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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-05
The Story Of BridqepOrt'S Gas Monopoly

were reured 19O2 interest at capital acoumuatons sale at low rate Stocks of companies and other utilities commonly thereabouts.
 County Joaquin Company 92 U S. 210 aid Most of the capital invested between twenty and thirty and to be still able to realize cent the money actually able accomplish in any and more than order the property the time it being used for the public originally
 Since much the property respondent invested than 60 and profits largely in excess of ten cent and since it's bus is attended little indebtedness interest at only four per cent and since investors in this locality satisfied with about five cent similar invest nents rate of return less than six the value its property used for the public will be just compensation and not subject to the charge of confiscation
 A
 What price for will be fair to the company and fair the public?
 property s1 1eooooo 6ooO which cent of the value of the property used for the public
 The and net earnings of the have steadily
 the earnings were s245 But from this sum withdrawn depreciation leaving aen to thirteen cent the value of the property used for the public
 deduction of s48,545, which uded s4oooo the bond issue there remained for profit S2OO2O65 equivalent to return of about 12 per cent
 1912 the maximum net price of gas price then been 76 cents the earnings would decreased 70 per cent upon the same sales Allowing the same for depreciation, allowing the eres (which your petitioners allowed there would have remained for profits S15O55 little less per cent the value of the property little than
 Such reduction would bring increase business, which would not be attended with proporonae increase invest ment and operating expense.
 company price gas s1 to S115 1906 the earnings had increased by s18OOO
 Tn price further s1. Tn net earnings had increased from 47oo and in 1910 had swollen to $199,33O.
 experience Haverhi Mass stated the opinion in Haverhin Petitions Mass. Report 1918, P. 52
 1908 the Haverhill company obtained maximum net price the following year it's gross earnings 1909 the 90 1914 gross earnings production again 1911 the again marked in all three that Dec 3 1912 the commission reduced the price o 80 cents
 A price charged for gas hereafter cubic which beyond yield profits just compensation for the used for the public after paying all operating all interest charges and unjust interest charges lowing a suitable amount for depreciation.
 allowed for depreciation, the established by the be sufficient But should be applied to ascertain the during the 60 of the plants being in which allowed.
 theory which the of plant profit of the interest paid the investment that managerial talent compensation In this $ 900 is paid to the which is excessive unless the high taken into consdera which the entitled
 JOHN HI McdURRAY, AL.
 Petitioners
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-05
REASONABLE RETURN ON CAPITAL.

 n and in all parts Of the country be regarded su enterprises Such locality among things the amount of risk in the business is most the locality where the business usually realized there somewhat similar nature with regard to the attending them There be other matters which in might taken into account in deter mining investor might properly expect would entitled to without leg slave interference The less the risk the less the right to returns the investment"
 Thus Mr. Justice Peckham, delivering the opinion of the United States in William R. Willcox constituting Public Service Commission Appellants Consolidated Gas Company of New York; decided n. 4, 1909.
 gas company such the respondents almost minimum It has done large increasing business for than 60 and it's profits very large.
 investing public that it's brings premium and will net the purchaser but five per cent or a little more his investment.
 of the decision of the preme United quoted the Wisconsin 191O in it's decision State Journal Printing Co., Madison Electric (P 626)- considered reasonable return for in Generally peaing however it perhaps be conditions it consists of the ordinary capital similarly invested and that sufficiently high investors to enter such enterpr1ses
 theory of reasonable return is adopted by the Commission which, it's decision The Haver- Petitions (Repor for 1913, P. 58,)
 the fact that this has borrowed it's floating rate not exceeding four and and stocks of successful companies in continually traded nearly favorable board clearly opinion that the allowance total investment of less than cent not subject to he charge of confiscaion."
 Thereupon commission reduced the maximum net that the might make for in Haverh to oO thousand cubic feet.
 respondent in this issued at four per peculiar of this account for low rate then the bonds which
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-05
Continued Fro m Yes1erdaSo


