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HOW THOUSANDS OF POUNDS
Men's Straw ami Summer Hats
ARE SAVED THE PEOPLE OF
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SHOWING THE MUNIFICENT BENEFITS RESULTING IN ENGLAND WHERE
PUBLIC UTILITIES ARE DIRECTLY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
GOVERNMENT. IN SOME OF THE CITIES THE GAS PLANTS ARE OWNED
BY PRIVATE CORPORATIONS BUT SUCH IS THE WORKINGS OF THE
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL THAT FEAR OF PUNISHMENT
EFFECTUALLY " REMOVES ANY POSSIBILITY OF IMPOSITION ON THE
PEOPLE
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x Municipal operations of public util
ities In Great Britain, as observed by
a committee of experts sent abroad
last year by the National Civic Fed
oration, Is treated at length in a ser
ies of roviews by members of the
committee, which were made public
today. Theso roviews of the ex
ports' reports, written by Milow 11.
Maltbie, Wilton Claik, vice-president
of the United Ga3 Improvement Com
pany of Philadelphia, and Charles L.
"Edgar, President of the Edbon Elec
tric & Illuminating Company of Bos
ton, are divided in opinion as to the
success of the undertakings as a
whole. Mr. Maltbie, is one of the
membeis of the newly created Public
Service Commission of Creator New
York. This body has tho widest
powors and the greatest responsibili
ties of any commission to which the
regulation of corporations has been
ontrusted, up to this time, In the
United States. Mr. Maltbie spent
six months In Great Britain super
vising the work of the expert ac
countants and engineers. He sas
that municipal operation of public
utilities in Great Britain has passed
tho experimental stago. Ho declares
that the gas and electric plants oper
ated by municipalities, generally give
a supoilor service at a relatively low
er cost, as compared with the pri
vately owned companies. By far the
most Interesting part of Mr. Maltbie's
conclusion, however, is that actual
ownership and operation is nqt neces
sary for tho success of tho municipal
ownership idea. He says that tho
power to operate, If necessary or de
sirable, In many instances, has been
as effective as actual operation that
tho mero fact that a city has tho pow
er to step In and operate an under
taking Itself often makes the exercise
of this power unnecessary. "It has
been found In Great Britain that no
system of control or regulatldn Is
complete without tho power In the
hands of the municipalities to pur
chase and operate," says Mr. Malt
blo. "If ono company may be suc
ceeded only by another or only
hedgod about by restrictions, there
como times when action, not repres
sion, Is' wanted, and then no r'eruedy
Is adequato unless It bo the power of
)mj ,hn piv tof,ten,inflnd pnerato tho un
dertaking Itself . But tho me'ro fact
that It has the power often makes its
exorcise unnecessary, and what tho
Britisher deslros Is not tho universal
adoption of somo method of produc
ing results, but . the , results them
selves. '
"In tho following analysis of tho
results of public and private manage
ment it should be homo in mind that
such a comparison Is not a compari
son of municipal with private opera
tion subject to no restraining force,
but with private oporation under
systems of regulation which aro
claimed to bo tho host which have
yet boon delsod In Gieut Britain and
with private management that has
boon chastened and botterod by tho
fear of public condemnation, bo tho
rcstialnt of govornmont regulation
and tho possibility of municipaliza
tion. Thus tho low price at which
gas Is supplied by tho Sheffield com
pany Is largoly the result of tho
avowod determination of tho men In
control to head off municipalization.
