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PLAN, SCHEME AND CONSPIRACY TO MONOP-

OLIZE THE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING BUSINESS,

AS HERETOFORE REFERRED TO, AND WAS FOR

THE PURPOSE OF COERCING AND INTIMIDAT-

ING, AND IT DID, IN FACT, COERCE AND INTIM-

IDATE ADVERTI SER S, LITHOGRAPHERS AND

COMPE T ITORS OF DEFE NDANT, AND WAS FOR

THE FURTHER PU RP OSE OF HAMPERING AND

PREVENTING INDEPENDENT PLANT OWNERS,

INCLUDING THE PLAINTIFF AND OTHER COM-

PETITORS OF TH E ASSOCIATION PLANTS AND

OF THE CON SPIRATORS, FROM ENTERING INTO

AND EXECUTIN G O UTDOOR ADVERTISING CON-

TRACTS AS A FOR ESAID; THAT THEREBY THE

SAID INDEPENDE N TS WER E O BSTRUCTED AND

HINDERED IN THEIR B USI NESS AND COMPETI-

TION WITH THE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS AND

SAID CONSPIRATORS, AND THE FREE MOVE-

MENT IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE OF POSTERS,

LITHOGRAPHS. PAINTED DESIGNS AND CON-

TRACTS FOR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING WAS

MONOPOLIZED, ATTEMPTED TO BE MONOPO-

LIZED, AND WAS UNREASONABLY RESTRAINED.

JN OR ABOUT THE YEAR 1917 THE SOLICITORS

HOLDING LICENSES OR FRANCHISES FROM THE

ASSOCIATION FORMED AN ASSOCIATION OR

COMP^/^NY KNOWN AS "POSTER ADVERTISING

COMPANY, INC;'

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PRIORI TO ABOUT THE YEAR 1915 PRACTICAL-

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