The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-06-13

sion much betterIiLsoN GARDNER
Al that time the railroads controlled
the commission. Now the commits
sion is controlled in the interest or
shippers II has large powers in the
way OF investigating railroad book
keeping and accounts. IL can make
rates which go into effect immediate
" and stay In effect until proved TO
De unreasonable. Will the roads ask
congress 70 place all rate-making in
the hands Of this body? They must
either do this or let state legislatures
"harass" them in various states.
President wilson's tariff plans are
being knitted In the house OF his
frlerds II is month since the house
sent the bill TO the senate. The only
honest course for the senate Demo
Gratis to have pursued was immediate
~ TO report the measure from the
finance committee to the senate. Then
Il the Democratic caucus wished to
consider the bill and give it caucus
ratification thats would be a matter
for the party leaders to determine.
But simmons and company preferred
delay Delay is the senates most
useful method for defeating legisla-
ton. The Democratic finance commit
tee is reactfonary body. II is dom
mated by men who are high tariff men
at heart. They want duties on south
ern cotton manufactures, on sugar,
and on a thousand other things which
have enjoyed protection under the tar.
in system. To save duties on some
OF these industries Is the purpose OF
delay. Lobbyists were not needed to
nersuade men like Thornton, Sim
mons, Hoke Smith and Ransdell that
mature deliberation" would improve
the Underwood bill. There are some
Democrats in the senate who will
give President Wilson honest help In
this tariff fight, but there is grave
question whether he did not make a
mistake when he accepted assurances
from reactionary Democratic senators
and relied on them to handle his tariff
program. Taft did the same when he
made his peace with Cannon. with
well-known results The real pro-
gressive majority in the senate Is not
the one bounded by the party line. II
Is composed OF progressive Republl-
cans and progressive Democrats. and
Ia bipartisan, just as the majority
which favors special privilege Is re-
cruited on both sides Of the party line.
That fish remember and have some
method for communicating with one
another. and that they have a sense
OF color. being able TO distinguish blue
from red and white is the result Of an
interesting experiment just tried by
the professors at the Carnegie station
located on the islands of the Florida
coast. The fish selected for the ex-
pertinent were special of gray snap-
per which live under the piles Of the
piers. The experimentors began by
tanning a number Of these fish by
daily feelings OF chopped fish and
small minnows dumped from the side
of the pier at regular periods during
the day. The fish learned that these
feelings took place at these times and
were accustomed to hang around for
the food. They would dart out and
snap up the food as soon as II was
thrown into the water The next step
was to stain some minnows red, and
others bright blue. The red, blue and
white minnows were successfully
thrown into the water and were snap
ped up and eaten by the gray snap
pers. Next the blue minnows were
loaded with fllaments Of nettle from
the singing nettle Ash. This singing
nettle Is painful when eaten by the
fish and is religiously avoided by
them. When the blue minnows were
thrown overheard and snapped up by
tho snappers they evidently disliked
the results Of the singing nettle which
the minnows contained. After several
hours some more blue minnows with
out singing nettle were thrown In,
but they were not touched. The gray
snappers had communicated with the
whole school and told them to avoid
those blue minnows. as they had some
thing hot inside. The red minnows
we're thrown over as well as the
white, and were eaten voraciously by
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