The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-29

New 4Ork l3 89pSANB not oue Oue many examples of the decided change that Is taking place In the attitude of big corporations on the subject of pub lie control and also in regard to giv- ing publicity to their affairs for Hnic Governor Hughes has been .contenaing.
 Following the example of the Steel Corporation in making public q com plete report of its financial condition and the declaration of its virtual head in favor of the policy of public regu- lation, the greatest public utility coz poration in the world. the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. in It's annual report just issued, takes a sitnilar atand on both of these sub ieets.
 As is we'll known this is the control ling company of. all the Bell telephone interests with their total capitalization of over half a billion dollars. Speak ing of the failure of telephone com petition this oficial ,utterance of the company declares that the contention is a rsasonabIe one and adds that there ia no objection to such control if it i1 "independent, intelligent. consider ate. thorough and just" recognizing as does the Interstate Commerce Coninip- sion in its report recently issued, that capital and enterprise are entitled to fair reward
 
 dorsenent of Governor Hughes reccm- naendations to the Legislature of this state. The big telephone company has also taken up the idea of a physical valuation of property as an essential to intelligent public eonttel. and has had an appraisal made of the plants Tn all its subsidiary ccmpaniss as a re- suit of which it appears that these are worth 934, 100000 more than they are capitslized at.
 with the three leading corporations in the countryside Steel Trust the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Pennsylvania Rail- road. in line for public control and publicity of accounts that policy has gained powerful frienAs in the guar ter where it was least expected.
 The greatest bag of game birds on record has been made not by New York sportsmep but by the members of New York's fish and game commits sion.
 This famous bag totalled more than 17.oOo birds of which t5,e20 were plov- CT of the lap wing variety, 2.t72 gold en blower and eight ruHed grouse. more indeed than the famous sage of Princeton. Grover Cleveland. has eyer been able to kill in spite of his we'll known sport loving proclivities..
 These birds which were seized in a cold storage plant. where the wardens were forced to work for hours at a temperature far bleow freezing point will net a pretty penny in the shape of fines. since the penalty Nfor each bird seized is twenty dollars or more than $500. .0oO in all.
 It remains to be seen, however. whether these fines will ever be col leeted. The cold storage bird is not the. only one either which is achieving prominence in New York at present The bird of the barnyard variety. oth- erwise known as. the great American hen. is doing her best for Father KnicleFbocke with the result that eggs strictly fresh and noe of the cold storage variety have been pouring in- to the city at the rate of abut l,000,- 900 daily.
 Four consecutive days recorded ire- eeints of more than 44.00O GOO eggs, or enough to supply them literally to every one tu the greetsr city for