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1 THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1907. T i, i, r- -. 5, I j l I Some Current Opinions on A TRUST-RIDDEN CIT1 Snn Francisco and California nt the Mercy of Extortionist. (San Francisco Chronlclo.) Thd truthfulness of our oxposo of tlio condition of tho commission and vegetable trade In tnis city, which appeared In yesterday's "Chronicle," was speedily made manifest by tho rago of tho extortionist. The con temptible character of many of them was also exhibited by abuse of our commercial editor who, It may be said, had nothing whatever to do with tho expose and threatened as sualts on him, as well as by tho use of the telephone to anonymously abuse us. It was very gratifying. We hasten to say that the condl- tlons In this city aro not unique. On tho contrary, they aro such as pre-, vail in all parts of the United States. Wlillo wo aro making war on a great scale upon tho big trusts, we are be ing eaten up alive by an Infinite mimhpr nf mlnnr onmhlnnHnna nnrl . ii ,i,ii, ..i i., conspiracies which control almost every necessity of life and every kind of service. If thero are three men anywhero wo may assume that two of them aro ln a conspiracy to cinch the third. Some of these combina tions aro based on written agree ments, somo on membership In or ganizations whose rules aro secret. Some agreements aro verbal. Some, possibly, aro based on a mere "un derstanding." All are in successful operation. The existence of all Is self-evident. All aro contrary either to State or to national law. All are very difficult of legal proof. And it is not tho business of the "Chronicle" to prove their existence in legal form. It Is our business to state the facts and leave the matter with tho public. So far as our State . law is concerned it Is made the duty of District Attorneys to "enforce" it. What does that mean? Is the Dis- trlct Attorney to set detectives to genuln0 parceis post. He would work as ho would in a murder case, ,g0 tho malllng umIt to eight or or wait for some "citizen" to swear ,10 pounds At present it Is four to a complaint and be at tho expense 1)0undg Ti1G proposed reform is of hunting tho evidence? As to one very moderatei but it is in the right of our laws tho so-called free- directjont and( if it over-comes the market law It is the specific duty OI,,,osltion 0f the parasitic express of the Harbor Commissioners to en-1 comi,anies it wm give tho American force it. Again, what does tliatpeopie relief fiom numerous vexa mean? Are tho Commissioners to'tIongi 0ur pi imitlve postal facilities wait, as a court waits, for somo i are a scandai i a country which citizen to bo at tho cost of staitlngl. t f ,t weith nnd nrocresslve- ii 1- i nn 1mr r nn due' u ami,, ui mo i."w " diligence through their wharfingers or otners u Know mm, uu m.. " ing n,nit is 11 pounds, in France it new system of submarine signals compiled with? When an adminis- Jg 25 and ln Ge'rmany 110 pounds, ships are provided with leceivers be tratlve board is charged with tho h u d states charge8 18 cents low the water llno on each boj, caro of public propeity It would ft pound for postage on narcel, In wtth electrical gentoptoreeij seem to bo Its duty to know ailirma- Qreat I3rltain it is 1 cents for a lu thG wdter. By means of a dial tively that the propeity is used as ,,ound arcei and 25 cent3 for 11 and telphone leceivers in the pilot the law directs. I pounds anj where within the Islands. I house or on the bridge of : the ) ship. But4 in tho end it will rest with rate t0 Hongkong by the way o -nnecteby wire "waleV tho people, for public sentiment con- bueZf whjcu ls mncx farther than 1Ine( the ben signals can be distinctly trols. If they aie willing to continue frQm New york to the Philippines, I heard by tho navigator, and he is en- to pay 20 cents for canioioupe which cost their dealer 4 cents, and 3 cents a pound for potatoes wnicn ar0 gent by mall at cap rates, cost two-thirds of a cent a pound, or where wo must submit to the ex C cents a pound for grapes which tortlon 0f the express companies, cost 2 cents a pound, or if these are Famllieg aro served with groceries by extremes anything like it, they can ( The aundry COmes and goes do so. The "Chronicle" merely j throllgh tho postofflce. Tho tourist gives them the facts. 'mails his small baggage. In France, As for tho people in tho country , Gennany Swltzerland.lt Is thought who send their produce to commls- j better to serve the welfare of tho sion men in this or any other , peoplo than to heap up big dividends city, It Is for tnem to UJuc. whether they get honest returns or -not. Tho "Chronicle" docs not see v,i r-otnrno nnr does It know the ,...