The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-28
Rv Ex-AIabamian. .

New York, April 27 .--There is at present a bill before the New York Legislature which many have declared to be more important from nationai standpoint than any before the ias. Congress It is the Public Utiiities bilI. by which Governor Hughes hopes to control corporations. Other States have directed a scattering fire at cor rof ations--they have passed twoceht fa,e bills, anti-pass bills and legisla- tor of one kind and another none or which sought to remedy more than one evil at time. governor HushsS in his measure has tried to cover all points and lawyers and others who hpve examined the bill say that he has succeeded.
 1t has been asserted that If the bill is passed New York will have an end of all watered stock, high finance mer- gers, rebates, overcharging Tor gas, electricity and transportation, need- less overcrowding on street cars, all railroad accidents due to lack of safety devices, all partiality to favored ship. rers, all illegitimate passes, and all sporadic attacks on legitimate corpor- atet activities which are disturbing 10 business"
 If this is not true then 1t is declared New York's citizens will know that they cannot find ten honest and capa- bIe public servants for $10.o00 a year each, and that the State of our politi- cal morals Is such that reform Is im- possible"
 To execute the law the Governor provides for two commissions or nve members each One of teh commissions will have jurisdiction in the metro politan district-New York City and the other upstate. The members are to be appointed by the Governor and are removable by him. the Legisla- lure having nothing to do with them.
 Of course, there is opposition to the bill Wall street is fighting 1t hard on the ground that there Is no court review clause. The answer of the Governor is that the consultation fur nishes a remedy at law to all those who have a legitimate grievance ana that a court review clause in this meas ure would be superfuous. The graft ing politicians object to the Governor appointing the commissions and par ticularly to the clause giving him the power to recover them.
 New York's Innards Trouble Them.
 Attribute it to bad food fast living or what you like it is fact that considerable proportion of the popula- ton of New York is suffering from stomach complaints of some kind and another. Six men who have known
  together in months, which Is one of the delights of living in New York, for you may have friend here and yet be as far away from him as if you lived in South Africa--went out to din- aer together. When it came to or- dering it was found that each man was on a diat, forced to 1t by indiges- ton. Singularly enough, each man was eating practically the same food some kind of fruit and little warm milk for breakfast, warm milk for lunch and meat with two vegetables for dinner. Each carried around with him list of so-callei deadly" veg etables including potatoes. peas, as- paragus, Rostcn beans, tomatoes and one or two others. And stranger still. all had been under /the care of the same physician for two years and no one of them knew that any of his five friends was under the same specialist.
 While hundreds are under the care of physicians thousands of others are seeking relief through patent medi- cines and what has come to be known as "reformedr food. The most popu- lar purveyors of reformed food are the physical culture restaurants. In these restaurants no meats are served-only a vegetable diet Five years ago there was only one physical culture restau- rant in the city and now there are a large number. Some of the favorite dishes are pea soup, steamed hominy, steamed oats and steamed barley. There are things on the physical cul- ture bill of fare that seem to be imi- tations of meat because of the names given to them. Mock chicken outlet Is one of them. It. of course. has no chicken in 1t but consists principally