The evening world., 1906-05-22
TIZEN'S ASS OCIA-
TON FORMING TO
FIGHT TRUSTS AT
TEMPT TO y ULLIFY
n COURTS WILL OF
rHE LEGIS LAT URE.

rRE LEGIS LAT URE.
Iignauon Mt the unprecedented
.se OF the Gas Trust in seeking TO
ify in the courts tho so-cent gas
passel by the legislature after
and careful deiiberation has led to
project of forming an association Of
,umers for the protection OF their
Is. The machinery OF the Federal
It's should be no less ut the disposal
he man who sells gas than at the
osni Of corporations that make it
sell II.
IS In New York Is not a luxury as
in other communities. Here it IS
absolute necessity.
10 Evening World has been asked to
in the formation OF a Gas Con-
ters' League Thus far the consun-
who are as vitally interested as the
Trust-have not figured in the legal
.ecd!ngs lookkn< TO the fastening OF
o.lar rate upon New York for all
TO come.
,e Individual consumer can accom-
h little or nothing. but II the con-
ers OF gas unite for their own inter
as the various gas companies have
cd in the interest OF dividends on
erei stock. the processes OF law. as
PRESENT directed by wise corporation
rueys. may DC turned into new chan
~ consumer OF gas Is eligible TO
aoershlp IN the Gas Consumers
guA
hen your May gas bill IS presented
act 20 per cent. from It. and. IN cash.
Ter the remainder 20 tho collector.
sure that you tender the amount in
h, for currency alone IS a legal
ier. INFORM the collector that yoa
wintng 10 pay tho legal rate-So
3 per thousand cubic feet.
hen the money. sufficient TO cover
legal amount OF your gas bill. Is
sed by the collector. make a careful
aorandum OF the time OF the tender
the circumstances attending the
c. Then put away. In a safe place.
precise money refused by the agent
no Gas Trust
iere are more than 10000 con-
ers OF gas IN New York. who. under
law. are entitled 10 rate OF so
IS thousand cubic feet. Banded
ther in the Gas Consumers League.
Inns OF the alleged conspiracy now
foot to evade the law OF the State.
Will be in a position TO procure
notions in blocks OF ten thousand
4 the courts OF New York STATE.
raining the Gas Trust from either
ne out gas metres or shutting or
5 supply.
is an old maxim In the criminal
THE accused Is innocent until!
en- guilty" The weight OF author
civil procedure. according TO deep
ents OF statute law. holds 10 the
a new maxim. "a law is law and
irce until either repealed or declared
institutional"
e So-Cent Gas Law has not been re-
ed. nor have the proceedings insu-
d by the Gas Trust 10 have IL wiped
tho statute books got further than
intermedatory branch OF the State
ts-the Appellate Division OF the
.ene Court Precedent. which is
basis OF all law. requires that the
eedings travel nrst to the Court OF
sais OF tho State. and not until
Hon has beon reached there take
last nnal leap 10 the United States
Is.
eminent members OF tho New York
Association declare that the In
ton tack taken by the Gas Trust
,he Federal courts-an action IN
ously begun n tho name OF tho
tholders OF tho Gas Trusts moth
short OF q gigantic bluft TO scare
public into depr!ying itself OF It's
ueges under the States Rights doc
citing down Co simple iogio-tne
York State Legislature. which is
,oscd OF direct representatives or
HtNPSp Ns NONASoAs hAkcE TWO
ching Investigations into tho cos,
as manufacture. using tho figures
he Gas Trust as n basis for its
ulatons. that the legal rate for the
ter portion OF New York City is
ents per thousand cubic feet.
Their Own Figures Vary.
Belgium tho cost OF ga. produc-
Is II cents thousand cubic feet.
in New York the Gas Trust first
lifted to the Stevens Legislative
Inquiry Committee that tho cost
tas manufacture was ,.5loi per
isand feet, afterward was forced
how on tho face OF It's own figures
ented to the State Gas Commission
It was s.55S5 per thousand cubic
although claiming by the use OF
;ges which had no place in the
nate that the cost OF gas manufac-
was s.12u n thousand cubic feet
be on the safe side, the State Gas
omission reported that tho cost OF
luction to the Gas Trust was s6O75
lousand cubic feet, and upon this
issued its sO-cent order, subse-
ltly woven In tho statute law bv