-. j nonovtiiMilnr lot of price ouuuuuuiu. iwwi - , fruit, or whether cartage is Meyer says the parcels post will t ;ourn-nVr"0irapid changes In rail when no cartage Is paid, or whether j compete wlth those overgrown para- roading. the commission men first "sell' it to . g)teg but corapetition cannot be The system is that Invented by themselves and then resell It to some j H,g r4form would save en. I HoNvard I! Tunis a civil engineer one else. These things are hard I to omoug sunlg to the peoplo, but ,t of Baltimore ca 1 47Jeet prove In any particular case. ine ,would cut off the same amount from both endg t0 dlmlnlsU wind resls- Chronlclo" cannot undertake to ithe revenueg of senator Piatt's trust, tance. It is mounted on two trucks prove them in any particular in- nuherto tUe trust has been strong of two tandem wleel aclh sln- nM,-a nm doubtless nonesL and dishonest commission men, but , i.niimm thnt there -we have 'reason iu u. is much dishonesty. But no more hero than elsewhere. A Tidal Power Plant. A plant for compressing air by tho flow of sea water between large tidal basins is tq be built .next spring on the Maine coast near South Thomaston. The compressed air te to be transmitted a considerable dis tance through Pipes and used to onerate quarry machinery, "oliey roads and factories. The i working Jot this plant will be matched with in terest by engineers, .ornaa,hYufyn "tide-mills" are as old as history, a SSnpte to utilize tidal energy on a large scalo have not met with buc cesf. William O. Webster, the de Bicner writes of the forthcoming at tempt follows in Engineering News (New York) as abstracted In the Engineering Magazine (Janu- F "Careful experiments upon a large working model, erected at South Thomaston. last summer, have full) demonstrated tho Peculiar applica tion necessary r the utilization of tho flow between large tidal baJ.n.3 and tho ocean. ,. "At South Thomaston there ha ti dal basin with an area of slightly over a square mile, or 040 acres. The average rise ana " - --.. JnirafQro.1 HJllo 'about SOOOtorS power on the basis of 70 per cent ef ficiency of the compressing appara tus, which should be easily obtained, as tho tests of other plants have given much higher efficiencies. ' At Rockland, Me., there Is suf ficient market for tho available power in tho stono and lime quarries and factories of the country with'in a 20 mile radius. Contrary to tho usually preconceived notions, It Is practicable to transmit compressed air through pipes, long distances, with comparatively slight losses. It has been demonstrated by tho Popp system, In Paris, that tho leakage is very slight, and the four years' experience at Norwich, Conn., shows the leakage to be nil. Hydraullcally compressed air being a perfectly dry gas, the frictional resistance, in good, smooth-coated pipe, is remarkably low, and velocities of 50 to 70 feet a second aro admissible. The cost of "J1'6, llnes ,s not so greatly In excess ?L0lffi?f ?pU?SWSS transformers, etc., Is taken into con- siaoratlon. "There are many tidal basins alone tho coasts of the tomperate zones, between the 40th and 60th parallels of latitude, which uro commercially capable of developing in this manner an Unfailing source of power. More- 'over, this source of power has no dry season ln the sum' and th cut season in the summer, and tho cut ting off of forests docs not affect it. This power can bo made available many miles Inland from the shore at comparatively low cost, and, with tho single exception of lighting, can be turned into useful work In direct competition with electrical power." The Parcels Post. (Portland Oregonlan.) For the first time in years tho United States has a postmaster gen eral who seems to appreciate tho op portunities of his ofllce. The post office department might, under in telligent management such as pre vails ln other countries, become one of the principal means of enlighten ment, nnd nnmfort to the nation, but nlmost tne solo concern of those who . conducted it in recent years has 'been to avlod Infilngement upon the privileges of private greed. Mr. Moier wishes to establish a . . j. nui ...l ness. .Liven in ureai uriuuu, wubioi raUroad lnfluence , strong tho nlall. 2 t d Bverywhere on I the contlnet of Europe small parcels fof trust raagnates. Of course the express companies will continue to oppose the parcels nost. Their graft Is too lucrative to : '. in i ..ra.in iv I D0 given up ituUu. .. ...., . ..,., v, to l.lnnk verv move tQ estabJIsh a parcels post but there Is reason to hope mat it may mi uu able to control tho next congress. Mr. Meyer, speaking for tho American people, will perhaps receive more at tention than Mr. Piatt speaking for his monopoly. IiaFolIctte, For Instance. (Pendleton Tribune.) strange as t may .. -- ...--.