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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1911 EVENING EDITION. CORPOHAT BUREAU PUB Attorney General Wickersham Submits Annual Report to Congress (By ABBOciatcd Press to Coos Day Times.; WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 19. Pursuing President Tuft's recom mendation thtit na executive bureau bo created to supervise corporations chartered under a federal Incorpora tion act, Attorney General Wlckor sliam, In Ills ruin mil report submitted to Congress suggests that the Uurcnu of Corporations be la'scd to that dig nity, even in tho rbsonce of tho pro posed federal incorporation statute. This branch of tin Department of Commerce nnd Labor the attorney general urges, should bo brought In to closer relation with his depart ment and adds that it might well bo haw, tho Interstate Commerce Com "availed of as the nucleus for nn mission, directed, by order, that a ndmlnlstratlvo board under whoso relation of rates should bo estab- IS OUTLINED Interstate Commerce Commis sion Files Annual Report Suggests Change fBy LTt Marshfield Paint Decorating Co. Estimates MARSHFIELD, Furnlshod Phono MOL Oregon PIN A ll RIO short-haul section under which n T. J. SCAIFE S lUl fl K I nJ I carrier may not chnrgo more for the I p I III Hill II I I Hiiurior imin lur uio longer niuu, uui L liBillllllU that tho railroads may, to any ex tent they please carry out a policy of blanketing the country for tho benefit of the farther points nnd not the nearer points, Is to say that n railroad may, without restraint, ef fect a ruinous discrimination nnd give no Justification save Its own de termination or whim. Tlicro can bo no regulation of rates as to discri mination or preference under such an Interpretation of tho law. "The Commerce court Intimates ssocIated Press to tho Coos Day that tho mlstnko of tho commission rimes.) lis In having nttempted to fix n rela-1 WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 20. - on ol rluC8 "isieati estnuusning' reusumiuie nucs; inu, na wu nnvo A. II. IIODOINS Shnrp Issue Is taken by tho Inter state Commerce Commission with the Commerce Court In the 25th an nual report of tho Commission trans mitted to Congress today. The lssuo Is made principally upon what popularly Is known ns tho "trans-contlnontnl rato cases," In volving freight rates fiom the Atlan tic to Pnclllc coast terminals nnd to Intermediate points. Existing rntcs of tho tiaiiB-conUnental lines from eastern points to 'lntcr-ltocky Moun tain cities nio materially higher than to Pnclllc CoiiBt terminals. In n derision Interpreting tho long-nnd-Bhort-hnul provision of tho present supervision consolidation or mergers for lawful purposes might bo form ed." In enforcing tho Sherman anti trust law, tho attorney general points out that tho Department of Justlco and tho courts aro confronted by lished between the Pnclllc coast and points of origin In five zones, into which tho United States was divid ed. Tho offect of tho order was to ro duco rates to intor-Ilocky Mountain cities and prevent tho railroads -economic, rather than leg il, problems from oxnctng from Bh!ppors tho Pa whon it comes to working cut moth- cIIc coaHt rnt0 ,)Ul8 tho loclll ratc odB of disintegration after a corpo-from pnclflc ConBt tormlnnls to tho ration has been declared an Illegal jntarinGtllatQ points. Tho orders of combination. Tho department on-th(J commlB8lon, on application of listed tho nsslstanco of tho Bureau tno trans-contlnentnl carriers wore of Corporations in tho dls.olutlon of 0njolucd by tho Commorco court tho tobneco trust, and it would bo of nnd tho nmttor ,m8 bco cnrriod, on great vnluo to the lognl branch of in x t0 tho Unltcd stat08 Sllpromo tho government, Mr. Wickersham . court enys, if thd functions of tho bureau In lB roport to congress today, hould bo so enlarged that It could