| Show SALES AM lH port lU-port Control COli Con Cais- I lJ it Consul Thomas If H. Norton of or Chemnitz Chem Chem- nitz states tateM that while whilo thero i Is I. J loss less 88 agitation and complaint in Germany with regard to the activity of th the various Various va va- rious combinations In trade and industry than has found expression lon in iii the United tl States State there would appear to bo be more organization thor then at a a. control control con con- of production and prices The Tho consul consul con COIl sd sul continues continues- S rh The trust proper is less high highly de tie- than th In America hut but In nearly every Q branch nf ot industry s syndicates agreements anti and conventions or Kar Jar tells as the they are arc t termed are controlling con con- trolling largely cl I the tho situation There is 15 nothing in law to forbid CorbId for for- bid nn any agreement remont amon among manufacturers ers era or dealers denIers In lii regard to prices prIce and terms a ilK as Jon long as It does lees not fall faU within the tho limits ot of the t term rm unfairness In trade trail e or Is not contrary to fa g good morIs' morIs mor- mor Is' Is As Associations of or this character aro are subject to tho the general laws requiring registration and publication o 0 of any y changes hanges In organization or In i ertain cases additional regulations ome omo Into force Thus a stock com corn any pany must have all nil actions of ot a g genral gen gen- n- n I ral raJ assembly pf Or f stockholders rs certified led ay JY a court or by a n. notary and a u. fled fied copy of ot the IMP certificate must be bo transmitted to the chamber of com com- merce The annual balance sheet must be published Tho The Supreme court has r repeatedly do- do that there here Is nothing Illegal Inthe inthe In the organization organisation of or an industrial or trade combination In Jul July 1890 and arid again In 1897 it declared d that valid vall objection could he be mn made e to them when a combination sought to control a market for speculative purPOSeS purposes purposes pur pur- poses and to hinder the free pIa play of oC economic forces or upon an attempt to Create a n monopoly and exact exorbitant prices from consumers It recognized d the full tull till legality l of ot combination to prevent pre pre- vent ent losses in an any branch through ex ex- ex competition and underbidding underbidding- It established clearly the principle that united action and agreements to at- at feet production and control prices are not t. t per se opposed to good morals J At Jute ute uie same time It rejected the claim that trade combinations for the tho control con coti- troi of or prices while not forbidden by hy law Jaw still lack Jack legal protection and anti that such Much an organization ha has no standIng stand tand- ing In court The civil code S that an any one causing loss to another I by lIy an ac net lct contrary to good morals l Is liable for tor damages or I Is liable Hable for tor damages dam dam- I ages ell a-ell resultant t upon utterance or pub nub of or false a statement tending to injure the credit or bu business of or A ad- ad rT- rT other even If it the fact tact of ot Its falsity I was waR unknown t b by the accused |