 Upon this theory depreciation the Bridgeport plant will have equaed the value of all the property acquired during the first thirty of being and property acquired during the succeeding S2 is also depreciated in proporOnate degree.
 peny may afford average yearly oompanys plan and | Is $3i 624.
 Depreciation equals any values put pany undivided prots present property may be deemed excess directly furnished by the stockholders plus $4ooooo the value Ofthe Citizens property a total of $1 100000,
 So the present value of the property eooooo which should be decreased by allowance for duplication and waste in the property acquired from the Citizens ss aeG
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 far in excess of the actual value of the
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 tss Eailwsy comRanz ss s4 Fed This debt was not created, company public of certain of the bonds of the Citizens to reimburse themselves for losses.
 the respondent company they bought property themselves, unconsconable price, through Hanford S. intermediary and in doing deceived the court stockholders the Citizens and inflicted great and unlawful expense upon the public
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-05

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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-20

world could not set along without
him The day that be huried his bis
cult IN n post hole ard 1t fell out OF
reach, his industry was as untiring as
1t was fruitless, On Thanksgiving
day dinner was late. and he had his
biggest bone ready for an emergency
When he was called TO dinner he
came with the bone In his mouth and
when the turkey was placed before
him he smelled It and hurried away
10 bury his old bone before he began
10 cat You see he does not wait for
the world to take care of him, He
does not think that there is anything
TO be gained except BY his own efforts.
He has abundant faith in himself, but
little in Providence
And so it is that those of us who
are made for the world and to whom
life is a responsibility that rests en-
tirely upon our own shoulders. must
work and worry and guaw our bones
over and over again while those of us
for whom the world was made have
nothing to do but accept its gracious
gifts and be content that they are
ours .--Indianapolis Star.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-20
About RoumanIa,

Roumania, as we print the name on
this side of the Atlantic, Is not so
printed at home. 1t would be nearer
The mark to give the word as Ro-
mania. A Roumanian calls himself o
Roman" that is. citizen Of Ro-
mania. We should know less than
we do of this country Of the Balkans,
which thus far has kent. out of war
with Turkey. were 1t not for Car
man Sylvia" the post-queen OF that
and. author of number of charm
ing fairy stories which have been
evolved from the folklore of that peo'
ole. II Is said that the bagpipes and
The shepherds flute are the musical
Instruments of Roumauia, and that
he peasant will have nothing to do
With the fiddle, which he despises be-
,ause It is in favor with the gypsies
rhe roads swarm. 1t is said, with beg
yars whose requests are seldom re-
used. for the Roumanian peasant has
faith that aims will be returned TO
aim a hundredfold hereafter.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-20

"A simple life exhibition" for the
benefit of husbands and wives is to be
held in Caxton hall. London. The or
ganizers of the exhibition take the
matter very seriously indeed. DEM
onstrations will be given showing the
right and the wrong method of test
ing husband and wife. Men will
be invited to show how they would
treat wife when they come home
from business. The audience will de-
eide by vote which of the competing
males come mp to the standard Of an
ideal husband. The rules for wives
are less complicated than those for
husbands. They are: First, teach
your husband to abstain from meat
and Intoxicating drink; second, re-
cslve him after an absence with tact;
third, cultivate a sense OF humor."
The rules for husbands are: First,
make habit OF entering your home
with smile; second, little presents.
words OF love and compliments make
A womans life worth living: third. re-
member that woman works as hard
as you do, and harder"
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when the attention Of The Bull
letin il called to any misstatement
d fact or to any error concerning
any man or thing, corrections will
skeer.ully be made.)
A Romance Of History.

yarco NuneZ- de Balboa discovered
tho Pacific ocean on Sept. 26. 1913,
At least that is the d1te given in
the histories. Even if it is not cor
rect to the day the event certainly
happened in 1913.
During 1918 it is promised that
the Panama canal will be opened
for ships. The time may be a few
weeka after the four hundrodth an
niveFsaly Of the discovery, but will
be near enough for all practical and
sentimental purposes. The big ditch
Rms through the range o. hills on
which Balboa stood when he looked
out on the waters Of the Pacific.
A canal through the isthmus was
the dream OF navigators and others
almost from Baihoa's day-at least
from the time of Cortes. That adj
vcntureus cut-throat seems to have
had few good qualities along with
his oversuppIy OF bad ones. He ac-
tually planned canal between the
two oceans. but through the isth-
mus OF Tehuantepec rather than
through that Of Panama, or Darlcn,
as 1t was then called.
Count ST. Simon, one OF Rocham-
hcauts soldiers In America. interest
ed himself in canal project but il
came 10 no more than an essay on
the subject This Count St. simon
later became the founder Of school
of French socialism and new relig-
ioIs cult
Goethe also prophesied the build
ing Of the Panama canal and
thought IT would be accomplished b,
the United States. That the dream
Of the sages is now coming true ex'
actly four centuries after the discov
cry of the Pacific is one Of the ro
mances of history.
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voIoanlo Dust il Atmosphere.

