The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-25
POSTER ADVERTISING
ASSOCIATION MAKES
REPLY TO CHARGES

The following, taken from "The AS
sociation News" and submitted by w.
K. Burnitt, Of the Ardmore Poster Ad.
vertising Company gives explanation
to recent articles published relative to
suits brought and charges made of H.
legal acts, alleged TO have been COM
mitted by the Poster Advertising AS
sociation:
To the Members of the Poster Adver.
tising Association
The legislative committee of the
Poster Advertising Association advises
the members that they need have no
concern about the newspaper accounts
and other reports of the recent legal
proceedings concerning the organiza-
ton, its officers and directors.
The Thos. Cusack Co, many of
whose plants were until recently mem
bers of the association, instituted suit
for 100000 damages from the Poster
Advertising Association, its officers
and directors, and a number of poster
advertising solicitors. The chief com
plant of the Thos. Cusack Co., Is that
damages We're suffered because it is
alleged, the defendants in the case had
held down the prices of the Thos.
Cusack Co. in violation OF the anti
trust laws. There is no basis in fact
whatsoever for the allegations in this
suit.
The federal grand jury at Chicago
returned an indictment against the
Poster Advertising Association, its Of
ficers and directors, and the officers
of a soliciting agency, the Poster Ad.
vertising Company of New York,
charging monopolization Of the poster
advertising business. This charge Is
unwarranted, inasmuch as the Poster
Advertising Association has been con-
manner.
Proper attention Is being given to
the cases and the members will be
informed Of later developments.
1t is gratifying now to state that
the United States circuit court of ap.
just thrown out the cases against the
Poster Advertising Association which
We're brought by the Charles A. RAM
say Company and William II. Rankin
Company, sometime official solicitors
These former solicitors have been seek
ing to recover damages against the
Poster Advertising Association. its Of
ficers and directors. and several So
licitors on the ground that the asso-
citation caused these former solicitors
loss of p>SGts in their businesses as
the result Of an alleged unlawful COM
bination TO restrain interstate com
merce and create a monopoly in VIC.
ladon of the Sherman Act.
Among other things the court said
In its opinion:
"The business of the solicitors is to
send their customers advertisements
to be posted on bilboards in various
towns and cities throughout the coun.
try. Assuming that this business is,
as between them and their customers.
interstate commerce. we are clear that
after the posters have arrived at desti.
nation the posting Of them by the bill
posters is purely local service. not
directly affecting but merely incidental
TO interstate commerce.
1--WE think il follows from this de-.
cision that the regulations of the as
sociation defendant in this case. both
as they affect their own members and
also the advertising solicitors licensed
by it, is not interstate commerce and
therefore not obnoxious to the act.
mo combination is alleged which
would be unlawful at common law"