tho commission declares that "It Is bo called upon olllclnlly to mnko n-n wu8to r transportation and thoro vestlgatons and roport lta conclu-, foro CCOnomlcnl and wrong to alonB with respect to plans for tho ninntni n system of tariffs which voluntnry or enforced d slntcgrntlon ;nro oxprufl8iy intended to dovolop tho of monopolistic combinations. I Pnclllc const cities nnd to nrrest tho Tho attorney gonoral rovlows tho development of tho Interior points, record of n year of Intense activity, It , imp0Bslblo to dls-assoclato In fcdoral prosecutions and points tho intormcdlato from tho long dlB olit that tho Department of Justlco tnnco point. Whcthor tho interme flnanclally sustn nod Itself ns tho ro-,dlnto rnt0 ,8 rc80nablo depomH suit of tho contribution of $4,204.- upon whnt rnto ia mati0 to other 115 to tho United States Troasury In ,)olnt8 on uoth Bldes of it, and to por tho Bhnpo of f nos collected, customs mlt tho railroads of this country ta duties recoveries, etc. Tho oxpenso 80oct ,,olnt8 wi,0ro they will and of tho department, including tho of- whoro Uloy wm not compote would lice of tho attornoy general, all of uo intolerable." tho district attorneys and assistants Iu uiacussing tho offect of water mSm W country aggregated COmpotitlon upon rntos tho Commls- 3,Z23,773. iS0n 8ayB tl)nt jt Cnnnot fix a rnto Jn a comprohonslvo roylow- of tho t rom Now York to San Francisco bo-iintl-triiBt prosecutions, tho attorney iow whch tho rati lino shall not go, fionoral bIiowb that tho 17 anti-trust f0r It has no authority to fix a mlnl clvll suits pending nt tho beginning ,, rIlt0. Thoro Ib, thorofore, no of tho last fiscal year woro augment- Wliy i which it can prevent dlscrN d by 0 nddltlonnl actions, whllo tho mlnatlon by tho fixing of nn nbsoluto 11 criminal prosecutions undor tho rato nt San Francisco and another eamo etntuto woro IncrcnBod by 23 absoluto rato nt Rono. It can only more- prosecutions during tho last accomplish this purpoao by prcscrlb llBcnl year. inir M0 ciifrnronco which mar nron- Elght civil sultB nnd n similar' orly 0xlst owing to tho offect of this number of criminal trials woro competition nnd allowing tho carrier brought to conclusion during tho to mnko whntovor rato It boob lit to yoar. In four of the civil prosecu- the more distant point so long as it uuhb juub'uioiuB woro ronuoreu in ia- obsorvos tills dlfforontlal." vor of tho United Statos, whllo threo I Tho report indicates tho desiro of wore lost and ono was discontinued, ahlppora from points in tho intorior Four convictions woro securod until 0f tho country to obtain tho samo tho criminal clnuso of tho Btatuto rates to tho Pacific coast that aro during tho year nnd four ensea woro Ccorded by tho railroads to tholr olthor quashed or dlHcontlnuod. 'compotltora on tho Atlnntle aoa- peclarlng that ho appreciates that i)0lird. Tho ratos aro made tho samo public Interest in tho Sherman nntl- by tho trans-contlnontal linea on tho trust law Is "ovon greater" thnn it Br()Und of mnrkot competition. wuh at tho dnto of his loat report, ..To jUHtiry tl0ir rates from coast tho attornoy gonoral BOt forth tho to coast," says tho roport, "tho roll following ensoa as bolng prosecutod ronda advnnco wntor competition, or.,InMnd,.nB t0.r flnnl ?ott,tjmnt: 'and to justify tho samo rates from "Iho 'powdor trust'; tho 'night lt0rlor points to Pnclllc coast rldor casea; United States Stcol Cor- ,l0intB thoy roly on mnrkot compotl poratloiii cotton corner; alleged tow- t0I, UIU,or wl)cU thoy BjVo lowor ms monopoly, uooi pacKers; Moutli- rtoa from nil tho intorior cities orn Pacific morgor; bituminous coal two-thirds of tho way across tho con comb nation; naval stores ault; tlnent to tho samo coust cities than onin uio irusi iiimuor -trusf; wnll t0 Intor-mountnln points. This is paper comu nauon; eugnr 'trust'; tho kd of discrimination tho Com- trnnB-Atlnntlc