The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-29
.oea is. almost nonopolized by the

- -------=- 1 Rubber Trust.
 This enterprise claimed to employ 1 s39, Al, 600 in capital: The physlcaii value of the land, buildings, tools and 1 machinery was $9,571 900. It paid in l wages and salaries $9,740,0 000 Value 1 of products over cost Of produc6lon s25, ,o0o, GOO Paid in taxes s15S, ,7l5. Ia5= T. if, specially arranged by Aidrich' S0 per cent. Another lusty infant The manufacturers of agrlcultural implements paid in wages ana saIar-
 ducts, above cost, $15,974, 0OO- They claimed to have property worth Sl9o,- TAG, GOO and their contribution to taxa ton was $714,000.
 The manufacturers of photographs and graphophones claimed to employ $1, ,683, 900 of capital. The value or buildings, land and machinery Was 0eo s2, ,184, 900. Paid in wages, $2,849o ooO- The excess of product over cost. $1,- 074, ,Oe0, or almost as much as was paid in salaries. and wages, or almost enough to reproduce the pnyslcal pl1iAe' Paid in taxes, $7,948-
 Evidence of this nature may be mul- tiplied indefinitely. None or 1nese concerns need tne excessive tariff now lodged in their favor, and there is scarcely a line of enterprise in the country that does.
 It will be found that these protected enterprises are the champion tax dodgers of the universe.
 rake for instance iron and steel and their products. largely representing the steel trust
 These manufacturers report property valued at two billion. 3s1 million 49S thousand dollars. Cs2. 311, ,498.ooO)- Value If T1rof7I1ct $2 TIC, ,769. 600. {Payment TOT taxes, $S, 533, GOO, which is equivalent to a tax of IS mills on $55O, ,oe0.0o So you see that more than two billions inc ordinary way to the support of government It is case of millions in taxes from the people, and prac- tical1y nothing in taxes to the peo7
 The bread of the workers is made the wealth of the trusts.
 Is it strange that the wealth of gne country is concentrated in few hands! Is it strange that the cost of living mounts continually higher?
 The times are ripe and rotten ripe try that the next Congress will be con trolled by Democrats and insurgents
 In referring to the .!, public utilities anle bill MT Wilson, said ' "fne s1iee oe1i9cdd1 edI,, for public utilities legislation, the commissioners to be elected by the peoPle do P,af not iegIE1afaTs andfagsan of the he Democratic aith will be prevented from voting for the very best bill that can actually be had, provided 1.911 of their party effective.
 MT. Wilson also said: T am in clined to think that too much stress is laid upon the men who will be commissioners and not enough upon the powers to be given to the com
 mission. Angels on public utilities commission would be helpless unless the law gave them the necessary powers. Once the powers are given an unwilling commission cannot go more than so far from the stralgnt sLL path. If they do they can be readily impeached and removed. Power in the bill is what is-needed. Power to fix rates, power to. order service and equipment and a simple procedure open to all is what is needed in the bill. Of course the state cannot en- trench upon Federal authority. The state cannot regulate interstate com merce, but it is sovereign as to its internal commerce, and can exercise sole power over public services whose business is confined within the bord- CTS of Connecticut.
 "The legislation proposed by the State Business Mems association Is fairly effective as to detail Any de- fects in it may be Nledfed after 1t becomes a law. once such law is on the statute books the public Ser vice that wants to water stock, or charge excessive rates. or swindle the public, will find itself controlled up to the state line by the sovereignty of Connecticut, and when it steps over the line will be controlled by the in terstate conri cree law.
 In concluding MT. Wilson said that in contrasting the Democratic and the Republican nominees for zgover- nor the thoughtful voter cannot long remain in doubt as to which will be the best for the people and do most honor to the state. Judge Baldwin, point the very best kind of men to be memb bers of the utility commits sion. The men MT. Goodwin would perhaps select might be brought into purview by considering the personnel of those who were active in getting him the nomination.