---. d dead,y those who believe, or pretend to the cient iro'.ey i u m . Mi. . a- tnnin nvu belief, that President Roosevelt is not nearly so popular as he was a year or two ago, and that he would not be a strong candidate for re-election Thero are those, also.who think La Fottette Is not strong with the com - mon peoplo, that he Is aman who at - x i tempts to pose for popular approva and that the people at large do not fancy his methods ln public affairs But thero was never a greater mis nVo than this assumntion. As one proof if evidence were necessary, turn 'the first of October, 1907, all laun i t, nia crtianrin in Pnnnnvi vonia ! a rv wnrk will be nlaced on a cash the other night when the master of ' basis. Thanking you for past busl ceremonles at large gathering where j nesa and soliciting continuance of T.nTTViiioHn vim tho chief sneaker op- tho samo. ' Signed. ened tho program by notifying the Live Topics senator that ho must not introduce political questions ln tho courso, of his address, but when that part of his speech was reached whore it was cus tomary to refer to certain votes on tho celebrated railroad rate question, the presiding officer Interrupted him with the statement that he must not proceed further along that line. The result was an immediate ap peal to the audience, which with practical unanimity demanded that he proceed and an adjournment was had to a street corner where the thousands heard with enthusiasm what he had to say. Those who think tho American people want any temporizing with the great questions of railroad regulation and curtailing within a reasonable bounds of the power of the trusts, or that they will tolerate it, had as well recognize the fact that the trimmers will have to go. The Big Stick was never more pop ular than today and a wielder of it will be demanded as the occupant of tho presidential office for the next four years, preferably Roosevelt, or, If not, then Taft, Hughes or LaFol letto. The people will tolerate no back ward step and certain politicians will have but themselves to blame if they mistake the trend of the times. Safety Appliances nt Sen. Despite tho fact that the great size and power of transatlantic ships and the habit of following tho same tracks ln voyaging from points of de arture to points of destination have greatly decreased the risks of life at sea, at the same time the long rec ord of wrecks, accompanied by more or less loss of life, which is made up annually, proves that If the dangers of the sea have been diminished they have not yet by any means been eli minated. A very much heavier vol ume of traffic and a- much larger number of voyagers are carried to sea than was ever before the case, hence when disasters' do occur a very much larger number of people and a vastly greater money value aro im periled than has ever been the case heitofore. I In order to overcome this risk which the navigator Is exposed ln fog and thick weather a system of sub marine signals has been Invented and has been quite extensively adopted, which, If it pioves to bo all claimed for It, piomlses to relieve the prox imity of treacherous coasts of much of their risk. The submarine signal ing device consists of a bell sub merged near the entrance to a port. Tho bells are automatically struck so that each bell gives a distinct and Rnnnrnto r.n(R sicnal As is wen - i - .-;,, i ! X ?er and" Inder the allien to ascertain uy "'""'' "'"" t J"" o Mm sound comes ana the appr mate distance of tho bell. As each bell strikes a peculiar signal, accord ing to a published code, it Is possible to determine by listening to tho sounds just what particular bell Is heard. This, of course, Is Impoitant where several submarine bells are lo cated in close proximity to one an other. Mono-Rniluity. Formal announcement was made nf n nrnnosal to build a four-track elevated mono-railway between New ark and Jersey City. The necessary ,canital has b,een obtained to finance .the undertaking, whlch.lt Is pre- rHMori hv Tlanld Transit Commls- - . - - . - -, . . ... rove the The sin are iiuubcu u v-.: gle rail car Is hold securely in an upright position by what Is called tho equilibrium device at the top. Supported above the car by Iron vents on each sldo of tho track are two small L-shaped rails about 30 Inches apart. On these rails run ball bearing guide wheels attached to the ends of X-shaped trucks which sur mount a long ladder-like trolley pole arrangement at each end of tho car. The ball bearing guide wheels also conduct the electric power from the iwn T-shnned rails to the motor. This device in addition to the insur- Mng absoluto equilibrium aoes awuy, lr ia iin i iiii'ii. n ilii.liiu iikburfv -- A Vrnv Insecticide, Chloride of borlum, it is claimed, has recently been proved to be the t i i.i ttinAtlnldo lrnnwn. , ; h nroner nron0rtions. It is , fataJ t0 aimost all kinds of insects, 1 yet Injurious neither to man nor t". . it io rfoi-v o nwlv. some- , mm. -- 'd - to"tako et. me3 requirn.b feet. Notice. -To our patrons, commencing Coos Bay Steam Laundry. $$$$$$$$$$$$$0$$$ li Victor Did you ever get a prize package Talking Machine and you saw the name VICTOR stamped in the metal plate on the front? No. EDISON or COLUMBIA? 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