| Show AV V < LAWFCI COMBINATION The makers of and the dealers Jn utter who do business In this city are dissatisfied with the condition of the butter market nnd acting upon a perfectly natural Instinct they havo set Ihtmlves to work to secure tho relief they think they need Hut before ell faring upon the program they are seeking seek-ing to carry out they should have consulted con-sulted a lawyer Some loading spirit amOng them whose Identltj his not been disclosed toth Nws has drawn up U document docu-ment which recites that for some time past the xtate of the butter market has ben unsatisfactory to the makers and sellers of that product Then follows on agreement by which all dairymen nn1 dealers who sign It bind themselves them-selves 1 to charge 20 cents per pound as the whlesaig and 25 cents 11ft the retail price of creamer butter These rates wero to go Into effect today April 20 The Copy of tills document which was seen by a Nets npresentutlve yes terilty bore a dozen or mote sIgnatures signa-tures reNow Now each maker of and denier In butter who has rlgned this piper be > ond doubt regards himself as a worthy wor-thy citizen engaged In woithy and legitimate business who Is I making avery cry proper effort to protect that boat I ness from the onequenee of a tie motalIzed matket and It will probably astonish him very much to bo told that ho Is a wretched l criminal and a vile connplritr but such he Isin the estimation es-timation of the law Perhaps anti probably lie Is I a very honest and welt meaning Individual and l a most worthy church member but he In also a heinous malefactor who Is I liable to fine and Imprisonment sholll l his guilt Ira sulliclentli uncovered In a court oC competent urlsdltlon It Is a crime to sign such a paper as the one above described In the Mate of Utah Such an act Is made Stati rmU tI a crime by section 1752 page 423 He vised 1 Statutes 1SJS which Is I as fol los Any combination by persons having for Its object or effect the controlllnt ot the prices of nny professional services ser-vices any products of the soil any ar tide oC manufacture or commerce oe the 01 ut Exchange or transporta Ion Is I prohibited and declared un lawful The punishments for violating this section or of her sections of the Pam a title tire pretty stiff If the culprit Is a corporation company arm or ao elation the penalty Is I n fine of hot less I than ilOO nor more than 2000 for tho first offense for the second offense the line In I nol less than 500 nor more than 5000 Cur the third offense the minimum mini-mum fline la 5000 and the maxImum 10000 for each subsequent offense the tine may bo 15000 If the offender is Ian I-an Indlildual he may be punished hy a line of not less I than one hundred dollaro nor more titan one thousand dollars or by confinement In the county coun-ty Jail not more than one year or by both Any corporation violating this provision shall thereby forfeit lib corporate rights and franchises and Its corporate existence shall thereupon codes and determine It would take the profits off of quite a lot of butter to pay the fines provided by law for signing such papers pa-pers as the butter people of this city have been affixing their signatures to within the last few days and should the county attorney and sheriff take It Into their heads to follow tho matter up the demoralization of the butter market will likely Ile perceptibly augmented aug-mented The best thing the butter men can ilo Is I to destroy that pipe In blnnlly and then auln an InnocI unconcerned look whllo they wall for tile law of supply and l demand to regulate reg-ulate the market Their cause maybe may-be Just but the law does not say so |
