Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-08
PASS BUDGET ORDINANCE FOR
JUNE; APPROPRIATIONS TO
AMOUNT OF $4,000 GIVEN
FIGHT ON
PROFIT COUPONS
Action to Restrain Local Drug
uist in United States District
Court a Test Fight.

An action which promises to be-
come of state-w wide interest and prob
ably national interest, is being
Waged by the United States Sharing
Company against Ralph Seaman a To-
cal druggist, In an effort to restrain
him from giving away United profit
sharing coupons. The case, started
In the United States district court,
appears to be one to test the strength
OF the alleged Riker-Hegerman.
United Chemists Company, United
Cigar Stores Company, ETC., trust,
against Independent drug and tobac-
CO dealers In this state, II not
throughout the country. The inde-
pendent dealers in those lines vow
that the trust Is handling the cou-
pons in such a manner as to restrain
trade and they declare that they can
beat the corporation, in fight to a
finish In the United States supreme
court. Efforts will be made to have
such fight waged, and steps will be
taken, beginning today to interest
the state pharmacy association. The
Independent tobacco dealers are al
ready waging fight against the al
legged trust in the United States SUI
preme court.
The United Profit Sharing Cor
poration has begun its action against
Mr.. Seaman, who conducts drug
store at Smith and High streets. in
the United States district court. 1t
has applied for an order to restrain
him from giving away United cou-
pons. The original rule is return
able on Monday. Charles X. Sea-
man, Jr., assisted by former Judge
Adrian Lyon, represents Mr.. Sea-
man Efforts will be made to have
the state pharmacy association take
up the battle. In view of the deter
mination to carry 1t through to a fin
ish and use 1t for test. Under such
conditions the battle might become
too heavy, financially, for one man to
carry, for which reason concerted
action may be taken against the
corporation.
Seaman Ready to Fight.
Mr.. Seaman states that the al
legged trust may beat him in the
court of equity, but he has another
move in mind which may result in a
wholesale victory for him and other
independent dealers. At least one
other druggist besides Mr.. Seaman
has been giving and is now giving
out United coupons, but Mr.. Sea-
man supposes that he was made the
butt of the controversy because OF
his activity against the alleged
trust. The United corporation
would not sell it's coupon service to
local druggists, other than the
United Cigar Stores Company, and
it Is understood that Mr.. Seaman
and Lewis Frankel have been OBJ
taining United coupons from scalp
ers at twenty-five cents a hundred
less than they would have to pay the
United concern for them.
AS result of this action there has
come a halt to the establishment OF
United profit sharing station In
this city. Steps have been made to
have one individual or firm in each
line give away United coupons. Con-
tracts are alleged to have been
signed with some of these, but they
have not been executed because of
the ease with which any dealer
might procure United coupons.
Independent druggists here hold
that the operations of the United
corporation are in restraint of trade
and, as 1t Is national concern, 1t
can be prosecuted under the anti
trust laws.