The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-18
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.

appointed by the Governor to solicit
! funds from the people of Renyille
? county for the famine sufferers of
: Norway and Sweden, has sent a
z check to his Katherine law, Hon.
: Henry Bordewich, consul genera
Z to Christiana, and to w. w. Thorn
I as, u S. minister to Sweden. The
( query of this is, did Mr.. Bowling
: get special dispensation from Gov.
/; VanSant to send these funds direct,
I; or why Was it not turned in to the
!; State agent appointed by the Coy
: ernor, asall the other county agents
: have been required to do? Ii Mr..
2 Bowling way was the best, and
: some believe that it really is, be-
: cause the relief would reach it's des-
: tination quicker, why was not all
Of the county agents directed to do
Z likewise? The mere giving of pow
Z err to one agent is something which
|; the other agents have power to in
quire into.
: One of the most drastic measures
ever offered in the legislature is the
z bill reported out by the house COM
Z mittee on railroads, and is special
: order of the house, seeking TO pro-
: tect trade and commerce against un !
= lawful restraints and monopolies
and to prohibit the giving or re-
z ceiving of rebates on the tranSpOr
z tation of property. The bill de-
; clares every combination in the
> form of trust or otherwise, to be
illegal, and any person who shall
5 enter into a combination or conspir-
+ acy is deemed guilty of misdemea-
+ nor punishable by a fine not ex
+ ceeding 5000 or by Imprisonment
= not exceeding one year, or by both
z of said punishments. Every per-
Z son who monopolizes, attempts to
Z monopolize with any other person,
z any part of a trade or commerce of
Z the State, is deemed guilty of a mis-
, demeanor and punishable in the,
: same manner. Any property owneas
5 under any contract or by any COM
: bination, or pursuant to conspiracy
X may be seized and condemned by
K the State according to the law now
+ in force for that purpose. After
Z June Both. 1904, no corporation shall
Z engage in business in this State, or
4 carry on such business unless it
Z shall first file with the secretary of
* State a sworn statement showing
= the amount Of its capitol stock, the
market value of the same, how much
of the stock has been paid in cash
is or otherwise, the names of all of it's
h officers and directors, the amount it
r. has paid in dividends, the rate of
* the percentage of such dividends, a
Y. statement of all stock owned by the
;. company, the amount of its own
r, stock held by other corporations,
" the amount of stock it holds in other
m corporations. Any person, COM
g. pany, who shall enter into a con-
ID tract, combination or conspiracy for
IL the purpose of driving out of bust
D. ness any other person engaged in
10 the same, shall be deemed guilty of
re misdemeanor and be punished by
A. fine of IS, 900 or Imprisonment for
O. one year or both. No corporation
st will be permitted to engage in bus
as mess in this State, majority Of
whose stock is owned by or con-
1e trOled or held in trust for any man.
e. ufacturing or any other corporation
v. which conducts it's business in a
in manner which would be prohibited
asl by the act. All books and records
~ of such corporation shall be snb-
D. ject to inspection by the attorney
err general of the State. The bill makes
1e it unlawful for any person to offer,
err grant or receive and rebate conces-
ut sion or service in respect of the
,e transportation of any property with
I'd in the State by any common carrier,
bit whereby the property shall be
ce transported at a less rate than that
ic named in the tariffs published and
filed by the company. Needless to
6 say that if this bill becomes a law.
We there will be very few trusts at
tempted in this State.