Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-25
| REJOICING
Over Courts Action
In Bringing Henry P. Nc
| Intosh to Time.
Have Abundant Reason
For Complaint.
An Attempt to Take Dispositions
In Canada.
Books Boxed up and Shipped Away
During Night.

The Akron, Ohio, daily papers o
Saturday, 18th inst, contain som,
Items of news which will be read Will
unusual interest throughout this entir,
district, says tho Sudburg. Ont, Joul
nal. The news of the attachment pro
ceedings commenced under the orde
Of Judge Kohler against Fl. P. McIn
tosh, who Is secretary and trensurel
of both the Copper and Iron Compan
leg, for contempt In disobeying the or
der of the Court.
In these days Of gigantic corporation.
and great aggrcgatlons of wealth II
the United States there is much com
plant that the cause and interest o,
those outside such corporation find
but little protection In the halls of l.
lslation, In executive offices, or In t.
courts Of Justice in that country. Pal
ties with sufficient strength and influ
ence find means of evading the lay
and of obviating or defylng the man
dates of the Court.
Under such u condition of affairs, sc
widespread throughout the United
States, 1t is refreshing to note the inde
pendent action of one American Judg
In dealing with his own neighbors, Il
dealing with great corporations whc.
have all their holdings in Canada.
The people of Canada are very fa
miliar with the management of tn
Canadian Copper Co., and the Angl,
American Iron Go. They are also (,
miliar with the methods of Siessri
Stevenson Burke and II. p. McIntos
during the last IA years. The grea
properties of these companies control
ed by these men, are located at ou
own doors. We nave reaa much of tn
long litigation between s. ]. Ritchl
and these men and their associates, 1
the American courts. On the 23rd
June, 1903, dispositions were taken,
attempted to be taken, at this plac,
In connection with these suits thei
pending In the United States Numei
ous employees of the Copper Compan,
We're subpoenaed, and some partie,
who were not employees of
the company were also sub
poenaed to testify. of whom
the editor Of this paper was one. Geo
G. Allen, of Akron, Ohio, was the at
torney representing the Copper Com
pany and its managers who were de-
PENDANTS in the action. George w.
sieber, Of Akron, representing Ritchie
Prior to the taking of these dispositions
an official from the office Of the Cop
per Company at Cleveland appeared Al
the office of the Copper Company here
and gathered up every book aud rec
ord of the company, boxed them ur
In the night and shipped them out of
the country, 80 that when the
examination took place no books
could be had and no information
could be obtained about the manage
ment OF the company, or what had
been done with its property, or IT.
money during the seven years of III
incorporation. The parties subpoenaed
appeared before Mr.. Il. ]. Ryan, acting
ms special examiner, but the commits
sioner, acting under the authority of
the L, 5. court, practically us n notar,
public, had no power under Canadian
authority to compel witnesses to an
swer,
The forms OF examination were gone
through with and many questions
were asked by Mr.. Sieber, but wit.
nesses We're directed by Mr.. Allen not
to answer, and their answers almost
Invariably were II decline to answer"
The performance was clearly defiance
of the authority of the country In
which all their property Is located.
Az 30 complete defiance have the peo-
pie OF Ontario been set, and so com
pletely have their interests been ig-
nored, that the government of Ontario
has been compelled 10 take the matter
in hand to require these companies
to do all their refining in Ontario, and
by these gentlemen, have abundant
to have complete and detailed reports
made to the government of their Ell.
tire management, cost of production,
and amount of sales. AIessrs. Burke
and Mcintosh have acted upon the
assumption that they have grown
so great" feeding upon the copper and
nickel of Sudbury. which is part OF
Tho natural heritage OF the people OF