From many points in America aRA
Europe come reports Of an unusual
turbidity of the atmosphere. which be
gan early last summer and still con
tiaues. This is manifested in a
marked diminu, ion of the intensity Of
solar radiation as measured with the
pyrhelijneter, abnorm2i dsp'ace-
ment CT the neutral points of atmos-
pheric 3olariz ttion. a hazy appear
ance o. the SIX, and the presenccs Of
Bishops ring around the sun. From
Dublin Sir Join Moore wrote last Au-
gust. THE SLY is constantly covered
with thin film of uniform cloud in
which no halos develop, and through
which the sun, moon and stars shine
with a subdued, sickly brightness"
Observers II Russia. Switzerland,
Sweden and Germany, as wen as
America, report an unusual lack OF
bluenpss in the sky There seems to
be- every reason to attribute these phe-
nomena to the presence in the upper
atmospnere of an immense Fall OF
dust siising from the explosive erup.
ton Of Katr3ai volcano in Alaska last
June. Simifar effects we're observed
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-20
Copyright 1912 by George Mathew Adams

the Guild of St Peters Episcopal
church will meet with Mrs. Harry
Iiandley at her home on Main street
and Mrs. w. T. Hayden will enter
tain the Ladies' Aid of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church
MIR and Mrs. Ernest Grain and
children spent Saturday and Sunday
with Mrs. A. w. Williamson and
Mrs. r.. $. Miller and family.
County superintendent Miss May
Hawkins spent Thursday and Friday
at Carbondale attending the confer
enco of county superintendent OF
this section with the state superin-
'teadeat Of schools She conducted
a sectional county teachers meeting
at Pulaski Saturday
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-20
Already Had lt.

A Texas sheriff, visiting New YORK
20 take a prisoner back TO the smith,
was turned over to an inspector who
was 10 be bis amusement guide.
They wound up at an East side bali
where there we're a few dips present
After 2 half hour the inspector
called one of the crooks to one, siee
and said:
rsee that tall man with the sep
breroi"
Yes, what about him. -
He's a Texas bull I'm SHOWING
around. ard / think it would be
fancy idea if you could nick him Tor
ais ticker"
NIX; you're trying to put me IN
oad."
Nothing like it-purely JOKE
hats all. To show you I'm on ,he
level. give you my word that you
wont get IN trouble. and III give you
a five-doliar note for his watch.
"All right; here 1t is"
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MOUND CITY

Nj, and Mrs Ed Butcher, Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph Butcher. Mr., and Mrs.
w. r. Aydt. Mrs. A. Gayer. Mrs. s.
s-eWart. Miss Anna Butcher. Miss
M3lIie Moran and Miss Louise Stein
house, Of Cairo. were in the city yes
|terlay afternoon on account OF the
death OF Mrs Anton Lutz, who died
'at six o'clock yesterday morning.
At the regular meeting of the
Knights of Pythias lodge last Friday
Ieyening the newly elected officers
we're installed There will he i'm
portant business at next Friday
Iege1ing's meeting and it is urged
that all members who can be pres
ent.
Word received yesterday by
friends of Mrs. Maude Mcdowell was
to the effect that her son, Newton
who has been III the past several
weeks in the hospital and at their
home at st. Louis. continues in o
very serious condition. II Is quite
probable that he will be helpless for
several weeks.
The husbands of the members OF
the Woman's Club are preparing ar
leiaherate function which will occur
Wednesday evening. There will be
| a program IN Perks & Higgins hall
a luncheon in the Hough building
and at the conclusion dance in thu
Perks & Higgins hall Music fo
the occasion will be furnished by Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd yesterday and tn
luncheon win he served by ladies Q
the Baptist church.
The Ladies Aid of the Congre
gational church will meet in tn
church parlors Wednesday afternoon
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-20
Norway MAY Be q Republic.

