Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-30
ktsE LOOKING OVER NEW FIELD
Commissioners Are Sent Out by Government
Disguised ss Common ssamen.
sLAssow AND IT'S TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Government May Be Compelled to Raise
Rates to Produce Revenue,
CONDITION or BRITISH WOOL TRADE
Expect lower Prices for
the CaIeniai staples as Aus
traIAsia Has Heaviest
CIfp I'm Its History.

ClID In ANH hhstcfss
= GLASGOW, Sept Y-tspecial CsbleSram
The Bee. line Glasgow Herald IN
ptnsction with the report that there is
feiy to be "a recurrence of the hshery
sputes between Newfoundland and the
Id STATES. advances the theory that
rend )of the fishing interests OF the
is " the direction Of the North Pa
~. SAYS the Herald:
Sis now predicted in America that
.1 hin very few years the Goldfish fleet
Puget sound will be large as that
the Gulf of st. Lawrence. This one
y doubt. but strenuous efforts are being
de to develop and improve the curing
d packing Of the Pacific cod. and British
) Columbia is taking part in these efforts.
Moreover. the Japanese are now coming
! 10 the western sesboard of North America
,or supplies of goldfish, and, characterize
4 icsny, the Japanese government have sent
h forth commissioners to serve as common
peamen on board Of the American fishing
boats in order to learn the business
Il conducted by wssterners. The Pacific is
large word. and the Banks OF the Beh-
ring sea and Okhotsk are reputedly
&arger than those of Newfoundland. How
ver that may be. the supremacy OF the
Isle OF Gods and Dogs IL threatened, and
kh Newfoundland fish will never be
yen our of the European markets, it is
aable that tHe era Of Newfoundland
y disputes is over, and that is some
to be thankful for, though the cod
bake the place of the seal as tho
OF International contention in the
rn Pacific"
tenant Dnmant Dand Gunner Cato,
H NJ. s. Spanker, an the outcome of
investigation OF deep-sea diving.
Just descended in a Scottish loch In
suits to the depth or thirty-ffve
bins. or 40 feet. record for the Brit
isles. and probably for the world. al
bugh greater depths are said to have
Zen reached by the pearl divers OF Aus
raiasa- Former records were held by
The employees of Messrs siebe and German,
tonden. who in a patent dress descended
4 10 and iaa feet.
hu.- aIasgew and Teiephsass.
uu Question as to whether the munici-
telsphons system was in reality sue
or a failure continues TO ''agitate
good people of Glasgow" Several
this ago, when the proposal to sell the
vtssgow corporation telephones to the
government was submitted to the town
eounNi for approval. It was claimed that.
even were 1t admitted that the municipal
element was Objectionable. the ssrvios had
Client telephone for the citizens. Mr. James
Alexander enlarged on the reduction Of
rates which he assumed the corporation
system had compelled the National COM
pany to concede, along with the tntroduc-
tion Of the composite system at q figure
which. he declared. must involve con-
:. siderable loss. But now II would seem
tkrom the report of the telephones COM
nittse. presented to the corporation, that
before the transfer is made that Il win
ss necessary 10 revise" the rates which
nave been charged by the corporation. and
10 adapt them to the conditions on which
lhe service will now be carried on. The
new rates will be applicable to all new
subscribers, and existing subscribers will
continue to pay existing rates only until
the termination OF their agreements. In
this case "revise'' obviously means raise -
and II the rates are to be raised by the
government department. It Is. Of course.
because those charged by the corporation
have not been remunerative In other
words, the postmaster general confirms
what has all along been contended. that
the corporation telsphone system was car
Fied on at q dead loss. That loss u esti-
mated at the comparatively small ag-
srsgsts Of $4,000. Had the corporation any
4, right to saddle the rRtspayers in general
National company reduce their rates for
the convenience Of limited number OF
sittssns is the puzxlins question which is
now being asked Of Glasgow economists.
Wool Prices Lower.
The position OF the wool market u rather
remarkable, for while in May last prices
Pulled very high. recent colonial wool sales
have been followed by a general decline.
Consumers seem to be holding back in ex-
bectaton. Of a further reduction. Aus
traia has just completed another remark
ably good wool year. and pastoral pros
poets there are bright The sales in the
Auatralasisn markets In the twelve months
ending June 30 amounted 10 1,s54, SIS bales.
as compared with Lose ,65i bales I'm the pre-
vious year; and the amount realized for
the clip was S9l.500.000 as compared with
bee.000.Ooo The actual exportable produo-
tion. however. seems to have been /. 500, l55
bales. besides. 5000 bales consumed in the
colonies. and It ls estimated that barring
accidents. the wool clip OF all Australasia
in the current year may be 100000 bales.
which ngure has never yet been reached
Nevertheless. such authority on the
subject as Dalgety's Review, points out
that the increase in Australasia is not
oomdensurats with the growth OF the
.wSflds needs for the staple The high
2range Of prices which has prevailed 50 long
n = not indicative Of oversuppiy, however
much the Austrs,aslan actual ana pros
peotivs production may tail to indicate
probability OF dearth. During the last
three years certain descriptions OF wool
have risen as much as 80 per cent Yet
previously Il was thought that wool would
always be cheap.