. The National Civic Federation review . to the Leplatures of the various States for passage. Subsequently at a conference called especiallyconsider this subject, held on the 13th of Septemb1909,, in the City of Chicago, under the auspicesthe American Bankers Association (there being prent representatives of the most important interestafter a careful explanation of the provisions of 1bill by Francis B. James, Esq., Chairman of the C<mittee on Commercial Law, the Conference urnmously endorsed the Uniform Bills of Lading Act. We come now to a subject which will probapresent greater difficulti
. The National Civic Federation review . to the Leplatures of the various States for passage. Subsequently at a conference called especiallyconsider this subject, held on the 13th of Septemb1909,, in the City of Chicago, under the auspicesthe American Bankers Association (there being prent representatives of the most important interestafter a careful explanation of the provisions of 1bill by Francis B. James, Esq., Chairman of the C<mittee on Commercial Law, the Conference urnmously endorsed the Uniform Bills of Lading Act. We come now to a subject which will probapresent greater difficulties than any of the other ato which I have referred, and which may take yeof effort before it Is perfected in the form that sibe accepted by all of the States. I refer to a Uniform Incorporation Law. A draft of a Uniform Incorporation Law has bprepared and Is now In the hands of a standingmittee under the chairmanship of John C. RichluEsq., of Chicago, which it is hoped will be complo March i, 1910 The National Civic Federation Review 9. SOME OF THE SPEAKERS AT THE TENTH ANNUAL MEETING, NEW YORK, AND THE UNIFORM STATE LEGIS-LATION CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON. IO The National Civic Federation Review March i, and ready for submission in a reasonable time. Thissubject presents difficulties of so many kinds that atfirst it seems almost hopeless to obtain uniformity inrelation to it. It has engaged the attention of thebest minds both in and out of the profession, and ajust solution must be obtained and accepted at theperil of our cherished institutions. The injustice arising under existing conditions tothose who are entrusted with the management ofcorporate property, to those whose capital is investedtherein, and to the wage earners whose livelihooddepends upon such corporations, under existing condi-tions are becoming less and less tolerable. A tem-perate, patient and impartial examination of the vari-ous difficulties in the way of obtaining a reasonableuniform law it is hoped will bring
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