Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-22
Price Fixing
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Penalties
MAY IMPOSE
FINE OF 500
Measure Designed to
Prevent Boosting
of Produce

Commissioner w. H. Lynch
introduced in City Council to-
day an ordinance prohibiting
forestalling or price fixing in
city markets and imposing a
penalty of a fine not less than
$40 nor more than SlOO or 80
days imprisonment for the Of
fense.
Other members of Council
approved the measure ard pass
cd it on first reading. Commits
sioner Lynch when he present.
ed the ordinance said that there
was a public demand for such
legislation in the city. The pro-
visions are that no dealer ray
buy up food to resell in the
markets either when the pro-
duce is being brought for sale
or is already at the markets;
there dare be no price fixing,
and attempts to dissuade any
one from bringing produce to
market for sale are prohibited.
The measure follows:
An ordinance prohibiting the
buying of or contracting for
provisions OH the way TO, and
intended for sale in the markets
of the City OF Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania; prohID hIDIung per-
sons from disSuadng others
from bringing their provisions
TO said markets for sale; pro-
hibiung persons from pcrSuad-
ing others TO raise the price of
provisions III said markets for
the purpose OF rcSellIng same;
and providing penalties for vio-
lations OF the provisions of this
ordinance.
Section 1. Be il ordained by
the Council of the City OF Har-
r.sburg, Pennsylvania, and il is
hereby ordained by authority
OF the same, that from and af-
ter the passage of this ordi-
nance il shall be unlawful for
any person or persons, firm or
"ilIlln IIlC IlmlIS
OF the City of Harrisburg TO
buy or contract for any pro-
visions while the same are on
the wgx to the markets, and
intendeU for sale in the same;
or to disSuade any person from
bringing such articles to the
said markets for sale.
Section .. 1t shall also be
unlawful to persuade any one
having provisions for sale at
any of the said markets to raise
the price of the same or to
make any agreement concern
ing said provisions with the
view of raising the price there
of.
Section 3. 1t shall be unlaw-
Iul Tor any person, persons,
firm or corporation to buy, or
contract for. in any of the
markets of the City of Harris
burg either before or during
the hours fixed by custom or
the rules of the management OF
said markets for holding said
markets, any provisions what
soevcr for the purpose of re-
selling the same.
Section 4. The word market
or markets when used in this
ordinance shall be taken to
mean all the public markets
operated by the City of Har-
risburg, or by any person or
persons. firms or corporations
within the said city.
Section 3. Any person or
persons violating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance upon
conviction thereof before the
Mayor or any alderman of the
City of Harrisburg, Pennsyl-
vania. shall be sentenced to pay
fine of not less than ten dol
lars (S10.00) nor more than
one hundred dollars (S1OO.OO),
together with costs of suit for
each and every offensc. and in
default of payment thereof
shall undergo imprisonment in
the Dauphin county prison for
period not to exceed thirty
(30) days at the discretion OF
the Mayor or alderman impos-
ing such fine.
Section 9. All ordinances or
parts or ordinances inconsist-
ent herewith are hereby re-
Deale1,