Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06

Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State Of Minnesota:
PART ONE
Section 1. The following sections
Of this act, constituting Part One
thereof shall apply Oily to the
manufacture, production or distri-
button Of any commodity, article,
goods, wares or merchandise in
general use or consumption.
Section 2. Any person, partner
ship, firm or corporation, foreign
or domestic, doing business in the
State of Minnesota, and engaged in
the production, manufacture, dis
tribution of any printed or mimeo-
graph matter, commodity, article,
goods, wares or merchandise in
general use or consumption, that
Intentionally, for the purpose of
destroying the competition Of any
regular established dealer in such
commodity, article, goods, wares or
merchandise, or to prevent the
competition Of any person, firm or
corporation who or which, in good
faith, intends and attempts to be-
come such dealer, shall discrimi-
nate between different sections,
communities or cities of this state
by selling or furnishing such COM
modify, article, goods, wares or
merchandise at a lower price or
rate in one section, community or
city or any portion thereof, than
such person, firm or corporation,
foreign or domestic, charges for
such commodity, article, goods,
wares or merchandise in another
section, community or city, or any
portion thereof, after making al
lowance for difference, if any, in
the grade, quality or quantity after
equalizing the distance from the
point of production, manufacture
or distribution and freight rates
therefrom, shall be guilty o. unfair
discrimination, provided that this
act shall not prevent any person,
firm or corporation from in good
faith, meeting local competition
within any one section, community,
village or city. The inhibition here
Of against locality discrimination
shall embrace any scheme of spe-
cial rebates, collateral contracts or
any device Of any nature whereby
such discrimination is, in substance
or fact, effected in violation of the
spirit and intent of this act, to-
gether with all amendments there
Of.
Section 3. Chapter Alb Of the
Laws Of 1921, being Sections lO464-
Z, inclusive, of Masons Minnesota
Statutes, 1927, are hereby repealed.
PART TWO
Section /. The following sections
of this act constituting Part Two
thereof shall apply onl.r to the SELL
ing, offering or advertising for sale,
giving away or offering or adver-
Using the intent to give away Of
any commodity, article, goods,
wares or merchandise, in wholesale
or retail trade.
Section 2. Any person, partner
ship, firm or corporation, engaged
in business within this state,
which sells, offers for sale or ad-
vertises for sale any commodity,
article, goods, wares or merchandise
at less than the cost thereof to
such vendor, or gives, offers to give
or advertiseS the intent to give
away any commodity, article, goods,
wares or merchandise for the pur-
pose of injuring competitors and
destroying competition, shall be
guilty of unfair discrimination, and
upon conviction provided herein
shall be subject to the penalties
therefor.
Any person, firm, partnership or
corporation which sells goods in
any part of the State Of Minnesota
at prices lower than those exacted
by said person elsewhere in the
State of Minnesota for like quaint
tiles and grades and where the eff
feet of such lower prices may be
substantially to lessen competition
or tend to create monopoly in any
line Of business, or to lnJure, de-
stroy or prevent competition with
the person selling at such lower
prices, shall be guilty of unfair
competition and subject to the
penalties of this act; provided that
nothing shall prevent differentials
in prices in different localities
which make only due allowances
for differences in costs of delivery
for such goods to different local
tiles; nor differences in price made
in good faith to meet local COM
petition of any other person in
such locality.
The inhibition against sales be-
low cost or locality discrimination
shall embrace any scheme Of spe-
cial rebates, collateral contracts, or
any device of any nature whereby
such discrimination is, in substance
or fact, effected in violation of the
spirit and intent of this act, to-
gether with all amendments there
to.
Section 3. The term retailer" as
used herein shall mean any person.
partnership, firm. corporation or
association, foreign or domestic,
selling any conn odity, article,
goods, wares. or merchandise to the
consumer and not for the purpose
of resale in any form.
The term wholesaler as used
herein shall mean any person, firm
or corporation, partnership. asso-
citation, business trust, or any I'M
incorporated organization, OF hi r
than a manufacturer or producer
and wholesalers engaged in inter-
state commerce who are subject to
the provisions of the Robinson
Pattman Act, selling or supplying
any comm o dity, article, goods,
wares, or merchandise to retailers,
industrial buyers, restaurants, in
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