Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-29
DRASTIC Law ON
SUGAR REFINING
FOR LOUISIANA
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Fpector shall inspect the books and
Accounts and records Of all reineFies
al least twi ice a year and make public
such part oil same as he may deem
beneficial to- the sugar trade: ne may
$also cali for special reports az any
time H.. q. -.:...
Section )" provides for refners to
pay TO state Inspector p cent on each
80 pounds Of graduated sugar for sal
arr and expense of office.
Section 6 provides against refncrs
Euying sugar on an eX-parte test OF
its quality or except upon actual net
weight of contents of packages. The
inspector is directed TO publish in New
Orleans papers such regulations affect
ing any branch Of sugar refining as
may be conducive to the public inter
est and to the prevention Of monop-
oily in the business. ~.
Section provides that a refner who
shall systematically pay in Louisiana
less price for sugar than he pays in
any other state shall be considered a
party to a monopoly, combination or
conspiracy in restraint of trade. and
5upon conviction thereof shall be sub
ject to fine of $500 a day for the Pc
riod during which he is adjudged TO
have done so; his license shall be re-
yoked and cancelled, the domestic cor
poration liqufdated and the foreign cor
BegatiCn ousted from the state aud
its property sold. >... 49,. .....r
Violation Of this provision, or viola.
tiCn of the obligation to operate any
refinery as a public utility. the court
may, if irreparabfe injury to the pub
lie interest is shown. appoint a re-
ceiver who shall be authorized to carry
On the business. .@.:.
: Section enacts that if any refinery
has been closed or kept idle for more
than year ii shall be presumed that
this action was for the purpose of viO-
lating the laws of the state, and the
court, upon sufficient proof Of same,
shall issue an order to the owner of
such refinery requiring that the re-
fnery be sold to bona-fide parties with
in six months, and failing such sale
the court shall appoint receiver to
make sale, lease or ether disposition of
the property. -: .:.... -. -. III
Section 9 provides fO:- the legal
process necessary under section 8.
Section 10 ,enacts that violations of
this act, or Of any of the regulations
promulgated by the state inspector,
shall be punished by fine of not less
than $50 and net more than $500
fer each days violation. -....s..:
Section IL enacts that in any suit
under this act the judge shall give to
books, letters and other documents of
the defendant full effect as being what
they purport to be and as establish.
ing the facts carried on their face I'm.
less there is sufficient rebuttaI proof
against them. .<>".. -. ~. r.
The judge shall receive in evidence
reports CT legislative committees OF
louisiana, the senate or house of rep
resentatives of the United States, rec.
oLds. of any suit in any court of any
state or of the United States to which
the defendant was a party and such
records and testimony shall be prima
fac.e evidence of the facts set forth
subject to rebuttal by competent evil.
dence 4 =~.= i n
Sections u, 13 and Il provide for
the legal course of proceeding.
Section 5 defines the business OF
refining sugar to be that Of any con-
Germ that buys and refnes raw or
ether sugar exclusively, or that re-
fines raw or other sugar from sugar
taken On toll. or that buys and refines
more raw or other sugar than the ag-
gfegate of the sugar produced by 1t
from cane grown and purchased by it.
Section 1G defines the word person
or persons to include all firms, corpor.
aticns, associations existing under or
authorized by law. ~. .-...... 49,.
Section II repeats all laws in con-
flict with this act. >, 49,. =:... 1
House bill Nc. is measure Of 20
sections dealing with the legal process /
es, fines and Imprisonment Eenalized
against persons convicted of monopoly,
cGEspirae:es, combines. etc, in re-
stra'rt CT trade ~. r.. 49,. .. -
House bill No. 8, in seven sections.
also provides further for the methods
Ct legal procedure in any suit under
hoe