Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-20
Illinois Corporations Must Pay
For Delay in Filing Their
Statements
FOR TRIVIAL oFFENsE
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! Chicago. Feb. Coalitions of dollars
will be demanded of Illinois corpora
tons in fines under the anti trust laws,
| which We're declared constitutional by
| the Illinois Supreme court on Wednes-
day.
! The issue passed en- in the case
against the Butler Street Foundry and
Iron Company, on which the decision
of the court was based, is involved in
Ago other cases which have been pend
ling in the circuit court since the attor-
neys for the state and for the corpora
| tions decided to make q test Of the law
in the Butler case.
These suits were commenced in June,
1902, and at that time the corporations
attacked were sued for the recovery of
$50 fines for each of the 1913 days which,
up to then, had elapsed since they had
failed TO file with the secretary of state
affidavits declaring that they were not
in trust.
OFT, who prosecuted the cases in the
lower court and carried The Butler case
to the supreme court. will call UP these
suits early next week. With the eX-
ception of Sev'enty cases. in which other
stipulationss We're made months ago.
each corporation will be asked to pay
fines aggregating $3.50. which were
alleged to be due from .hem when the
CASES were started. They may be sued
again to recover fines of $50 a day for
every day that has elapsed since the
commencement of the suits.
In addition to the corporations
against which suits are pending, there
are said to be hundreds of others,
which. on the advice of their attorneys,
declined to make affidavits as required
by the law. These may also be COM
PEELED either promptly to comply with
the law or be held liable to a fine of $50
for every day they delay making such
affidavits.
1t is probable that all corporations
who have not filed such affidavits will
at once file them. AT least they We're
advised to do so by Attorney Adolph
Moses in the Corporation Reporter yes
ion of the supreme court, Mr.. Moses
declared that it would be unwise for
corporations to delay longer in making
affidavits that they are not members OF
t. trust.
Mr.. Moses declared that motion for
n rehearing before the supreme court
would undoubtedly be made in the case
decided. and failing in that, the attor-
ney would carry the matter to the SUI
IRENE court of the United States,
where reversal might be secured. The
attorney said this would take years,
and that the corporations had better
comply with the law at the expense OF
81 a year in fees rather than take
chances on q final decision by the SUI
preme court of the United States that
would make them liable tc a fine of $50
a day.
The secretary of state probably will
have a gold mine in his office between
now and March i. not only from the
81 fees which will accompany these
affidavits. but in the efforts of over 3d.
900 corporations whose charters were
wiped out to secure the reinstatement
of these charters. Thsse can be REIN
stated by the payment by the corpora
ton of $40 to the secretary of state
before March 1 next.
The provision of the law under which
the charters wsre forfeited is also I'M
der attack in the supreme court. and
the attorneys attacking it expected a
decision on Wednesday. 1t did not
come, and now they despair of having a
ruling before March /. altho an effort
hai, ~ do n