Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-16
MANY ON THE LIST,
Rock Island County Enterprises
That Have Not Compiled With
the Antitrust Law.
ARE LIABLE TO HEAVY FINES.

But Attorney General Calls Halt on
Prosecutions, i;eaIizing the Disastrous
Results, and in the Meantime VIII Ask
the State Legislature to Prepare n Rem
edy-Given Until Feb.IS.
Edward c. Akin, Of Springfield, at
tornev general of Illinois. has fur
nished States Attorney G. j. Searle
with list of names of corporations
located in Rock Island county that
have failed to live up to the require
ments of the antitrust law. which be-
came effective July ?, 1898 Suisse
quent TO the enactment OF the law
the secretary of state forwarded to
each incorporated company letter in
quiring whether it was mem Der of
any trust, pool. agreement, combina-
tion or confederation. or whether it
had an understanding with any other
corporation to regulate or fix the price
of any article OF merchandise or COM
modify. Each concern so questioned
was expected to make answer under
oath, and failing to comply within so
days after the mailing of the notice,
was liable TO Il fine of $50 per day.
The list of names furnished States
Attorney Searle follows, but it should
be stated that many of those men
toned have long since quit business:
Rock Island Stove company, Rock
Island Glass company, Rock Island
Watch company, Rock Island IL Mo-
line Manufacturing company, Rock
Island Cotton Manufacturing COM
pany. Rock Island Paper company,
Rock Island Gas company. Rock Isl
and Lumber IL Manufacturing COM
pany. Rock Island Children's Carriage
company, Rock Island Electric Light
| com pany. Rock Island Brush Electric
Light company. Rock Island Novelty
| company, Rock Island Couch COM
| pany. Rock Island Shear company,
Rock Island Brewing company, Rock
Island Sash * Door works, Sears Pow
| or company, Tri-City Power 6; Light
company. Tri-City Milling company,
Twin-City Ice company. United States
Lime company, Union Malleabie Iron
| company, Victor Scale company, Nir-
ril Butter and Cheese Manufacturing
company, Acme Machine company,
American Standard Machine company.
3. ID. Buford " Co., Black Hawk Pa
per company, Cordova Butter ~
Cheese Manufacturing company, East
Moline Tool company, Ficmmfng FuI-
hiture company, Helm Car Coupling
company, Illinois Street Gas COM
pany, Merchants Electric Light COM
pany, Milan Paper company, Minute
Freezer company, Moline Wooden
company, Moline Gas Light II Coke
com pany, Moline Paper company,
| Moline Stove company, Moline
| Cabinet Organ company, Moline Bug
" company, Moline Oil company,
| Moline Spring works. National Paper
company, National Neck Yoke com
pany, Peoples Light Il Fuel company,
'easlec Shoe company, Port Byron
Lumber company, Pope Rock com
pany. Reynolds Creamery company,
Rock Island Knife & Shear company,
Rock Island Gas. Light " Coke com
oany, Chimes Printing & Publishing
company, Covenant Publishing COM
Pany, Curtis Printing company. City
rrotting association. Coal Valley
Mining company, Dean Printing com
pany. Davenport " Rock Island Street
Railway company, Eureka Mining
Coal company. Hynd Coal company,
Hillsdale Hotel company. Illinois Soap
Stone Stove company, Kennedy & Co,
Mississippi Il Rock River Canal COM
panv. Moline Tunnel company, Mo-
line Republican company, Moline
Central Street Railway company, Mo
line State Savings bank, Moline Man
ufacturing company, Moline Water
Power n Manufacturing company,
Moline Bridge company Moline & Rock
River Bridge company, Moline Water
Power company. Moline Cooperative
Manufacturing company, Moline Gas
" Coke company, Northern Mining &
Railway company, Associated Mutual
Fire Insurance company, Sun Acct
dent. Mutual Union Fire Insurance