The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-25
Trusts Settle With Sec
retary Of State.
OFFICIALS PERSIST
In Demanding Money From
Corporations Until Funds
are Forthcomins--con.
troversy Ended.
From Stan Correspondent. +

From a Stan Correspondent M
Columbus. Oct. 22.-Secretary of
State Laylin has at last succeeded in
bringing the American Sheet Steel
company and the American Tin Plate
company to his way of thinking, and
these corporations have come forward
with the amount 1t Is claimed they
owe the state of Ohio.
1t will be recalled that some time
ago, when the strike in the steel trust
plants was at it's height, the Amalga-
mated association, which was carry
ing on the strike. threatened, through
ex-Attorney General Monnett, to bring
proceedings to oust the trust from the
state, both on the ground that it was q
trust and further that as trust it had
no business to do business in Ohio
without paying the state tax for cor
porations. The secretary of state took
the matter up after the strikers had
employed their attorneys and made
their threats, and
IT LAY DORMANT
for some time after .he demand of the
secretary was made. 1t had been
charged during the past few weeks thet
the action taken by the state Official
was merely to interfere with the custer
proceedings that were about to be in
stituted by the strikers, and that the
whole effort was more of political
game of buncombe than anything else
and that the trust would be allowed
to enjoy its operations in Ohio. unmo-
lested, for so long period as it desir-
ed. Possibly that fact had much to do
with the insistence of the state officials,
for they have kept quietly hammering
away till they have succeeded in get
ting some of the money that the state
claims belongs to 1t.
The payment was made Monday, Just
a day after the opening of the cam
paign. 1t precludes any further argu-
ment along the line that the secretary
of state is protecting the trusts, though
the sum paid is not nearly so large
as it was expected the company
WOULD HAVE TO PAY.
In its return to the secretary, the
steel company says that it owns and
operates several mills in Ohio, though
it is an incorporation under the laws
Of New Jersey. II announces that its
capital stock is $52,000,000 of which
SIG, ,O00. 900 Is preferred stock and $780,
100000 common stock. The mills
enumerated as being operated by the
are the Bridgeport, Cam
bridge, Canton, DennisOn, Dresden,
Niles, New Philadelphia, Piqua,n Canal
Dover, Struthers and Wellsville. II is
declared that the company is not bound
to pay on more than its property In
Ohio, though some have insisted that
1t would have to pay on
IT'S TOTAL HOLDINGS.
The declaration Is made that the Ohio
represent only five and nine
tenths of the total holdings of the COM
pany, and that is all upon which pay
ment Is at this time made. 1t is said
in the paper filed with the secretary
that the company's headquarters in
Ohio Is at Bridgeport and papers are to
be served there In future. For the
of an agent the company
pays fee of $50 and for the fees gov
erning foreign corporations 1t pays
$3,068. making the total for the steel
s3,118.
The American Tin Plate company
declares that 1t owns and operates in
Ohio the mills at Beaver, Niles, Iron
dale, Martins Ferry, Cambridge, Canal
Dover and Cincinnati. They pay q fee
Of $50 for an agent and $3.50 tax, un-
der the law. The secretary has ac-
cepted the amounts and the contro-
versy may be said to be ct an end.
). WILLIAMSON.