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Must Pass Mandatory Rate or} Give Commission Power to pass the Brooklyn §0-cent gas bill, ao | !onger be profitable or possible, n that relief may be afforded to the peo-| yyq ple.” | Cent Gas Bill now before It, Instead the strongest arguments why | rs of t ng fi ng settled now “We are wi |to have the th If the Tho remedial legislation requested | of referring the case back to the Pub- | Logisiature will pasa the pills we sub- consists of two propositions to be en-| lc Bervice Comminsion with Its han- mit giving the necessary authority THE EVENING WORLD, tUBSVAY, - ‘ J . show down,| Tax Collector and reported he didn't have money to APHiL 4, LY1L6, WHEN KANSAS MAN showed his seven sons to pay taxes, the official handed him a receipt gratis, = SSMMEE Largest Popular Price Garment House in New York Sama | » F( | This an o & WWD, Wy Wwe | rate and “POWDERED REER'—-Hundreds of quarts be |i made Sette ee e . 7 MONKEY ATTACKED and drove away robbers whe a J . T > fe E oftpyl ke into Minneapolia home ust in Time for Easter. p e ia i is simil ‘ ROOSTER that att .n ented. by. Bonater the con RFITUE Viera Hehe arG | Introduced by. him r the la wen bouwht by boy's father and ¢ Q t requires that inqui mptly and a iaveseniianiintions Ww > |e aint ey he Brean ee PAINTED FISH a luxury the Board of Health is © =—=—_—_————- = J K to the commission's authority to | inte Moe aol A i ine de ing to abolish in New York. “hair A “1 s bills | time int was filed, and that all the <¢ ' Chairman Straus Backed Up | make and entoros rates, With the bills) ji) ing rates shail be malo y that the pre ; — cs D H by Other Members of went this message effective a he date of complaint 1 WOMAN OF NARYLON, L. L, willing to give up i y ler Members oO} “Bither pass these bills giving your| Under such a rule overcharged con- this commission, In| everything, including husband, except “Little Miss Mid- Sizes 14 to 44 } Commission commission the authority it amie | Dorie rag) Bot Sereanc on SON ete eh dite plainants says | poi," her dog, When she learned separation agreement Hoa ° pean have to make regulation of rates &/ tig of corporations drageing oUut|In with ius mandatory autuority, these Called for tt she decided to keep hubby and refused to ers varies ; nia Pe y . | reality or else let the Legislature 6x-| canes as long ax possible or bringing same lawyers shift t and sien, and Misses } CHOICE OF TWO BILLS. | orctae its own supreme authority and | later ¢ ns into hearings will no/that the Legislature y Hundreds of Handsome Suits on Special Sale at regulation by public service commis. | Hid 4 Stop Court Dela dicap of comparative helplessness and | w, will attend to Brooklyn's com- | a . p t I t y acted into law. One, the more im-| nty of tigation proionged for | Diaint in whort order. If the Loxisia- | ST “LJ - — portant, deals with the subject of was given to The Byvening| Pit. goes not sve fit to do then Out of the fight for &0-cent gas! court review of ¢ by Commissioner Hayward, | ag the Ch. gram, e * eople of Sor 00 ‘This has been th aid we have n islative I a e ne a Which the people of South Brooklyn.) ing titication, delay and evasion of| “It the Legislature should pass a| ection on th But we do : id backed by Tho Evening World, have) commission orders. No moro striking) mandatory rate act, the burden of |ask that one or the other be done. Hf waged so long there has developed a| example exists than the BrooklyD 48 proving that the new rate ts a confis- e crisis for the whole system of rate, Cae, Which now bec the issue catory one falls on the gas com-|WHOLE THING CAN BE ENDED ‘e 5 H h rate remulation by commis-| panies if they Ko to court. If the Pub- IN THREE MONTHS. ree woe Reproductions of High \ is oF fails. He Service Commission should fx alg ‘ yware ane | sions. years the case haa been! rate now and the companies should | ,, Commiastoner Le Aah A Bch oan eo ham LS, Priced Models fi The First District Commission, pending Not all its delays pore ko to court, the burden of proving | ANN) oon He now broke in: | SS { which supery New York City, sent Le oe Utigation, for there pave hat the new rate le & resscnanie one ie the Le ire geo fit to enact wigned to strengthen the law and add-! way has actua r threatened | take is important to the conteating K gas rate rooklyn can be i | F ith fo ours, and rhe 5 |compantes, Naturally” they do not | #isned, within twenty-four hours, and | delightful grapes which in turn Difcecoriae Want the Legislature to fix the rate |! Prosent conditions, 1 think the! ce that great southern vintage { ond throw the burden of proof on | thing would be ended in three ircinis D to Choose From 1 Mees months. irgina ine, ! COMMISSIONERS WOULD END INTOLERABLE SITUATION. L indorse what Chairman Straus. 