Btoamshlp pool, mngn- mission has nttompted to minimize" lno trust'; shoo machinery 'tniBf; Wlillo tho commlBalon recognlzos combination of conl roads: olovntor ti,0 (ull offect 0f water competition ault In Oklahoma, and kindling wood Hpo tH0 ra, ratea it aaya "wo havo t-T i , , ,. i. . ,. . . tho frank admission of tho railroad Lmphnslzlng his satisfaction with managers that thoy havo aubsldlzed tho decrco of tho Now York Circuit 0r bought boiho of tho steamship Court in tho tobneco trust dissolution, Hnos and terrorized others until thoy the attornoy genera ecorea lndopon-lcnn ninko tho boast that tho offect dent tobacco Interasts who havo crit- 0f tll0 BOa haa been noutrallBed.' C wr.th0ip,an f d'8,lntos,ratlon;, , "A railroad policy of rato making Forty-Blx prosecutions for Illegal must certainly bo subject to Umlta- dlierlmlnatlons and robntes wero In-'tions of tho law, or olso thoro Is no fitltutod against railroads during thohlw, To 8ny tuat tUoro ,8 a i0g.and- J'ear. Tho attornoy gonoral urges tho amondment of tho 28-hour law I ks"-vsN' governing tho raflrcmd transDortatlou from a fow months In jail to 10 of live utock by Imposing nn ImprI- years In tho ponltontlnry. uonmont penalty for Its violation. Tho uttornoy genornl nlso recom- The vlgoroua onforconient of tho' mends a general Immunity Btatuto, customs laws, tho attornoy general numerous laws for Alaska and a already pointed out, there Is no way In which tho discrimination found to cxlHt In thoso tnrlffs can bo prevent ed except by fixing a differential, since wo ha"vc no power to establish nn absolute rnto or fix a minimum chrrgo bo'.ow which tho carrier Is not freo to go. "Wo feel Btrongly that water com petition, oven when tho wlde-t rea sonable latltudo is given to the ef fect of market competition, cannot by any possibility Justify n higher rate from Omaha to Reno thnn from Omaha to San Francisco; from St. Pnul to Spokane thnn from St. Paul to Seattle. "Upon the other hand, It should bo noted thnt tho opening of the Pnnn m a canal may so ndd to tho Intensity of thlB water competition nB to call for somo modification of tho conclu sion now reached." The commission holds tho fixing of rcnsonnblo rates to bo a legislative function, not subject to rovlow by the courts. Congress, It Is maintain ed, has delegated that power to tho commission, nnd tho Intimation Is elenr that tho courts, In tho opinion of tho commission hns no power to rovlow such rates ns may havo boon established through tho orders of tho commission In tho transcontinental cases. Tho report declnres that during tho last yoar 052 cases, embodying 507 formal decisions woro disposed of. During tho year 881 formnl com plnlntn woro filed and 12 proceed ings of Inquiry wcro Instituted by tho commission on its own Initiative In addition thoro woro Instituted 43 proceedings of Investigations nnd suspensions of tnrlffs containing pro posed increases nnd rates; 4,325 in formal complaints; 5,653 claims; and 5,723 applications for relief from tho operation of tho long-nnd-short-haul provision. At spsslons of tho commission held In Washington and olBOWhoro 943 hearings woro hold at which nioro thnn 96,000 pnges of testimony wero taken. In tho twelve months ended November 30, 1911, 121,829 tariff publications wero filed, nn nvorago of more than 400 for oach working day. An olabornto discussion Is present ed of tho work of tho Division of In quiry Bhowlng thnt Blnco Decombor 1, 1910, 02 Indictments for criminal violations of tho net to regulnto com morco woro returned. Tho nggro gato of flncB assessed was $214,225. Many Investigations woro made that disclosed practices not of Bulllclont gravity to wnrrant prosecution but of such doubtful proprloty thnt tho commission ordered their disconti nuance. In this connection tho com mission sayB significantly: "It becomes increasingly evident that entire freedom