The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-23
GOVERNMENT sun
TO DISSOLVE TRUST
Moving Picture Business s,ia
to Be Controlled by Bio ~
Combination.
PATENTS WERE COMBINEn
Attorneys Say That Manufacture. .
Machines and Pictures Had "
Working Agreement.
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Western Newspaper Union New, ss,.,.
Philadelphia.=Thc federal qoN...
ment attacked the so-called movn.
picture trust in civil suit filed bA,s
for the dissolution of the Motion p,.
ture Patents Company ana the IA,
eral Film Company. The movip,
picture film concerns are accused -
combining to monopolize The busina,,
even to the extent of increasing :.
decreasing the number OF motion Mo
ture theaters in which they have M
proprietary interest
The following corporations and in
dividuals who are officers or dirar
ors, are named defendants.
Motion Picture Patents Conpanv
General Film Company Telegraph Com.
pany, Thomas 4. Edison lncorpora,.
ed Essanay Film Manufacturing
Company, The Kalcm Company fin.
corporated): George kHen. LabD
Manufacturing Company, MeHes Man.
Gfacturing Company, Pathe.Frieres
the Selig- PolyseoPe Company The VI
taeraph Company of America. Armat
Moving Picture Company. Frank L.
Dyer. Henry y. Marvin. J. ]. Kennedy.
William Pelser, Samuel Long, J. A
Berst, Sigmund Lubin. CASTOR Nellie
Albert F. Smith, George X. Spoor and
". y. Selig.
The gOvprnuent charoae .ha. san
reasonable and oppressive restraints
nd conditions have been arbitrarily
imposed on the manufacture and leas
ing of films and machines, depriyng
the public of the advantages OF com.
petition. especially the competition
of foreign films. the importation OF
which is alleged to be restricted
The government petition says that
between 100000 and 100000 feet Of
pictures are printed each week by
manufa Cturers and distributed to
thousands of exhibitors all over the
United States. The government de-
clares that sum generally in excess
OF 100000, 900 has been invested in
different branches OF the business.
The defendants control, it is added.
from 30 to so per cent of the film
business. furnishing approximately
7,a68 exhibitors.
The General Film COMPANY organ'
led i'm Maine in April, 1910. alleged to
be the agency through which Tie de-
fendant's films are distributed 10 ey'
mtitors throughout the country, vas
formed. the petitions AYERS, to monopo-
lie the business OF the rental ex-
changes. which previously distributed
the films. This company Il is de-
clarad, has acquired the business or
Cancelled the licenses held from the
Motion Picture Patent Company Of
every rental exchange in the United
States with one exception, at cost
of s2,2i3.0S9 in cash and $79f,soO IN
preferred stock.
The alleged unlawful combination
of the defendants became effective Oh
January I. 1909, according to the pet'
ton.
An exhibitor has to pay s. week
to the Patents Company, il is SAID on
every exhibition machine owned oy
him. even including machines sou
years before 10 the exhibitor without
any conditions being attached to tne
sale.
"Defendants. through the Patents
Company" the petition adds, "el0
enabled to and did determine Whe'he'
new motion picture theaters should .,
should not be opened and whether o'a
ones should be closed, although w.
PENDANTS had no proprietary ih'e''''
in such theaters. This offer they nave
exercised and continue TO eeXercise a..
bitrarily and unreasonabiy thro"s" '"'
Patents Company"
Each Of the 10 film manuis''''e,s
defendants have license agrseu'1Hs
with the Patents Company 2ro''uro o
that films shall not fall INTO u.
hands of exhibitors who use any
the defendants exhibiting or project
ing machines. ,,itb
The Patents Company agreed VIZ
manufacturers % exhibiting macnIn,,si
STIMULATING that every hachihe 9". NO,
be sold subject to the condition ,' 'ra
It should be used only for Tue L.
of the alleged combination
Washington.-The $50 marines @." .an
cd by the collier Justin at oo.l LIN
have been sent to Managua " -,
force the bluejackets from Tue ,,hsr
boat Annapolis. Americans anu o" in.
foreigners at Matagalpa have pen n,ties
formed by government au'no .o,ect
that they must be prepared to p'0'''
themselves.
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