Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1931, Page 37

COAST BILLBOARD MONOPOLY 15 HITY Government Contends Con- cern Controls 80 Per Cent of Advertising. One of the severest indiciments of business practices in the outdoor adver- tising industry was returned by the De- partment of Justice in a statement is- sued in connection with the final decree just signed in a suit instituted by the Government against the Foster & Klei- ser Co, its officers and a subsidiary company, holding that an illegal monop- oly in violation of the Sherman anti- trust act had been established in the outdoor advertising business on the Pa- cific Coast. The decree was signed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, and had been ac- cepted without contest on behalf of the defendants two weeks before the date set for the trial. . Controls Business. The pemlton. u': P “?vl: :; :ou;- tice said, alleged thad e COl - trolled 80 per cent of all the ‘outdoor advertising structures located on the Pacific Coast and transacted 90 per cent of the total outdoor advertising business in the West. The decree enjoins each of the defendants from further engag- ing in any of the 14 illegal trade prac- tices which were alleged in the petition to have been the means employed to obtain the monopoly. Acceptance of the decree by the com- pany affords the public and the inde- pendent advertisers, the statement said, all of the relief sought in the petition without the delays and expense incident to prolonged litigation. Statement by U. §. With regard to the alleged illegal practices involved in the suit, the De- partment of Justce statement said: “Among the 14 illegal trade practices, by virtue of which the defendants were alleged to have prevented their competi- tors from lawfully transacting their businesses and which were specifically enjoined by the decree are the follow- ing: Making fictitious offers to purchase or lease outdoor agvel sites at amounts in excess of their true worth and value; causing the cancellation of Jerses to which competitors are & party by false representations that the sites are desired for other than advertising purposes; leasing outdoor advertising sites without using the same for any purposes reasonably necessary or inci- dental to the proper conduct of the out- door advertising business; continuously, by illegal and improper means soliciting and reporting detailed information re- garding outdoor advertising sites leased by competitors; physically obstructing, covering, obliterating, destroying or oth- erwise impairing the visibility of out- door advertising structures owned, op- erated or controlled by competitors; in- dulging in unfair and discriminatory terms and conditions of sale; knowingly inducing customers of competitors to breach their contracts with competitors by reduction of prices; knowingly mak- ing false and unfair statements regard- ing the business credit and integrity of competitors; granting preferences, pri- orities and rebates relative to prices and terms of outdoor advertising contracts; giving free display of outdoor advertis- ing to certain favored customers, and compelling owners of outdoor advertis- ing structures to sell out to Foster & . on terms dictated by threats #f elimination from the trade. “The decree further provides for re- tention by the court of jurisdiction for |is too dange: the purpose of enforcing or modifying the decree, thereby independent advertisers on the Pacific Coast of im- mediate relief by way of contempt pro- ceedings against any and all future vio- lations of the decree.” CATCHY SONG BRINGS WRITER $300,000 LUCK Ordered to Southern France by Doctors, Composer Strolls Into Casino for Big Day. RIVIERA (N.AN.A)—'"Bathing in the Sunshine,” a song with a tune that has already caught on here, is what Horatio Nicholls, the composer, calls his lucky song. And after all, £60,000 ($300,000) is something to make a song about! Ordered to the South of France by his doctors for a rest, Mr. Nicholls strolled into the Casino one night and after a couple of hours’ play came out , the richer by that sum. Ve wisely, he went back to his Nice hotel, locked himself in his room and com- pleted a song which had come to him in the dining car of the blue train on his way out and which he had hastily scribbled on a menu card. “Even when I was roughing it out in the train I felt it was going to bring me good luck, and so it has” says Horatio Nicholls. Jack Hylton and his band are fea- turing the new song on their Contin- ental tour. (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance.) CHAUFFERS DINE Don Pierrot Costume Alternately to “Crash” Parisian Ball. PARIS (N.AN.A).—The multiple gate-crasher has made his appearance and a novel and terrible menace he is. He turned up at a fancy dress ball the other night in the very useful guise of & Plerrot, and it was observed that he ate and drank to a really incredible and amazing extent. At length a guest set himself to the particular study of this phenomenon. He found that the chauffeurs waiting outside for their masters and mistresses had provided themselves with one Pierrot costume, and, donning this in turn, had boldly walked into the party and patronized the refreshment departments. (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance.) IRES Liberal Allowance on Your Old Tires 3436 14th . N.W. 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