Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-20
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.--The board
aldermen has finally decided to

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.--The board
Of aldermen has finally decided to
make q thorough investigation of the
charges that members Of the police
department have been accepting
graft from gamblers and that certain
officials were criminally concerned In
the murder OF Herman Rosenthal. A
committee consisting Of six Republi.
cans and three Democrats was ap-
pointed and it is expected that the
charges will be carefully sifted and
the offenders duly exposed. 1t would
not be all surprising II q number
Of police officials OF high standing
should SEM In their designations dur
ing the next few weeks. Even Pol
Ice Commissioner Waldo, who has
heretofore been the staunchest
champion of the honor Of the police
department has at last been forced
to admit, In view of the Overwhelm-
ing testimony already introduced,
that there seem to be some crooks
in the department.
There is something for entomology
lists and biologists to work on: A
resident of New Jersey, the state IA
nous for its trusts and its mosquitoes,
has made an interesting discovery,
or, at least, he claims to have made
the discovery that during abe last
few years the size of the mosquitoes
which New Jersey produces and with
which it supplies the adjoining states,
has considerably decreased. Screens,
which in former years offered COM
piete protection from the posts, are
no longer effective, because the mos
Quitos have become so small that they
can easily slip through the meshes
Of the screens. The alleged observer
in ahis phenomenon has no theory to
offer, but leaves 1t to the scientists
to determine whether this decrease in
the size of the mosquitoes is a case
of mere degeneration or the result
of selective breeding for the purpose
of adaptation to changed conditions.
The committee which has been
studying food prices and market
facilities in the state of New York
has published its report and the in
formation it contains is, to say the
least, startling. The committee found
that 1t cost $3.50, 0O0, 900 to transport
$685. 900, 900 in food or, in other
words, that the distribution of food
in the city of New York adds 40 per
cent to the cost of supplies. The
report contains many valuable sug-
gestions. 1t recommends an amend
ment to the city charter to provide
for a department Of markets. This
department, it is urged, should be
put in direct charge of all the sani-
tary and economi cquestions OF the
city's food supply. 1t should publish
daily accurate price lists for consum-
ers to prevent extortiOn 1t should
supervise systematic auctions at
places fixed by the city, where the
wholesae prices for each day would
be fixed by supply and demand OF
every kind of food. Such auctions
should not be held for the profit OF
| the city or any organization. but
| should be open, so that all parties
interested in food supply might have
a free voice. The committee also rec
| oNnmends that the railroads and
steamship lines entering the city
should be encouraged, and, II neces.
sary, obliged, to provide facilities for
the prompt delivery of food, and also
to provide space so that the public
auction for wholesalers could be held
as soon as the food arrived. The
transportation lines should be requir'
| ed to furnish both cold and general
| storage to carry over, when neces'
sary, a two days supply and to pub.
lish daily bulletins of the supply OF