The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-27
LABOR EXEMPT FROM
TRUST PROVISION
Topp's ANTITRUST MEASURE
MAKES SPECIFIC DEC
LARATloN.
Also Gives Comprehensive Declaration
as to What Constitutes Illegal Com
bination-Proposed Law Also Ap-
plies to Foreign corporations-Dou
BILE Damages May Be Collected.

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Olympia, Jan. 23.-Representative
Hugh c. Todd, of Whitman county, has
introduced a bill in the house to pro-
hibit trusts or combinations in re-
straint of trade. The bill specifies that
labor, whether skilled or unskilled, is
not commodity within the meaning
of the proposed act and that labor
unions are in no wise affected by it's
provisions.
The provisions of the bill are as fol-
lows:
Section 1. A trust is a combination
of capital, skill or acts by two or more
persons, firms, partnerships, corpora
tons or associations of persons, or of
any two or more of them for either,
any or all of the following purposes:
l. To create or carry out restric-
lions in trade or commerce.
2. To limit or reduce the produc-
ton, or increase the price of merchan-
disc or of any commodity.
3. To prevent competition in manu-
featuring, making, transportation, sale
or purchase of merchandise, produce
or any commodity.
4. To fix at any standard or figure,
whereby its price to the public or con-
sumner shall be in any manner con-
trolled or established, any article or
commodity of merchandise, produce or
commerce intended for sale, barter,
use Or consumption in this state.
To Establish Minimum Price.
5. 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 COM
modify or any article of trade, use,
merchandise, commerce or consump
ton below a common standard figure,
or fixed value, or by which they shall
agree in any manner to keep the price
of such article, comomdity or trans
portatiOn at fixed or graduated fig
ure, or by which they shall in any
manner establish or settle the price of
any article, commodity or transporta-
ton between them or themselves, and
others, so as to directly or Indirectly
preclude a free and unrestricted com.
petition among themselves, or any pur-
chasers or consumers in the sale or
transportation of any such article or
commodity, or by which they shall
agree to pool, combine or directly or
indirectly unite any interests that they
may have connected with the sale or
transportation of any such article or
commodity, that it's price might in any
manner be affected. Every such trust
as is defined herein is declared to be
unlawful, against public policy and
void, provided that no agreement, COM
bination or association, shall be deem
ed to be unlawful or within the provi-
sions of this act, the object and bust
ness of which are to. conduct it's opera
tons at reasonable profit or to mar
ket at reasonable profit those pro-
ducts which cannot otherwise be so
marketed, provided further, that it
shall not be deemed to be unlawful. or
within the provisions of this act, for
persons, firms or corporations engaged
in the business of selling or manufac
turing commodities of a similar or like
character, to employ, form, organize or
own any interest in any association.
firm or corporation having as it's OBJ
ject or purpose the transportation, mar
keting or delivery Of such commodi-
ties.
Section 2 of the bill provides the
manner in which trusts may be dis
solved. Other sections provide for the
application of the statute to foreign
corporations, define conspiracy, stipu-
late what must be proved, fix penalty.
and provide that persons damaged may
sue to recover double amount of loss
sustained by reason of such combine
ton. -
Alaska Road Opens March IS.
Seattle, Jan. 23.-The 16Oth mile