the sale or transportation OF
any such article or commodity or by
which they shall agree to pool, COM
bine or directly or indirectly unite
any interests that they may have
connected with the sale or transport
tation of any such article or commod-
ity, that its price might in any man,
ner be affected Every such trust as
is defined herein is declared to be
unlawful, against public policy and
void.
Compel Suits
Sec. 2. For a violation of any of
the provisions of this act by any cor
poration or association mentioned
herein 1t shall be the duty of the at
torney general or the district attor-
ney of the proper county to institute
proper suits or quo warranto proceed
ings in any court of competent Juris-
diction for the forfeiture of its char
ter rights, franchises or privileges and
mowers exercised by such corporation
or association, and for the dissolution
of the same under the general
statutes of the state.
Sec. g. Every foreign corporation,
as we'll as every foreign association,
exercising any of the powers, fran
chises or functions of corporation
in this state, violating any of the
provisions of this act, is hereby de-
MED the right and prohibited from
doing any business in this state, ana
it shall be the duty of the attorney
general to enforce this provision by
bringing proper proceedings by in
junction or otherwise. The secretary
of state shall be authorized to re-
woke the license of any such corpora
ton or association heretofore author
lied by him to do business in this
state.
Sec. A. Any violation of either or
all of the provisions of this act shall
be and is hereby declared conspir-
acy against trade, and any person
who may become engaged in such con-
spiracy or take part therein, or aid
or advise in it's commission or who
shall act as principal, manager, d.
rector, agent, servant or employee, or
in any other capacity, knowingly
carry out any OF the stipulations, pur-
poses prices, rates, or furnish any in
formation to assist In carrying out
such purposes, or orders Hereunder
or in pursuance thereof shall be pun
ished by fine of not less than fifty
600 dollars nor more than five thou
sand dollars (s5OO0) dollars or be i'm
prisoned not less than six months nor
more than one year, or by both such
fine and Imprisonment. Each days
violation of this provision shall con-
stitute a separate offense.
Enactment Simple
Sec. 5. In any indictment, irforma-
ton or complaint for any offense
IN, art If Ia Sufficient to