The evening world. Newspaper, June 27, 1917, Page 8

“cel! AE abt the oor wee ha, of iat ony Th € ta tg ¥e 7a ‘ole ‘ ut Bi th ap be wy a cress oF an SURE E SERS ' 4 4 4 # ? ELECTRICITY 10 TOTS. AKILOWATT “Edison Caleeny | Votes to Make Reduction Demanded by Public Service Board. ‘rhe Edison Company to-day agreed INTHEPRIOE mee “At Your Service’’ 1882-1917 | tes the Public Service Commission to reduce Its rates for electricity from | company, under the agreament which This | became effective Jan. 1, 1917, hag the | decision was reached yesterday at @| option on July 1 of reducing tts max- ing of the directors of the light | imum rate to 7 cents a kilowatt hour, and power corporation. It Is stipu-|or of returning to the former ached- lated by the company, however, that] ule, under which the maximum rate 1t makes the reduction demanded of] was & cents a kilowatt hour, We it on condition that it shall have the] have endeavored to show that a re- right on Jan, 1, 1918, If conditions 90} duction under the exiatihg conditions warrant, to raise ita rates back to the|is unwarranted, but the Commission old § cents a kilowatt. This rato prevalled before Jan. 1 last, when the Commission demanded|cept this decision and reduce our that after that date the Edison Com- pany must reduce to 7 1-2 cents. Nicholas F. Brady, President of the| sults are of an adve Edison Company, addreased the fol-|may exercise the existing option and lowing to the Commission in explana- tion of ite attitude: 7% to 7 cents a kilowatt hour. “Aa you have fatrly stated, this has held that It is warranted, “We are, therefore, prepared to ac- rates to seven cents a kilowatt hour, with the underat, hat if the re- nature we restore our former schedule of e¢\; cents @ Kilowatt hour on Jan, 1, 1918. “If this arrangement meets with your approval woe will file a new achedule at once, under which, as indicated, the maximum rate will be seven cents a kilowatt hour on and after July 1, 1917." If the Filson Company decides Moortly bet jan, 1 next that ‘‘con- ditions warrant” a raise of the rate to 8 cents it must notify, the Public Service Commission. A series of hoar- ings will then be held and it will be up to the Commission to arrange for & new rate, Should the Edison Com- pany fool dissatisfied with the decision of the Commission it would then have the right to fight out the case in court. It was ostimated to-day by the Public Service Commission that the reduction to 7 cents a kilowatt hour from, July 1 next to Jan. 1, 1918, means a saving to the consumers of $750,000, The reduction from 8 centa to 71-2 cents from Jan, 1 last to $1,000,000 to the consumers, it is fur- ther estimated, ee Casualty In: ce “Almost Pro- in Now Jersey, |, June 27.—Gov, Edge has written to State Commissioner of Bank- ing and Insurance La Monte etating that considerable misunderstanding ex ists ag to the rate-making pow: the State provided in tho Compul: bility Insurance Act, in effect July 4, The Governor says he has been informed that the casualty companies have re- cuntly raised thelr minimym rate, on some class usiness: 10 to $60, mating legursane protection almost prohibit r employers having few employ —_—_—___ Infantry Co jo Have 200 WASHINGTON, June 97.—Infantry companies will muster 200 enlisted men each, instead of the present war atrength of 150, it was learned to-day. ‘Pho Ge: 1 Staff } practically adopting ‘tha ch standard, the present time meant @ saving of | ~ | things their own way, another influence is now working. Patriotic cit- | BELGIAN HINSTER ; SRE RUSSIAN ARMY WILL FIGHT “I Have Faith in the Revolution,” Says Emile Vandervelde, After Long Visit to the Soldiers at the Front. By Emile Vandervelde, Member of the Belgian Cabinet and President of the Boolaliste’ International roau, Copyright, 1917, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York World.) (Special Cable Despatch to The World.) PETROGRAD, June 27—-At the recent Congress of Peasants in Petro grad a soldier delegate made this declaration; “At first the Russian moujik struck hard when he was a slave, He will strike twice as hard now that he is free.” I was struck by the truth of these words on my visit to the southwest front of the Russian armies, ‘The army of the revolution resembles as little as possible the army of the Car. Discipline is no longer exercised by the officers only, but by committees of oMcers and soldiers. The red flag has replaced the Imperial standard, Personal contact with this army reminds one of the volunteers of the | French Revolution. There is the game apperent lack of discipline, but the same enthusiasm, The Duke of Brunswick in 1792 announced that he would chase the Sansculotte Army with whips, but several days later he was completely defeated by the Sansculottes. 