The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-12

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Mr.. Smith. of Delaware-This is not n numer-
zeal question. These people are demanding
what is their privilege under the Constitution
that justice shall be melted out to them, speed
lily and without delay.
The bill passed-yeas. 81; NAYS. Is.
Mr.. Weirs bill IS 7Gl to exempt State officers
ex rel. from liability for costs, was read the
third time and passed by yeas 46, nays 0.
PRIVILEGES OF -coRPoRATIoN
Mr.. Winters bill rs. 96l to authorize manu-
featuring corporations to buy and sell certain
kinds of goods not of their own manufacture,
was read the third time.
Mr.. Winter-This bill provides that any man.
ufacturing or mining company may buy and sell
goods of the same character as appertaining to
the same kind as they are manufacturing. And
1t requires the word Limited or incorporated"
to be added to the name of the corporation taking
advantage of this act. so any person doing BUSH
ness with it may know its responsibility.
Dir. Foulke-It is my impression and strong
conviction that we have gone a little too far in
comforting franchises and powers upon corpora
tions i'll this State. They have done a great deal
Of good: led to the concentration of a vast
amount of wealth and have advanced the mater
ial progress of the State. Attic same time there
are other tendencies they have developed which,
1t seems to me. threaten a greater injury than
the good they have accomplished. A man will
invest to a greater extent where he has but little
~liability-where he would not risk his entire
capital and credit in a partnership. These cor
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Industries develop faster in that way. Where
they are able to divide labor, they can manufact-
ure and sell cheaper. and do everything cheaper
than upon a smaller scale. The result
is that the smaller dealer doing business
of the same character is crowded out.
The man who works Independently. though not
able to do much, preserves his independence,
The corporate system tends to make the rich
richer and the poor poorer. In view OF that
fact we have gone far enough, if not too far, in
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general manufacturing company can carry on a
general business in any goods they manufacture.
They can carry on commercial business In al
most every department. They are entering the
lines of as they did in manufacturing,
If a man wants to go into the dry goods business
it is not too hard a penalty to say he shall be
liable to the last dollar on any contract he
makes by which he expects to profit. l believe
individual rights will be benefited If we stop
right here In giving power to corporations.
Mr. Wlnter-What the senator has said would
be a good argument against corporations gener-
ally. Corporations are a great aid in develop
ing the commerce of the State and country. 1t
has been the policy of the State to enlarge and
extend this class of legislation. There has
scarcely been a session of our Legislature since
the present Constitution was adopted, but that
this statute for the formation Of manufacturing
and mining companies has not been extended SO
as to encourage corporations, and extend the
BENEFITS OF the act to different branches. 1t is
easy to say that corporations have a tendency
to aggregate capital and Cypress the poor man.
There is no man upon the floor of the Senate more
in sympathy with the poor man than i. Thers
are a great many cases in which it is necessary
for the carrying on of a manufacturing business,
that there should be added to it something that
is not manufactured by the company, They can't
dispose of their goods to advantage unless they
have other articles of a general character and
not the precise character they manufacture. /
don't see how that would have a tendency to
Cypress and crush out the poor man.
Mr.. Campbell of st. Joseph-As far as my OBJ
servation goes. and have had a good deal of OBJ
s~ervation in this line, l apprehend the bill goes
but little further than to legafZe t0it which is
constantly in practice now. My observation of in
corporations is that they are in the interest of
the poor man. A young man who has q trade
and some article to manufacture, but lacking
funds with which to push it, because a corpora
ton can be formed, he gets assistance and CAPT
tai, and thereby goes on and grows with the
business to a wealthy corporation, which em-
ployS many men.
The bill failed to pass-yeas 10, nays "a.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Mr.. Browns bill rs. 99l to amend section A97
r. s., so that the consent of the county super
lntendent must be obtained i'll order to have
German taught in the public schools, was read
the third time and passed by yeas AZ, nays O.
Mr.. Foulke's bill rs. 1921 to provide that where
there is no justice in the town, eases may be de-
termined by a justice residing nearest to the
town, was read the third time and passed by
yeas "A. NAYS l.
Mr.. Fowler's bill IS. 112l to providethat condi-
tional sales of personal property shall be void
unless the conditions are recorded in the re-
corders Office, was read the third time and
passed by yeas AZ, nays 8.
Mr.. Lindley's bill rs. 113] was read the third
time and passed by yeas A. nays 0. Mr.. Lind
ley. explaining the bill, said: 1T IS simply to
page lib of the acts of the last General Assem-
bly,, entitled, An act to legalize certain records,
but, in fact. it did nothing of the kind. am
told by lawyers that the law is unconstitutional
l know it is wrong III principle, and not worthy
of a place on the statute book of Indiana. l
don't suppose anything further is necessary to be
said to induce the repeating of this act. think
the object Of the act which this bill proposes to
repeal was to pay the recorder of Marion county
twenty cents per 100 words for copying general
indexes, which the law requires him to keep up
any how. The recorders of smaller counties
have to do it"
Mr.. Youche's bin rs. III being read the Sec
ond time, Mr.. Youche said: The object of this
bill is to repeal the proviso to section Z, act of
1883, page 40. which gives to the county clerks
the sum of So day for attending court. Before
the act of 1893 clerks received no pay ont of the
county treasury for attending the Circuit Court.
1t was supposed that his fees furnished sufficient
compensation. When this act was introduced
in the Senate last session there was no proviso
in the bill. When it came back from the House
it seems there was % prOviso In IL, but it came
back on one of those closing days when bills are
passed hurriedly. The proviso in the bill was
not read. l listened to the reading attentively,
and / don't believe there were three members
of the Senate who knew they passed a law rails
ing the clerks fees So a day. 1t amounts to the
sam of $50. 900 every year paid out of the coun-
ty treasures to the clerks. This bill is to re-
store the. law as it was. before 1883 / think
there cannot be any wel-grounded opposition
to it.
Mr.. Overstreet-If there is any reason why
fha e1npk nf tho lpnrinr md C.imoiool No.xetc
is entitled to s., it would apply to the clerk of
the Circuit Court. We are told that in counties
where there are Superior and Criminal Courts,
the clerk has to have a deputy to attend those
courts. If the bill also repealed the statute
giving So a day to clerks of Superior and Crimi-
nal Courts. l would support it. but as it stands /
will vote against it.
Mr.. Foulke-I concur in what has been said by
the senator from Johnson mr.. Overstreetl, but
do not arrive at the same conclusion. l think