The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-16
MOVING PICTURE
] TRUST IS HIT BY
THE GOVERNMENT
Civil Suit Alleging Monopoly
Against Gigantic Concern Is
Begun in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. B.-rhs Fed
oral Government attacked the so-callod
Moving Picture TrrSt In q owl suit
med here to-day for tho dissolution
of the Motion Picture Patents Company
ana the General Film Company. Ten
prominent moving picture film concerns
are accused OF combining TO monopo-
Ne the business. even to the extent az
Increasing or dccreasng the number
a motion picture theatres. In when
sAsy have no proprietary interest.
!. The following corporations and ind'-
v4duals, who are onicers or dircctors'
sss named defendants: Motion Picture
Rstsnts Company; General Film Com
psay; Biograph Company; Thomas A.
naison une.): Essanay Film MAnufac-
turtag Company. the Kaiem Company
dpaS: 0sorgS Iueine: Lubin Manufac-
turing Company: Meiies Manufacturing
Company; Psths Frerss. The selig Poly
Sopps Company: the vitAsraph Conn
any Of America; Armat Movins Pic
Surs Company: Frank L. Dyer: Henry
=. Marvin; J. J. Kennedy; william Pei
~: Samus, Long; J. A. Bsrst: sicg-
annd Luhln, 0aston Msiiss; Albert H.
anaA, osorgs X. spoor and w. n.
.osaaG
Nm q ne dsfsndants = alleged to
hovs evsrstsppsd the bounds OF the law
- monopoly granted BY their patents.
- s1hs petition asks that several oom-
ousatsA intsrioclsins license restrictions.
eyong patents togsthsr, be ordered can
So1led. The Government charges that
unreasonable and oppressive restraints
asA conditions have been arbitrarily Inn
peesA On the manufacture and leasing OF
0ous and machines. dspriving the pub
H Of the advantages OF composition.
sgpsciaiiy the oompetition OF foreign
Aips, the importation Of which 10 al
lsesd to b. restricted.
Ddwin p. 0rosvenor. special assistant
. the Attorney -0snerai. who hAa
dAargs Of the pending antitrust sui'
asainst the international HArvs6e'
oempanv, made an exhaustive invssa'
nation Of the moving paotnrs business
deavtag the petition nisA to-day d
Cn,tsd staass Attorney John c. swart'
~.
IN addition the bill - sisnsd by A.
esrney-3en>rsi WSoksrsham end Jane
A. Fowler, his assistant.
Tue oovsrumsne's psta1eu sAvs ~
between aspyeco anA 100000 1sse o
seizures are pslutsd each week ~ @Aa
ufactursrs end dlstssbutsd 70 tAousand'
Of sxhSoators eli over the UAtsd States
Pho 0ovsrnmsnt osslass1 that . ssn
sTpatly in sxoess a o1onoooooo hAs beel
invsstsd IN tie di6srsot branches q
ths puansss. Ths dsesnAnnts centred
Il 10 aAdAd. from 70 10 % pr esa1 - -
Aim business. farnishAns apprea1mAtsl,
1900 sxhiSators.
The Motion Picture PAAsuas OsmJa1
orgamssd In New JsgUev N 0eotsmbss
leos. % the holding company q ~ -
motaon picture patsots q ~ AAesoe
ants.
Othsr than oolssoeaag ed As6nse1n
royalties Among ehs ASfsndAntA ~ hl
GAys ths patsat oe0paAy's ooly bual
oess 70 he SssnsinS e iavUsAts unAe
~ patsa4s q AslAA HuaArsas q s>At
AAvs essa hrousAe q y sijs0s1. y
hAeaas ~ eeprsss "a Dsr0oas sAga0s
= ths molten ploeUss euansD N
aave not ossvsa ~ uanAeeas"
3he moving oleture anu-trust ~ Ne
Et3ss - sns q i.s most inportss
00vD ualss the Sherman Law. -
aUnaP1H asks fes . judicial lstsutnl
~ ~ tAs eslakssa se thai statats I
- DdAmt joWA TIE Su1t va tset q
49, q SssDeeas1pas and inlividuAls I
~ tAalS eespsstivs patent msoupSel<
~ 80 ~ monopoly throu0A aAa0s
oo0blao&3eas AnA ASrssmsntA
4Ases lueeA Il 10 declared. as0 6rosgi
- nses tesee6sy b eo-Aay's suit tia
! - oso1ln6 anti-trust nuSA&ioA