The advocate., 1891-05-13

Ammidown & Smith or the Rittenhouse
Manufacturing company, OF which Mr..
Ammid0wn was president.
All these firms instantly began actions
against Mr.. Ammldown, but owing to the
difficulty experienced in serving the
merchant with process paper, only one
Of them, Koshland & Co., Of Boston, sue
ceeded in entering judgment on their
claims. Koshland s. Co. obtained judg-
ment against Edward II. Ammidown, and
the Rittenhouse Manufacturing company
entered the same in S2l ORE February IL,
last. Soon after he was served with the
summons and complaint Mr.. Ammidown
left for Florida, where he remained all
winter, thus practically avoiding service
Of all other papers. Ten days ago Mr..
Ammidown returned to New York and
Howitz & Hershfield obtained an order
for Mr.. Ammidown's examination In
proceedings supplementary to judgment
and examination. The order was served
on the defendant Tuesday at the head
quarters OF the Protective Tariff League.
Il was made returnable before Judge
O'Brien In the supreme court chambers
Thursday morning, but Mr.. Ammidown
sailed for Europe Wednesday, His de-
fault was duly entered. He had chosen
to ignore an order Of the supreme court
of the state, which is an offense calling
for severe punishment.
"Mr. Ammidown," said lawyer Howitz
tonight, sis guilty of contempt Of the
courts order and when he returns to
New York may be severely punished.
The court, If it chooses, may fine the full
amount of judgment ($2l ,072 and COM
NIT him to Ludlow street jail, there to
remain until every dollar of the fine is
paid"
Mr.. Ammidown's personal indebted
ness amounts to $250,000. The indebted
ness of the Rittenhouse Manufacturing
company, of which he was president and
principal stockholder, amounts to an
other S250OO0.
Superintendent Porter, in furnishing
space in the Press for Nc Kinley'S speech,
who, he says, was the chief orator Of the
evening, printed for this protectionist
great deal of poor history, but here is
some Of this statesman's prophecy:
Now, what we want to do is to go and
prosper, and we do not want any mon
keying with tariff and we are not going
to have 1t. Mind my predictions here
tonight, that that law will not be changed
In ten years, unless 1t be changed by the
Republican party on protection lines
Applause. You need not be troubled
about the foreign market. You can
trust the Yankee nation to 60 out and
capture the markets Of the world. Long
continued applause.
Mr.. Porter, in presenting some of "the
good results of the Mckinley tariff, y
gives in his Press the following matter
that relates to q great embryotic tin
platetrust, soon to be waited into glorious
beatifc, for the healine(?) of the Ameri
can farmers and productive toilers -fol
the interests Of the organized million
aires:
An interesting corrallary to the great
celebration of the American Tariff League
was the meeting yesterday at the Fifth
Avenue hotel of representatives of twelve
tin plate manufacturing concerns which
have sprung into existence from the
seed sown by the Mckinley bill Letters
from still more firms were read, and q
meeting was determined on to be held at
PIttsburg on May 10, when fifteen addi-
/ L. 81 ho I'D
The houses represented at the meeting
yesterday were Somers Brothers, Brook
lyn; the st. Louis Stamping Company, by
Congressman F. G. Niedringhaus; Nor
ton Brothers, Chicago; United States
Iron and Tin Plate Company, Demmler
PennsYlyania; Marshall Brothers & Co,