If municipal operation had not boon n
posslblo alternative looming above
tho horizon, It Is Ukoly'that oven now
tho consumers would bo paying very
much higher rates; and tho present
low rate so far as the aro duo to tho
dosiro to provont municipal operation
should bo counted as ono of Its direct
results."
fho reasons that havo led to Brit
ish municlpallzptlon, Mr. Maltbo
finds, nro many, First among thorn
although not tho most general nor
the most Important, Is tho desire to
secure for tho public tho financial
profits of tho undertakings. Second
there Is tho dosiro to keop tho city
from bolng mulcted by a prlvato com
pany and third, tho general demand
for bottor service at lowor rates. Ho
montions also, a fourth cause, which
has plnyod a prominent part in tho
Unltod States, and which Is not un
known In Grent nr'tnln, namely, op
position of privately ojiorated public
utilities companies toitho welfare. q(
tho city. A fifth factor has boon tho
jliqMjiut, municipal operation would CqUaj to about onorquartor pf tho en-
permit .tho co-ordination of public tiro capacity, whorenB.only ono prU
Borvlcoa In a way that is not possible vato company has a water gas plant
whoro different services are operated and It cannot produce moro than ono-
by pilvate companies.
Messrs. Edgar and Clark favor
sonic form of regulation of private
companies rather than the adoption
of the municipal ownership Idea.
They declare It to be plainly proven
that municipal ownership is produc
tive of many and serious ills with lit
tle or no compensating good. They
hold that the solution of present diffl
is to be found, not in municipal own
ership and operation of public utili
ties, but in the election of municipal
officers who will protect the governed
against lnjustlco on tho part of Indi
viduals or corporations.
British (.'as Lighting.
Tho gas plants examined by the
Investigating Committee " "
mission were those condu
municipalities of Birming
gow, Manchester and Lei
by prjvato companies at S
Newcastle and Gateshead
and tho South Metropollta
of London. On the Important sub
ject of maintenance of plants, etc.,
Mr. Maltbie says that during last
year every municipality set aside out
of earnings a larger total to maintain
or extend the plant or wipe out in
debtedness than did any prlvato com
pany. As to the price of gas to the
consumer, Mr. Maltbie points out that
tho private company at Sheffield Is
able to buy good gas and coke mak
ing coal at a lower price than any
other company or municipality and
finds a market for Its coke at its very
door in which It receives more per
ton than any other undertaking save
ono; and that it sold its by-products
for more than tho cost of Its coal, oil
and other supplies, making profit
thereon of 2.13d. per thousand cubic
feot of gas soldi No other under
taking was so fortunate, and a com
parison as regards prices and costs
between Sheffield and any other plant
not so well situated would be mis
leading and unfair.
In order to reduce 'the undertak
ings to a fair basis of comparison,
says Mr. Maltbie, suppose we assume
that thei residuals, paid tho cqst,of gas
materials in every plant. To deter
mine what the, price of gas would
have been under "eqiial conditions,
it Is necessary to subtract the net
cost of'coaltfrom tho average price
at which gas was sold during the
year. It has already been pointed
out that certain deductions should
also be made to equalize charges for
maintenance, rates and taxes, con
trlbutibns to the public 'funds, ptc.
Making these deductions, It is' found
that tho averngo price at which gas
could havo been sold by the muni
cipal plants would havo been lG.84d.
per thousand feet and the private
companies 21.31d. provided that
residuals had just paid for gas ma
terials, that the same amount -(7.50d.
por thousand) hnd been spent by
each plant for maintenance, depreci
ation and taxes, that nothing had
beon paid to relievo taxation, and
that all plants wore on an eqnallty In
theso regards.
In operating -expenses there Is not
much difference between the muni
cipal and private plants, the differ
ences In expenses being confined to
Interest, dividends and credit balance,
and In theso Items ho finds the muni
cipalities superior In that their
charges therefor average only 3.31d
per thousand, while tho prlvato com
panies' expenditures for tho same
purpose avorago 7.5 3d., two and one
third times as milch. This condition
ho finds to bo duo to tho higher rato
of intorest and profit, and the greator
amount of liabilities of tho private
plants.
Character of Service.
