The independent., 1905-06-08
JUNE s. 1905
IN THE WORLD OF PROGRESS

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growth during the next ten years is indicated.
The record of these companies shows that their
insurance in force, their assets and their in
comes have more than doubled each decade. In
1918 then there will be 800 100000 in insurance
iii force half billion in invested securities ana
5000. 900 900 of annual income in single company,
with two others running up closely. Such vast
accumulations are regarded cOvetously by pro-
noting fnanciers. They seek their control, and
there is danger in that control il secured. II IN
the hands of few, the possibilities will be sim
lister enough. Diffused or divided among many
companies, control for improper purposes will be
made difficult halt should be called. And It
can be obtained by limiting the amount OF insur-
ance company may write. All OF these sug-
gestions should be converted into law by congress
and national supervision should supplement that
Of the state-Brooklyn Eagle.
Now that Rojestvenskys feet has been wiped
out the navy department at Toxic sees nothing
to gain by concealing any OF its naval osses since
the war began. Except for three torpedo-boats
sunk in this last battle in the Korean Straits,
practically all losses are to be charged to the
blockade of Port Arthur Not single large Japa-
nese vessel has been destroyed by Russian gun
Japanese losses
the Hatsuse and Yashima both sunk in May,
1904; three protected cruisers the Sci Yam, Yo-
shino and Takasago; two small unprotected cruis-
ers, the Miyako and Kaimon; two gunboats and
half dozen torpedo-boats and destroyers. The
be ttle-ship Mikasa, which had been unOfhclally
reported foundered, was in the forefront OF the
fighting off Tsu Island With the Russian vessels
captured and fit for service after repairs the
Japanese navy today is only shade less formid-s
,1ov, +hn fret y11n0 0f q wal
was fired Thirteen Russian battleships have
been sunk or captured. The Tsarevtch, crippled
sought refuge last August at Kiaoehou. Seven
teen cruisers and ironclads and more than score
OF torpedo boats and destroyers have been sunk
or put out of action. Russia, not Spain, to use
Dooley's cruelty humorous words, now has lie
greatest submarine navy in the world.
The one source of power bestowed by nature
on the prairie farms of the country has hereto
fore proved largely unavailable because of the
danger involved to machinery in permitting wind
mills to run during heavy storms For new in
vention it is claimed it will transmit power not
exceeding predetermined limit, no matter how
strong wind is blowing. This new windmill has
two wind wheels, with sails oppositely inclined, so
they will run in opposite directions. AS the ve-
locity of the wind increases the wind wheels are
tilted upward, thus modifying the force of the
wind on the sails. The shaft of the inner wind
wheel is hollow and revolves the shaft of the
outer Wheel and the bracket in which the shafts
are mounted has universal joint connection with
the windmill standard, an adjustable counter
weight balancing the weight of the wind wheels
The shafts carry bevel gears at their inner ends
that of the inner wind wheel engaging the upper
teeth of the power wheel, while the gear attached
to the shaft of the outer wind wheel engages the
lower teeth of the power wheel. Consequently, a.
though the wind wheels turn in opposite direc-
tions they both act together in driving the power
shaft in the same direction blade or sail lying
adjacent to and below the level of the wind wheels
forms the vane of the mill, which occupies a
plane normally transverse to the direction Of the
wind AS the strength of the wind increases the
wind wheels rise because of the pressure against
this vane and the wheels then rotate at an acute