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(Continued from Page One) such.a commissfon would touch-rates, for ninety per cent..of the rates are under federal regulation, On . the gen- eral proposition of a utility, Mr, Rob- bins declared that the corp(;radon which makes the most money is the one which gives its customers the best service. He happened to men- * tion the Rockville Electric Light com- pany matter and Representativis Tin- gler of that city asked him questions, but Mr. Robbins sdid that he was not depending, on or cared to consider spe- cific cases in his argument, as he was discussing the matter of 4 commission in its broad sense. Mr. Robbins de- clared that in the country the tneden-. ¢y In rates is steadily downward, What Are the Rates of Trolley Fares Based Upeon? Mr. Chandler of the committee said that he had been requesled to ask Mr. Robbins the question: ‘‘Whether, if not on' capitalization, upon what are the rate of trolléy fares based?” Mr. Robbing then went inté an ex- planation of the development of elec- tric trastion in the country 'districts and how .where five cents was a profit- able rate in cities it was not proving such in the towns, Stiles Judson, Jr., of Bridgeport fi- nally interrupted Mr. Robbins 4nd said that the latter was not answer- ing the question, whieh. was: in ef- fect “Where do the dividends come from which are paid on excess capital- ization ?” Mr, Robbins said that was not the question, and after completing his statement he sat down. Gas and Electric Lighting. Samue] Morehouse submitted to the imittee a list of rates on gas and lighting in ' Massachusetts, e electri New York and Connecticut for com- | parison. Members of New York Commission < Heard." : Mr. Moran of the Southern New England Telephone company wanted the opportunity to ex'ph.hx the disa- greement w. lch b wo ng Represen- tative Johnson own, and who the plea !or ehance to get a “square deal,” had the bill on night rates sent back to the commit- tee, but he gave way to Messrs. Wil- cox and thie of the New York commissiorr In Greater New York, Regulate. Monopoly in Behalf of the People. Mr, Judson prefaced the intraduc- tion of both gentlemen by referring to President Mellen's address before the assembly four years ago when he pleaded for a repeal of the general raflroad law which favored outside companies and for what Mr. Judson termeéd the policy of railroad ‘monoply in the state of Comnecticut by giving everything over to Mr. Mellen's road. He sajld that his memory was to the effect that Mr. Mellen had asked the legislature to “protect us, a Cofnec- ticut corporation, from the evils of outside competition, and then regulate us in the spirit of wisdom and intelli- gence.” ~ Sald Mr. Judson? e “We are here ad- vocating a commission to regulate the corporation. 1If the state has entered upon its policy of corporation monop- oly, is it too much ‘to ask that the state provide a means of regulation? We should have’a tribunal through which the monopoly may be regulated in_behalf of the people.” Mr. Judson congratulated the New Haven road that it "had come into the open, rather than depend upon the activities of the third house. 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STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Imcorporated) is substantially made of bns, finely nickeled handsome, Gives a this contest with~its chief counsel in | Mr. Maltbie on the New York Commis: .llons “Mr. Judson then “Introduced Mr. Maltbie, who in reply to questjons, ex- {_ plained the functions, scope, thods and some of ‘the results of the com- missions in New York state. He said that no effort had been a repeal of the law -creating the com- missions by any paper or body in New York; he beliéved the commission idea was /bound to stay, and that its scope would ' eventually be enlarged and that its powers would be direct- ed to benefiting the public by making corporations Tive up to the law. Mr. Maltbie explained the workings of the. New York law to prevent the issuance of stock where there was not actual value behind it, and stated that he believed the commission ought to have considerable liberty in the mat- ter of issuance of securities. He thought that each case ought to be dealt with separately rather than by the passage of any law which would make a fixed rule and that in some the issuance of stock below par in order to help debilitated corporations to build themselves up into a state of soundness, but that there ought to be physical value as a basis for the is- suance of all steck. Chairman Wilcox of New York Com- mission Answers Questions. Chairman Wilcox of the New York commission and formerly postmaster of New York city under appointment by President Roosevelt was the mnext speaker, Hé told of a surface road in New York which raised its capital from $250;,000 to $1,000,000 and so far as he knew has not even hought a new horse with the money thus obtained. In reply to a question it was brought out that the commission could not pre- vent any corporation from securing options on property which they might wdnt before they asked for the power to issue stock to pay for it. In answer to a question as to whether the workings of the . public service commission in New York had -been such as to prevent capital from going into the loeal traction field, Mr. Wil- cox replied that Mr. Shonts had in- formed him that the company which desires to bulld a subway from the Bat- tery to the Bronx had decided to In- vest $80,000,000 instead of $60,000,000 &nd that another company wants to build a $60,000,000 road, both of which properties are to revert to the city of New York after the lapse of a certain number of years. He said that bank- ers have $200,000,000 which they are willing to invest “in spite of this arch enemy of progress, the public service commission,” and that there are more applications for franchises than ever before: Mr. Wells asked why corporations overcapitalize and Mr. Wilcox _replied that in one case in New York $183,000 was used “to accelerate public opinion and $500,000 went to a yellow dog fund.” He was asked by Representative Fisk what course would be pursued if a cor- roration was paying 25 per cent. on its investment, for instance, ~would the commission reduce the rates the com- pany was charging and what the effect would be on the value of the stock ang how the stockholders would be pro- tected in such an event. Mr. Wilcox replied that the commission had as yet heard of no such case, Mr. Judson Makes a Statement. 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