Republics are coming into fashion.
In this age Of democracy a king Is
as useless In the body polite as an
appendix is In the human body For
this reason gnrgical operations now
on this nation and now on that have
become the rule. Cuba, Portugal,
China. have already taken their
turns en- the operating table, and
now there are rumors that Norway
is to follow suit
Seine of these operations are pain
full, but In every case they prove a
good thing for the health Of the
patient. The inclsion may cause the
loss OF some blood, but the wound
soon heals. The little kings and
emperors arc not missed, because
they performed no necessary func-
ton. The parliament elected by the
people had taken over all their
powers. Once they must have had
some purpose, like the rudimentary
muscles to move the human ear, but
if so it has been outgrown. Like
the appendix, they are obsolete, but
may become swollen and cause
trouble. The only answer Is to cut
them out
It is now known that Norway
would have been declared a republic
in 1905. when she became indepen-
dent Of Sweden, had 1t not been fol-
some Of the meddlesome kings Of
other countries. For example, it il
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-20
NOvELlSTS AND CRIME
GREAT WRITER'S HAVE INTEREST.
ED THEMSELVES IN SUBJECT.
At the Present Time Arthur Conan
Doyle ie 20 the Fore. Following
Course of Other Masters
Of Literature.

The creator of Sherlock Holmes GER
tsinly ought to be himself compe-
tent amateur detective. and his sue
cess in the famous Edalji case proves
that his powers in that direction are
OF no mean order He has now I'M
dertaken another difficult case-that
of proving tie innocence Of Oscar Sla-
ter, who is at present undergoing a
life sentence for murder.
Quite number of novelists have In
terested themselves in crime and
criminals. Edgar Allan Poe used to
state that there was no problem
which man could set which another
man could not solve. and he applied
the rule to crime. His greatest tri.
umph in this method of unrayeling APP
parently inexplicable mystery gave
the world that famous story, THE
Murders in the Rue Morgue."
Dickens was strangely drawn to-
ward the alienation of suffering Of
all kinds. and his novels did much to
bring about the more humane treat
ment of prisoners Put Charles Reade
not only exposed harsh prison meth
DDS In his famous novel 1T Is Never
Too Late to Mend" but actually, like
Conan Doyle. took up the case of
what was known as the Penge muir
der.
In spite of magnificent and NOV
s,,r 81, he hx. r.
ward Clarke. TIE judge summed up
against the prisoners so decidedly that
the jury found them guilty. It was
then that the novelist entered the
lists. with such telling force and con-
vincing argument that the home sec
rotary promptly committed all the
sentences.
Probably the earliest instance OF
the intervention of novelist to save
man from the gaIlows was Dr. Sam
ucl Johnson's herculean efforts to OBJ
tain mercy for the celebrated Doctor
Dodd. who was executed In spite OF
all that the sage of Fleet street could
do OF. say Today, thanks to writer's
like Reade and Dickens. no such adj
yocacy would be needed. for this IA
nous parsons crime was forgery, for
which death is no longer the penalty.
Boswell, in his Life of Johnson de-
| votes large amount of space to this
characteristic example OF his hero's
kindliness and humanity,
Many years later the famous French
playwright Balzac made an effort to
save the life of man named Peytel,
| who had been convicted Of the muir.
der Of his wife and servant, but equal
| ly without success.
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On. Dry in the Ward.

