Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10

questions will. as members of the COM
mittee investigate from these various
points of view, taking into consideration the
facts established by the engineers and
accountants.
No part OF any business Investigated will
escape the attention of the committee.
Having ascertained all about the history of
the various industries, how they were es-
tablished, when special features were
adopted, the effect OF competition and the
general sentiment in regard to the exist
ing system Of ownership and operation. the
next point taken up will be the supervision
OF the municipalities. Under this head
will be investigated the power of NUM-
cipalities to construct their own street
railways. lighting plants, etc; whether
the city can condemn property OF private
systems under eminent domain, and the
power of the particular city in raising
| funds for such undertakings.
Public supervision of private companies
in how far it is successful and wherein 1t
fails: franchises OF private companies,
their duration, forfeiture, fares and trans
fers allowed under them and nature of
service required, and their assignment to
third parties; organization OF the COM
panies, where the responsibility is placed
and how the persons in charge are Sc
lected all these and other questions OF a
similar nature will come under the scrutiny
of the commission.
Further than this, political conditions and
the labor question are to be fully gone into.
Under the first head the main question will
be to determine the measures taken by the
employees to organize their political strength
for the purpose of influencing the conditions
of their employment, and also whether can
didates for ONCE have made promises OF
better wages, etc. The political activity OF
the employers will also be studied, well
as attempts at corruption. In investigating
the labor question the commission will in
quire into the methods of trades unions;
the number of strikes and how they are
settled; the wages of the employees and the
legal and actual hours OF employment. and
| even the methods of furnishing uniforms
to the men will receive attention.
| In fact, the commission intends to make
its work so thorough that its report will be
lasting monument to the progress of civ
ilization, and judging by the composition
of the commission it is not at all doubtful
that it will accomplish its purpose and earn
the lasting gratitude Of it's fellow-Amcri-
cans.
| The members OF the commission are:
| AhsNails, FOuE
railroad, Cincinnati. chairman: Talcott VIII
! liams, editorial writer, the Press, Phila-
J delphia; w. d. Mahon, president Associa-
ton Street Railway Employees, Detroit
Frank j. Goodnow, Columbia university;
, Walton Clark, third vice president the
I United Gas Improvement company, PhiIa-
! delphia: DR.. Albert Shaw. editor Review OF
! Reviews, New York; Edward w. Bemis
superintendent water works, Cleveland
John H. Gray, Northwestern university
Evanston, ILL.,; Walter L. Fisher, secretary
Municipal Voters league Chicago: Timothy
Healy, president International brotherhood
Stationary Firemen. New York: William J
: Clark foreign manager General Electric
company; II. b. F. Mcfarland, president
board OF commissioners. District Of Colum.
bia; Daniel J. Keefe, president international
/ 'Longshoremen's association, Detroit Frank
1 Parsons. president National Public owner,
ship league, Boston; John r. Commons
! University OF Wisconsin; j. w Sullivan
editor Clothing Trades Bulletin. New York
Leo s. Rowe, University OF PENNSYLVANIA
f. ]. McNulty, president international
Brotherhood OF Electric Workers, Wash
ington. d. c.. Albert z. Winchester, genera
superintendent City of South NorwalL
Electric Works: Charles L. Edgar presi
dent the Edison Electric and Illuminating
company Boston; Milo r. Maltbe, fran
chise expert and former editor Municipa
Affairs, New York.-New York Times.