The Glenwood post., 1919-11-15
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pie at large, but are necessary aid
essential to sustain life, have COM
bined, agreed, conspired or co-operated
among themselves, or between some
one OF more, or any Of them, and other
persons, by which they control or
agree to advance, regulate or fix the
price of food products, or other com
modities Of necessity as above men
toned, or to abolish competition and
enhance the price Of said necessities,
and thus render it impossible for the
people to buy in competitive market
these necessities Of life, and if you
find that any such things exist, you
should return true bill of indictment
against any and all such offending.
And also if, on investigation, you fin |
that any two or more persons, corpor-
ations, or copartnerships engaged in
business as above mentioned, have
agreed, combined, conspired or cooper
ated among themselves as aforesaid,
or between some one or more of them,
aforesaid, by which they control or fix
or regulate the price upon food stuffs
or any of them, and other persons as
any other commodities, the necessities
of life, at which the retail dealers
should sell to their customers and to
all the people, and destroying competi-
tion, SO that said retail dealers can
not buy such goods or commodities
with which to supply the people unless
on the condition that they sell the
same at the prices fixed or regulated
by such unlawful combination or con
spiracy or cooperation, then you should
return true bill of Indictment against
any and all such offenders. Our Su-
preme Court has said that all such acts,
combinations and conspiracies, if any
exist, are destructive to competition, in
restraint of trade, are contrary IT, and
in violation of the common law and
of the laws Of the State of Colorado
against public policy, unlawful aud
void, and a great, serious and severe
injury and damage to the State of
Colorado and the people thereof, and
should be prevented and prohibited
If such conspiracies or cooperation
or agreements exist, they are mena,es
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be punished and suppressed, and sure
ly the cost of living has exceeded all
bounds and limits and the end is not
yet in sight In speaking of similar
condition, Mr.. Justice Scott, now Of
the Supreme Court of this State, then
on the bench of the Court of Appeals,
in An opinion written by him and ap-
proved by all the judges Of the Cour.
of Appeals, said in part:
''It requires no elaboration to show
this to be condition affecting almost
every man, woman and child in .he
State; . condition SO shocking as to be
almost unbelievable; q menace to the
JIos'. rity, property and liberty Of tn
whole people. Are not these conspir-
acies and combinations fast killing the
goose that lays the golden egg, for
trades.enf May not this monopoly in
everything be likened unto . sort Of
devil-fish combine, whose repulsive
form may be at every fire-side and
whose blood-sucking tentacles are in.
tended to be at the throat of every
man who earns his bread in the sweat
of his face. Surely the conspiracy, com.
bination and conduct charged is IN.
lawful or the great law -givers and law
writer's have misconceived the law,
from Moses to Blackstone. Certainly
these acts are criminal or we have
been woefully mistaught as to the con-
stituent elements Of crime. And logi
cally they may be punished on the one
hand and prevented on the other, or
we must confess in sorrow that our
government has failed in its guaranty
of individual liberty
But say that it has not yet failed
and it must and shall prevail, in spite
of all the agitators, /. W. VS., R,ds
and anarchists who infest this ,sun-
try and who are trying to gnaw at itr
vitals and to take advantage Of the
general unrest of the people, which is
accentuated by the high cost of liv.
ing, but it is your duty, and it Is my
duty to assist you, in up-holding the
majesty of the law in its entirety, and
particularly in uppressing profiteer-
ing and conspiracies or cooperation.
to fix prices on the necessaries OF life
if any such exist, and to give to The
people all the relief you can against
| the high cost of living In addition In