In St. Louis there Is one ward that
Is full of breweries and Germans. In
a recent election a local option anes'
ton came up After the election some
Germans were counting the votes
One German was calling of and an
other taking down the option vote
The first German, running rapidly
through the ballots, said.
Yet. vet, vet. Suddeaiy
he stopped. "Mein Gott.' he cried;
"Dry!"
Then he went on-"Vet, vet, vet,
vet.' Presently he stopped again a
mopped his brow. "Himmel!' he said
Der son of a gun repeated"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-20

A brass band Is a large number OF
disturbances merged into one har-
n onious and jambangsome whole.
Nothing illustrates more vividly
the benefits of union. A trombone
played alone on the streets would be
p nuisance. A cornet is crime
against an entire neighborhood. No
one would go four feet to hear a bass
drum by itself unless there was a
chance to kick 1t In, People go out
of their way to throw Bricks at a
clarionet when it is in full cry alone.
Yet when these instruments are all
played together in band with a
drum major attachment business
erspends. windows open to catch the
divine melody and small boys follow
the players from Main street until
past dinner time.
The brass band is one OF our most
useful institutions. Without brass
bands we could not have circusss,
presidential inaugurations or large
funerals. and political campaigns
would be sadly crippled a street
parade without d brass band would
be as aimless and melancholy as a
carter snake without head. Am
|h'tion without brass bands would die
for what would be the use of glory
liz there were no brass band to well
come the successful candidate back
TO his native town?
Hrass bands are of six grades,
good. bad. unendrrahle. horrible,
atroeious and worse There are only
a few OF the first grade, but almost
every small town has band OF the
sixth grade. II is composed OF
Earnest young musicians who meet
in ledge hall every Saturday night
and practice While the inhabitants
Istuil cracks in the doors and win
dows and put on tight shoes to
divert their minds Many o time
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-20
SANDER IN Pantomime.

An amusing feud of two families In
Inc County Mayo THO Sweeneys and
he Caseys, was bcfore the justices
II Kiltimagh on summonses, Mr.. Nc
5inley. district inspector of constGbu-
arg. Calculating its Incidents.
One of the Caseys having been or
tered to wear spectacles, Sweeney for
'idicule paraded before their house in
/ pair OF tin goggles. Two Cascys
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,ext appeared One dropped a purse
Fhich the cther soi4sl aud ran away
rith. This, said the inspector. was
q indicate that q Sweeney had been
ssent to a reformatory for pnrse steal.
ng
Two Sweeneys retaliated in the
street by one of them. withsdramatic
flourish, aiming wooden gun at the
,ther This meant, said the inspec-
or, that a Casey. a water hailif. had
,een Indicted Tor shooting atia man.
london Mail.
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OPPOSITE IN THEIR NATURE
Those for Whom the World Is Made,
and Those Who Are Made for the
World, Are Far Apart.

The world Is made for some Of US
and some OF us are made for the
world. IL the world Is made for us,
all we have to do is to let IL take care
OF us. II we are made for the world
we have to take care of it--or at least
we work very hard at taking care of
ourselves and our neighbors and think
that we are taking care of the world
A very ugly airedale terrier and a
very beautiful angora cat live In the
same house He sleeps on big pillow
on the hack porch, and she sleeps on
a little pillow in the kitchen. He gets
the big bones, and she gets the little
ones. They are equally petted and
punished, and to all outward appear
anees are enjoying the same fortune
OF life
But the world was made for her,
and he was made for the world. She
accepts her pleasant existence with a
passive and assured satisfaction She
is the natural recipient of all good
things She and her tail are the crea-
tions of supreme interest. not only
to herself, but to the family the visi-
tors and the neighborhood cats. The
food that is given her is enjoyed with
the same assurance with which the
whitest bedspread. the softest cushion
and the center of the hearth rug are
appropriated
It Is different with him To him
| life is prize and the world is an
achievement OF course. his efforts
consist primarily in boarding his food
but he does not realize that fact He
knows that he is very busy and works
hard and he really thinks that the
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-20

claimed thart the German kaiser
bulldozsd little Norway and made
her take a king against her will.
Even 50. she gave him no power.
Now she is tired even of the shadow
Of royalty and it is to be hoped will
end the farce once and for all.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-20

( Professor Willis Moore of the
weather department is being doomed
for secretary Of agriculture, but if.
he does not give us better weather
en- Mhrch 4 than on previous in
auguration days it is easy to see his
finish
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-20

The suffTag.ats who are planning
TO hold parade In Washington the
day before the inauguration orig
inally intended to wear ancient
Greek and Roman costumes, but
abandoned the idea when they
thought Of Washington's usual brand
of gnration weather