1 thought of this the other evening at point on the Galictan front at ® moment when in @ burst of enthusaiem the Russian soldiers acclaimed little Belgium and great America. The same manifestations of apprecia- | “| tion were shown for the Belgian workers fighting for liberty with indom. itable endurance and for President Wilson, who won imperishable glory | when he formulated before entering the war, the essential principles of the peace of tomorrow, President Wilson's attitude is everywhere known in Russia and appreciated, ‘To sum up my observations of the course of events at the front. First, in the units we visited the spirit of the troops is infinitely bet~ ter than I would have believed after hearing the alarmist rumors in Petrograd. Second, any evil conditions are being ameliorated rapidly as the units which were doubtful yesterday are good to-day, and the good become, better, As Gen. Brustloff said to us: “The Russian Army has been sick, but is mow in the midst of convalescence.” ‘Thiad, besides the propaganda of the extreme pacifists, who have had) {zens, the Black Sea sailors, volunteers and members of various commit-| tees are preaching indefatigably the necessity of armed’ resistance to the | enemy, explaining the revolutionary effect on the war and speaking of the ARON WHISKEY TO BEAT ‘DRY’ LAW STARTS WITH RUSH 10,000 Barrels Bought in One Day—Prendergast Says Law Would Be Ruinous Here, If euch a law’ an the Lever bill £068 into effect, forbidding the use of foodstuffs in the manufacture of spirits and deer, there will be an im- Mediate and ruinous effect on the values of a very large amount of property in New York City, Comp- troller Prendergast said to-day. John J. Pulleyn, Comptroller of the Bml- grant Industrial Savings Bank, one of the country’s largest lenders of money on real estate mortgages, ex- prefeed a similar opinion, “It, stands to reason,” said Mr. Prendergast, “that realty values will be seriously affected if any business property is rendered, for a time at Veast, unusable, The amount of prop- erty used for paloon purposes is very large, “The situation would be very different if some time—say a year or two—were \siven to prepare for a stoppage of | the Hquor traffic, but any sudden and radical change is sure to have a bad effect. “I do not take any stock in bone- dry Prohibition for a city like New York, and I am & temperance man at that.” “Such @ measure as has passed the House,” said Mr. Pulleyn, “would have a very appreciable consequence on real estate values in this clty, The commercial value of a great deal of corner property throughout the bor- |oughs is predicated on leases of the stores for ealoon purposes, “It would take several years to re- adjust the values of these properties and find other tenants. Personally, I |favor high Ucense, but I am against Prohibition. I do not think Prohtbi- tion i a wise measure in large : |It will have a domoralizing effect. You cannot make men sober by doing that sort of thing.” Opposition to the bill's provisions | from @ medical point of view was ex- | pressed by Dr, Henry W. Frauenthal, phyatoian ‘and surgeon in chief of the ‘ospital for Deformities and Joint | Diseases, Madison Avenue and One Hundred eta thloe, Street. coming offensive. Thanks to thetr efforts, national sentiment which was latent has been awakened and daily inspires more heroic acts by the soldiers, | It seems to me only necessary to continue on the way these misston- | aries of democratic thought have op ned, to rebuild steadily the moral force of the army. I had faith in the Rusisan revolition; I have greater faith now that I have been to the front. “T do net why,” he sald, “we can- not be allowed to have some grain left for use in the productioy of whis- key and beer for beverage purposes. “People who are accustomed to taking In moderation a small amount of alcoholic beverage are in need of it and they ga entitled thereto, “Beer is a liquis Sread. You can't change It te tA RRRtee tN. dt nlengent ae mandeer ing as is here pro-|of New York, said _ to- withou' sation.” now looks as thoy eh ay, "romper Ld Releerdine of f whiskey ha tes ‘begun tn|real war Pronibitio New York, in fear that the Senate | ance forces, however, ‘resi may approve the bert Re the jars rge | even if this Is secured the su a meet hotels, restaurants lube ing | be carried on with redoubl the way in rush oniers for whiskey | to secure the submission, by e ongngse and brandy by the barrel, It wasjof a Prohibition amendmen tatimated to-day In te tends that | Federal Constitution for adoption more than 10,000 rreie was pur- | the States in order to insure the pers, chased here yesterday for “war” | manent ttlement of the liquor hoarding purposes, question after the war, The Economy | of buying . “SALAD A” om yrTitionw TAHA is in the fact that a sin a pound will yield at least 580 cups of sliele us tea. are On Sale Everywhere—SALADA TEA CO., 100 Hudson St., New York. 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