4 in his telegrar Tam willing | These famous grape vines have been under y that the Legislature should enact a} cultivation since discovered Commissioners Hayward, Whitney : : be a | ‘ i snot . and Hervey, acting in harmony with TP gaa hot, want ip iver ae nt by Sir Walter Raleigh, iy |In Sere orn uw this vel tenant fu Sree ety eta the views of ¢ ) who is ” tive . } i 7 ew York—we have ° - a power to make an effective order of ¢ unquestionably the greatest that is to be found in ° } absent, held a couference y TEE GWA, T REVS Gormehunioated: ith 331 years ago. & ' sanaline th: eegvactatyle and: stunt Hines (lie Sante the critical issue that has succeeded in actually equalling in corre y the Legislature ‘al member out of the Brooklyn gas case. | had before them the telecram w Mr. Straus sent to the Legislature two | yw, rks ago, when the sold at most other establishments at $5 to $10 more. DRINK our powers. | 1 in- Dressy, Tailored and Sport Models—of Serges, Gubardines, | Poplins and Serge-and-Taffeta Combinations, in Black, nt committee: fram. the Chairmas asia: Powers of the commission Navy, Copen, ‘Tan, Wistaria, Green and Rose, also commission wishes it to be unders in the eaine case, save that| Black-and-White Worsted Checks and Velour Checks. as not Interposing any objection to cannot exceed | mented . ‘ seid dees cere tthe people, 6, (hess oe fixed by the With flavor and richness | EXPERT ALTERATIONS FREE reductions in rates that have been du- layed by technical provisions of tho| 1 law as it stands.” “We Indorse and approve of Yi ny’s new Soo- Hoff ‘of Brookiyn, | of Assembly for of quality—as good as it is clear and as pure as a golden who Was a member Great Pre-Easter Waist sale telegram,” said the three Commiasion-|t5Athany to-day with the neste | sunshine. Just sweet enough. | ers to The Evening World. “We were are e familiar with It at the time it was "in 400 Beosiove Virginia Dare Wine is <he beverage | 1, 7 t nent. We go even further to-day. Wo d als or ce PY ual 7 Takhoma Biscuit—the Sunshine | say to the Lexislature that. in Justice | ony. ie cue nar ate BL ig of true hospitality—always a surprise (Vy $ 98 $ 98 Soda—is the only soda cracker that to this commission tt should pass the | hoth Senate and Assembly. It is the when served to your guests—at home “splits in two.” No crumbs, no bills we have sent up, or in justice to] intention of the Public Service Com- the long delayed demands of the or anywhere. ple it should give them relief by islative enactment of a rate for mission to request definite action by the Legislature on either one or the| waste, no muss. Our Waist Department is not one of a few styles. To GARRBTT @ 5, - Bu Takhoma — you'll like this crisp, “We want to get back to the Intent rites an [obymarer ny one ‘Pionwer Amurtoan Wine Qrewen-—liet, the contrary, we always show all of the best models— flaky cracker, with the fresh-from-the- of the law when It was designed by| ngnt—elther pass the rate bills now [alae coma copies of high priced waists that we feature at the above oven taste. Gov ti said (ols reebry or give to the commission the re- very special prices tney. “There was no provision 1 | quired power to make its own order i A Sunshine paper doll in colors in ench package of ff tne original enactment for such sy8-| Hromptly effective | A hundred different styles in Voiles, Takhoma Biscuit. Pretty dresses in other packages. tem of court reviews as we now have. Oo diel d Linge t 95: ‘That was put in by subsequent de- : = | Tyee (GNE caigeriee ee ae cisions of the Court of Appeals. Crepe de Chines, Taffetas, Silk Failles,Tub Silk fons and Georg: NEW YORK ponfttes hadow Laces, C at $1.98 and $2.98 NEWARK Mi “I call your attention to the last paragraph of Chairman Straus’s tel- egram, It says: “This commission in- tenda shortly to submit bills propos- ing amendments that will expedite the making and enforcing of decis- fons.’ That meant the bills we have ent up to Albany to-day.” Commissioner Hervey next took up the line of argument, saying: “What is the use of this commis- sion making rate orders when we know they can be rendered almost ineffective? Supposing we made an order in this Brooklyn gas case, how long do you suppose it would be be- \ Jooee-Waes Biscurr mranr Bahere of What is “character” in a CigaretteP ligt hard to put into words, But every smoker knows it when he gets it. “Character’’? It’s the zest and life that Virginia tobacco—and only Virginia—can give to a cigarette. 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