Price without regard to quality, Is
a tale holf told, says Mr. Maltblo, and
tho most Important oloment In qual
ity Is continuity of supply. All of
tho undertakings examined, ho sets
forth, havo a good rocord in this re
spect, and barring tho fow accidents
which happen In all plants, gas has
beon continuously furnished In all
plants, both by tho companies and tho
cities. He finds, howovor, that tho
municipalities aro bottor prepared to
furnish an uninterrupted supply dur
ing a Btrlko than tho prlvato com
panies for theso have carburettod
water gas plants, with a capacity
tenth of tho total output. The qual
ity of the gas Itself, that is its caudle
power, Mr. Maltbie finds to be super
ior In the municipal plants, according
to the official reports. Tho charge
was made, however, that the tests
wero not fair, In that the municlpll-
Itles tested their own gas, while that
of the companies was tested by an
official examiner not connected with
the companies. Mr. Maltbie de
clares, however, that Investigation
that so far as the Independence and
reliability and 'accuracy of tho per
sons making the tests of candle pow
er are concerned, there is no differ
ence between the companies and the
municipalities, except possibly Leices
ter nml there, the allowance would
r. Maltbie
h greater
undertak-
... .... clpal gas
plants, the loss due to leakage and
gas used at work was 6.95 per cent,
of the gas made and the companies
S.17 per cent. The amount per mile
of mains was 359 thousand cubic feet
for all municipalities and 489 thous
and feet for all companies, a still
greator difference, which" Is due again
to the larger number of miles of
mains which the municipalities have.
The difference between all the muni
cipalities and all the companies is
more than the difference between the
four municipalities and the three
companies a fact which goes to
show that the municipal plants select
ed for extensive examination are not
the only good instances of municipal
operation.
Progress.
Discussing progress and the Intro
duction of now inventions, Mr. Malt
bie's view Is that the municipal plants
aro as modern, as efficient, and as
fully up-to-date as tho company un
dertakings. It has also been shown
he declares, that the municipal plants
yield good results, viewed from the
standpoint" of operating efficiency.
He also gives it as his opinion that
the encouragoment given to the pro
duction of new inventions and the
discovery pf new processes by a prob
able demand for them, is certainly as
preat under municipal operation as
under private1 management, for if
municipalities are as free and eager
to adopt improved methods, and In
ventions as we havo seen them to bo,
there will be as great a demand as
whoro prlvato companies are In com
plete control of public utilities. In
directly, also, the municipalities have
encouraged Inventive genius by tak
ing the samo position that has been
adopted by tho best companies. For
examplo, the engineer of the Leices
ter works, Mr. Colsom, who has in
vented a number of dovlces and per
fected soveral new processes, works
under an agreement with the munlcl-
parlty, whereby all royalties from his
invontions and discovorlcs belong to
him personally, except whon used by
the Leicester undertaking, which has
tho prlvllego of adopting his Inven
tions and discoveries without paying
the royalty ho would ordinarily re
ceive. As a result of the adoption of
this or a similar policy, a number of
invontions havo been made by the
englneors of municipal plants fully
as'many ns by those In private under
takings. Electricity Supply.
Tho electric lighting plants Inves
tigated by the Civic Federation Com
mission wore the municipal ones at
Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, nnd
tho Borough of St. Pnncrns, London,
and those operated by the Newcastle
Supply Co., tho Newcastle District
Company and the four London com
panies the City of London, West
minister, St. James and Central.
Charges by tho municipal plants were
moro economical, according to Mr.
Maltblo, tho cities charging ,529d.
por unit less than chargod by tho prl
vato companies. As to efficiency of
sorvlco, there was no difference be
tween tho municipal and the company
undertakings, ns regards tho prompt
ness with which current was turned
on and complaints attended to, the
convenience of tho location of offices,
tho testing of moters, tho restoration
of paving after streets were opened,
the care given td streot work gener-
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One-Third ff Coining WeeSs
There will be a general clearance the coming weak in Men's Straw and Summer
Hats. The savings offered during this sale are such that no man in need of an extra
hat, during the warm weather, can thoughtlessly pass up.