from discrimina tion enn bo secured only by n com ploto separation of tho business of transportation from ovory form of commercial or Induntrlnl enterprises." In conclusion tho commission re commends that tho law bo amon'ded to as to require tolophono, telegraph, and cnblo companies to publish, fllo, nnd post tholr lntorstato tariffs; to mnko tho Elklns net applicable to such companies; thnt transportation compnnles bo required to adopt n systom of uniform classification of freight: to provldo additional safe guards In rnllrond transportation for omployes and tho public; to rollovo tho commission of tho Jurisdiction or tho street railways of tho district of Columbia; to provldo for tho regula tion nnd control of capitalization and sultablo provisions for tho valuation of railway proporty; and thnt a Biilt nblo building bo provided for tho uso of tho commission. One Thing Aboyt Christmas Trees. Is the great dnnger of flro. Bo cry careful this year and In sure with I. S. Kaufman & Co. Wo wrlto correct policies. WANTED!!! JAHPKTS UI'IIOLHTEllINfl AND PIANOS TO CTjEAN. by tho Pneuma tic Clennlng Company. Orders foi work taken ut GOING At 1IAUV1& IMION'E I1)(l City Auto Service Good Cars, Cnrcful Drivers and reaBonnblo charges. Our motto: "Will go nnywhoro nt any tlmo." Stands ninnco Ilotol and Blanco Cigar Store. Day Phonos 78 and 4C. Night Phono 40. ItAItKEIt .M OOODATiK. Proprietor. PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY D it. is. V. wiNuijfiiV Naturopath anil Chiropractor. All chronic diseases trcatod. Consul tation freo. Ofllco hours: 9 to 12 a. m.; 2 to 5 nnd 6 to 8 p. m. Naturopath Instltuto Itooin No. 1. No. 13C Broadway, Marshfield, Ore. rIU G. W. LESLIE, -"' Osteopathic Physician Graduate of tho Amorlcan school ol Osteopathy at Klrksvllle, Mo. Office In Eldorado Blk. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 4; Phono 161-J; Mnrshtlold; Oregon J W. 11ENNKTT, Lawjor. Offlto over Flanagan & Bennett Bnnk Inrshficld Orogon "TMt. J. T. McCOHMAO, Phystclnn and Surgoon Marshfield, Oregon. Jfflco: Lockhart Building, opposite Post Offlto Phone 106-J DIt. A. J. HENDRY'S Modern DenUil Parlors. Wo aro oqulppod to do high claflt work on short notlco nt tho Tory lowest prlcos. Examination froe Lady attendant, Coko building, oppo site Chandler hotel, phono 112-J. CITY FISH MARKET Foot of Market Ave., on Dock FRESH FISH, CLAMS AND CRABS. Fair Prices, Honest Weight and a first-class article, You can all afford to eat fish at our prices, Try them, SMITH & BALCH, Proprietors. PHONE 200J BARGAINS IN IJICYCLES. Fully Guaranteed Wheels nt from 820 Upwards.. Complete lino of Blcyclo supplies, second-hand bicycles for salo. Guns, bicycles, etc., ropnlrod. IIKARY'8 GUN SHOP. E. HANDEL, Trop. No. (107 No. Front 8U Phono 180-R HAND DANCE. MONDAY, De combor 25 Eagles' Hall. Bo there. says, rcniHou lit tho recovery or J2, 'i 20,000 In duties out of which tho covornmont had been defraudod, Tho whlto Blavo traffic act, now n year and n half old, Is having n salu tary effoct, in tho Judgment of Mr, Wickersham. Tho statute was iHlU gently ouforccd throughout tho coun try, ho avers, with most satisfac tory results, Ono hundred nnd forty live prosecutions woro had, result ing In 7G convictions, 14 ncqultals nnd 10 nollo prossed or otherwlso discontinued. Forty-flvo cases aro ponding. Sontonces Imposed ranged 5 , civil service retirement law. Br ate or Ohio, ruv or Toledo, m UVA ClIl'.NTY, J" KrniiV J, CUt'iit!) niHfcMiiiith thilt ho la tenlor piirllu'r til tilt! drill ol V, J. Client) A Co. dolnx (iiulllt a ill the City ntTolmln, County nntl HtHliafcri'mld. ami lliat mid linn will pny Hip kiim ol I INK Ill'NDItKD llOIJ.AIth tor cadi nml omt' (hpo( Cutarrli tluu rmiiiut becureil by e,Ho.HU-.CrH,c-ur.0.jiCiiKs.KYi Ruonito licforo mt anil anbsoilboil In my proMiiiif. tliU'illi i!u o( Doit'iiibor, A I). 