The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-21

COM POINTS
The report of the general counsel. Bryan
given legal advice upon a wide variety OF
subjects during the year, some of which
We're as follows:
ton of stair fire escapes and TO factory
inspection and the fees payable for such in
spccticn; drummers' licenses in the Re
public OF Mexico: the effect of the anti
trust statutes ot Illinois. and as 10 the
efficacy Of the Missouri statutes relating, to
arbitration of labor disputes; corporation
laws of New Jersey. the fire-insurance
statutes of Missouri. and several members
of the league have. been advised az TO the
necessity OF compliance with the require,
ments of certain statutes of Kansas and of
Colorado, imposing specific duties upon cor
poIations, as condit.ons OF the Iignt 10 90
Opinions were given as to the form or re-
turns o. stock and sales required to be made
to the License Commissioner of st. Louis.
and as to the necessity of disclosing GER
tain facts and figures pertaining to private
business concerns to the State Bureau of
Labor Statistics
Several corporations were counseled in re-
spect TO maintaining warehouses in Illinois.
and the liabilities to be thereby incurred IN
der the statutes Of that State. The Traffic
Bureau was advised as to the effect of Ger,
tain Missouri statutes. governing railroad
of the league was advised in regard TO the
right of a railroad company to make a
car-rental charge within TIE switching
limits of st. Louis.
1NoSIki4N,I VI oiN-hS
The Committee en- Fire Insurance, II. NJ.
blossom. chairman, reported that good re-
suits had followed the startling presenta-
ton of the insurance situation mace by the
league last year, when most of TIE COM
panies were about to Withdraw from Mis-
souri,.
The prompt decision and action of this
league the report stated, .aver.ed the
then imminent peril: a moderate increase in
rates. generally acceded to. not oniE but IN
many instances welcomed If 1t would even
narfia1ty turu the swelling tide of disaster
and apprehension into favor. helped to hold
the still remaining companies within or
borders, and to create for us 4 more lio-
eral sentiment.
'The broadening of lines h. a few COM
panies. as a result of the Increase of rates.
since then. has also aided somewhat In re-
lieving the congestion which was so hurt
fully apparent. But much which concerns
a widea wake business community remained,
and still remains. to be done"
The fact was mentioned that bills have
been introduced in the Legis'ature TO per
init the establishment of local insurance
boards. under certain conditions. TO repeal
the anticoinsurance clause statute, and to
modify the valued-policy law.
The present system was condemned as
placing the power 20 fix rates practically in
the hands of one man. and forbiGding con-
sultation for a comparison of views.
opinion of j.. r. waddell was quoted: 1T
is simply an incentive to perjury and ar
son. Neither the insurance compa ~ nor
into such contract VaIued-policy laws are
OF no benefit to the honest insurer. He in
sures for Indemnity. not for snsculation.'
MANY CONVENTION PLANS.
sNathan Frank. Chairman Of the Conven-
tons and Entertaining Committee. reported
that this committee is doing much to bring
more conventions to st. Louis. and is CO.
operating with the Worlds Fair manage
ment:
@During 1903 and 1904 St. Louis will be the
convention city of the United States. Dur
ing this year fifteen conventions will be
held; the National Good Roads Convention
will be one of the most noteworthy, ami the
National Seenge-fest the greatest of all.
TINS saengerfes. alone viii bring about
W hundred thousand people to the city.
IN 1904 between one hundred and fifty
snd two hundred conventions will be he'd