Among the lot are Sailors, Panamas, Crash Hats, Serges, etc. All of them are
good values at the reg ular price take our word for it and when you are offered
them at the discount that prevails the coming week, you are, indeed, geeting a big
bargain. The entire week, all
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TAILORED MADE SUITS
There is a class of men who are difficult to fit, and they require a suit made to
their exact measurement. Then there is another class who, seemingly from birth,
prefer a tailor-made suit to one ready made.
For these two classes, we have taken the agency for two of the best tailoring
houses in tha country Mark G. Harris, Chicago, and the International of New York
and Berlin. The work these two houses turn out is simply beyond criticism, and the
materials that go into the garments are of the very highest grade.
Take the Mark G. Harris Front, Shoulder and Sleeve Head, it is one of the great
est triumps in present-day tailoring. It gives your coat a shape and hang that no
tailor can bring out, and, although you pay $17.50 or $40 for a Mark G. Harris tailor
made suit, the same sleeve head and pains-taking work is put into it.
We are now making suits for the most prominent men in North Bend, Marshfield
and Coquille, and everyone of them have assured us of their permanent trade so
well pleased are they with the work.
The fall samples are now here. Among them are some of the prettiest and snap
piest patterns evershown for Fall and Winter. Let us show them to you.
SOROSIS SHOES
The trade we are getting on Sorosis Shoes is something immense for a district with
a population such as Coos Bay. The women have long since realized the durability
of Sorosis, and for comfort they have no rival.
Take the Sorosis Shoe we sell at $3.50, we will put them up against any $4.50
ladies' shoe in the country, andtif it does not give an equal service and more comfort,
let us know, and we will make mou a present of a pair.
Then, concerning our $4 Sorpsis Shoes. Theseshoes we will put side by side any
day with Cousins, Hanan, Lairfl or any other brafid that sells around $5 and $6, and
demonstrate to you conclusively that Sorosis aj?$4, is a far superior shoe, and pos
sesses much more snap and true shoe comfort
If these facts were not so, We could not afford to sell Sorosis shoes and give to our
customers a guarantee like the above. Buwe are on Coos Bay to stay, to build up
a large clientele of satisfied customers, antfif the selling of, the best and most popular
brands, together with low pric
attained tne honor of being
Oregon.
Wash
There is undoubtedly a grea
weeK. tvery piece of summc
pronounced, that it will oav v
months to come. Read the foil
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trading center of Coos Bay and Southern
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Savings
the Wash Goods Section the nnminn
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anticipation Of votir needs fnr mnnv
There are many more just as good, that
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dtjc to 45c wash l-abrics, in beautiful organdies, lawns ,ancf
mercerised effects, so the cominsr wp.pM. var-H
50c Wash Fabrics in handsome mercerised effects,"
lawns, organdies, etc., all so, vard
65c and 75c Silk and Mercerised Cotton Fabrics", "in'plain" and
fancy floral designs, yard
printed1
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35c
47c
65c Silk Pongee Suiting 30c
This handsome Pongee Suiting should certainly move out with a rush the comina
week. Think of buying a material like this for 30c. It makes up beautiful? Mnto
summer dresses, skirts and shirt-waist suits. Colors are light utJdUl,ru,y "F
blue, grey and tan. Yard . JUc
Ladies' Tailored Shirts
Some very pronounced savings will be given on all tailored skirts for the cominq
week. These skirts are this season's styles, and represent the newest and prettiest
patterns or tne season.
$6 to $8 Tailored Skirts, choice ;.; 4.98.
$9 to $12.50 Tailored Skirts, choice ' 7.25,
$1 fuiti-5Cher! j!:1!: I" .Vi!ib! Ch!C.kS d"strip"ed 345'
ll Ladies' Wrappers
$1.25 Ladies' Wrappers, all sizes, choice only 95c;
Short Kimonos
85c to $1 Short Kimonos, choice 50c
$2 to $2.25 Short Kimonos, choice, each 1,25 '
C005,fiAVS GREATEST STORE.
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