1(n1, 1 (Skai.) A.W.OI.KASOS, Notahv rustic Hull' rnlnirli ''urc la taken Internally, ami iietmllrettl) on the blood anil mucous mi rfacos o( thu a)ktem. Somi (or tottmoiilab' froe. If your children are Bubject to at tacks of croup, watch for the first symptom, hoarsonoss. Glvo Chains berlaln'a Cough Romedy nB soon as tho child becomes hoarse and tho at tack mny bo wnrdod off. For Bale Uv all dealers. K ? r.:rawiucJ. 6 m-, .RBBB P mm, W IFfCf T Snow Drift Flour Highest Quality Hop Gold Beer, The new Brew for Chtistmas cheer Phone orders to Coos Bay Eagle Brewing Company, Phone 277. NOTICE FOR 1JIDS FOR COU.VT1 PRINTING, HOSPITAL AND SUPPLIES. Notlco Is hereby given that scald bids will bo recolved by the County Court for each of tho following: 1. Printing County Espouses, bona fldo list, undor oath of ynarly paid up subscriptions as required ry 1vw to bo submitted with nil. 2. Prlutlng Oillcers' reporia urnl no tlccs. 3. Supplies for Poor Farm or Infir mary, including groceries and moats, separate bids tor each. i. Maintenance of County Hospital and enro of County Patients; every thing in connection thorowlth to bo furnished by tho contractor, Includ ing all clothing, board, lodging, nicdi- clno and medical attendance S. Fuel for Court House, including wood and coal, to bo furnlshod In summor of 1912, separate bids for each. All bids to bo filed with tho County Clerk on or boforo the 3rd day of January, 1912, at tho hour of 10 A. M. Tho County Court reservos the right to reject any and all bids for .supplies and maintonanco of Hos pital and award contract or contracts to bidders not tho lowest should tho County Court dcom It for tho best Interest of tho County, and panics to whom bids aro awavdud to tnrer Into wrltton contrnct and furnish bond with good and sufllclimt ture tles In such sum as tho County Court may require within five layj ntter contract is awarded. Dated at tho Court House, Coqiilllo, Oregon, this Sth day of Lpcumber, 1911. JAMES WATSON, A complete new line of FELT SLIPPERS For Ladies, Misses and Children at from 90 certs to $2, Ladies' Fancy Handkerchiefs in Holiday Boxes Ladies' Handbags at from 50 cents to $5,00, Men's Slippers from 75 cents to $2,00, Anew line of hats for men. and boys from $1 to $5, And a store full of other useful articles at bargain prl- H. FINNELL 350 N. Front St. Opposite Royal Theatre. Be Good to Mother This Christmas' Give her a bright, labor saving and economi cal ELEOTRIO FLAT IRON. For Christmas wc make a price of $!L00 for the best kinds. They come at this low price wrapped in hol ly paperneat and attractive. TV They will save her many a wearv sten: will brighten the burden of many a long after noon. She will appreciate it. " Telephone 178. Oregon Power Co. Corner Central and Second STATEMENT OF CONDITION Flanagan Sb Bennett Bank of MARSHFIELD, OREGON At tho closo of business, December 5, 1011. Resources. Loons nnd Discounts J432.312.6S Dnuklng House 60,000.09 Cash and Exchanges 184,486.43 Total , $(150,700.10 Liabilities. Capital Stock paid In 60,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 68,631.67 Deposits 648.267.6J Total ,' 5050,700.10 Condensed Statement '' of tho condition of The First National Bank OF COOS BAY at tho Closo of Buslnoss, Doc. C, 1M1. Resources. ' ' . Loans and Discounts '222,J!!ko Donds, Warrants nnd Securities llillna U. S. Bonds to secure circulation ?, i?94 Renl Estato, Furnlturo and Flxturoa . SJ'Jii i Cash and Sight Exchange 141,131 Total $330,O0e-9 Liabilities. ..nrtnooOO Capital stock paid In 1,H!tI Surplus and undivided profits le nnoOD Circulation, outstanding ,:?og90 Deposits 414,z8 Total $550,000 INTEREST PAID ON TLME AND SAVINGS DEPOSITS . 9 DRESSMAKING GOWNS, SUITS AND REMODELLING. MRS. . BANDEL County Cljrk. 'Phono 19-J, Cor. 4th and Park Ave. Unique PantatogJ DYEING, CLEANING. IJgfoT AND REPAIRING AW " IT AT WORK. ROSS&PiraG"1 5 256 Central avenue