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ye | ay a, pial aaa and $150,000 to the widow, Mrs. Anne . the deceared have brought the con- Whe owed $10,000 and shortly after permit this, but hemstrings and gags legislators until the all powerful in- Valble government has the tegisi® ‘ te ts measures in ite pooket. You, yoursdif, in the past have bad this exporitnce. Your Measures have had to wait until the ‘empire's pleasure, until Ha own bills were safely out of the way. And now you seek to enforce these unjust and obnoxious rules.” ‘The Uliman motion was referred to Committee on Rules, which means ds the end of it. DAYLIGHT SAVING CONVENTION HELD Association Formed With Nineteen States Represented to Work for Federal Measure. Fifty-seven organisations = from New England, New York, New Jer- sey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia and Maryland were repre- gented at a convention here to-day, the object of which ia to press ac- tion on Congress looking to national daylight saving ‘egisiation, It was stated that letters had been receved the onganized bodies in all the other States indorsing the move- ment. . The convention, which met In the Assembly Room of the Merchants’ (ssociation in the Woolworth Bulld~ hg, organized a body to be known as the Eastern Time Daylight Saving Association, with three members of Ate Board of Directors from each of the 19 States represented and the District of Columbia. Practically one-half the population of the country is in the Dastern-time wbie, it wis aeserted, and of the total only 4,682,925 are engaged ip agriculture and allied pursuits. It j@ the farmers, it was pointed out, who are the chief opponents of day- light saving. ‘Walso H. Marshall, Chatrman of the Association's Special Committse on Day- light Saving presided, after which B. A. of the Boston and United States Chambers of Commerce, was chosen permanent Chairman. A poll of their employees on the ques- bf daylight saving taken by 14.000 re of New York City at the @trection of the Merchants" Aasociation shows that in a total of 363,642 votes recorded 250,487, were in favor of day~ Night savings—954-10 per cent. A yt containing the results has beén printed and will be distributed by ‘assoclation, SAYS WIDOW KEPT HUSBAND PRISONER Gontest for Estate of Altterman Bennett, Being Tried in Brooklyn Court. of the will ©f the Jate x Ben: former Alderman, wis begun before Surroagte Wingate if Brooklyn to-day. The will left the entire estate of between $100,000 Bennett of No. 115 Woodivine Street. ‘Three brothers and four sisters of (‘Frank K. McCaffrey, counsel for the contestants, said when Bennett met Mrs. Bennett ho waa fifty-four years old and sho was ‘thirty-s x. vboy were married, according to the lawyer, she was out of debt. He poihted to Maw, Bennett in ‘court and declared that she kept her joe \utvand virtually @ prisoner. Sbe is a fraij lite woman and was Uiressed in widow's SETS NEW VALUES FOR FOREIGN MONEY f Post Office Announces Conversion | Tables for International Money Orders. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—iNew con- version tables for international money orders on the United States Will ve effective Feb. 18, according to Postmaster Gencral Burleson's Order to-day. “Phe new schedule shows the follow- ifs values.—Great Britain, pound, $4.00; Netherlands, florin, % cents; Sweden, krona, %4 cents; Denmark, Krona, 20 cents; Norway, krona, % cents; France, $1.00 for 13 francs; Belgium, $1.00 for 13 frafca, International Postal exchanges with ten countries will be effectod—only trough United States currency, The jes are: Bolivia, Chili, Costa Iica, Honduras, Hong Kong (China), Muly, an, Nicaragua, Sulvador ‘Toward Ger- cha France. BREMEN, Fob. 9.—Field Marshal Von Hindertours, \terveiwed here to-day, said the French were “hankering” for iy Ruhr region, a danger that must be faken very seriously, He said the mili- fy lesvoars of France were unable to vid themuelvex of their fear of Germany, doubtless owing to France's decreased . the Field Marshal be- ec. had red thelr previously hos- le opinions ebout Germany. He sid Re considered thet Bolthevirm in Bast Prussia was clearly losing ground, WOMEN WIN IN ELECTION. “HAMMONTON, N. J., Feb, 9.—Women, fer the Gret time, tnt night voted for “Mentbers of the Hammonton Board of There had™been a drter- Tbe three mom This led all ma i Hamno malign to Te Mea rs . Mire Crrude Loveland and Albert Jackson were elected. Of ahe 701 60 per gent. wore cat Ababa bei add SENATORS OF CT CAN BLOG PLA TO BOOST FARES Where Does Your Represen- tative in Upper House Stand? NINE ARE I DOUBT. Weak Ones Are Wavering Be- tween Voters’ Interests and Bosses’ Orders, By Joseph S Jordan (Staff Correspondent of The Eveni World.) bi ALBANY, Feb, 9—It ts in the handa of the people of Greater New York to defeat Gov. Miller’s traction plan, which has for its purpose the taking away of the control of the transit lines from the city and to make the people pay an eight-cent fare on subways and trolleys. With a polid line-up of her twenty- three votes New York in the Senate would be In an almost impregnable position. If within several votes of that number, the city would sull be in a position to check such ruthless invasion of her rights as is proposed. The fight for the defeat of the measure must be in the Senate, It requires only twenty-six votes to carry or defeat a bill in the Upper House. “The time has come for the people of Greater New York to put the ques- von, point blank, to the men they have elected as to where they stand. Are the Republican and Demo- cratic Senators who were elected by the people of New York City cows to protect the $300,000,000 investment of the city, and the travelling public, or are they going to play into the hands of political leaders and finan- cal interests, who will gain by their vote? The big Republican bosses rely upon @ split in the New York delega- tion, and are working tooth and nail in that direction. Thoy are at work right in Greater New York, coaxing, coercing, cajoling. And so the people of New York should at once put the question to FUSS I CONGRES CAUSES TANGLE OF ALED LOS Not a Question of Cancelling Debts but of Advancing $75,000,000 More. DANGER IN REED BILL. Might Be Used in Europe as a Precedent for Repudia- tion of Loans, By David Lawrence. (Special Correspondent of The Eve- ning World.) Eve WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 9 (Copyright, 1921).—Congress and the ‘Treasury Department have managed to misunderstand each other on the question of cancelling foreign debts and making further loans to Euro- pean Governmenta. The Treasury never had the remotest idea of can- celling the present war debt, but the necessity of advancing $76,000,000 more is really the pussling factor in the situation, Both the Treasury and Congress mean the same thing and probably have the same idea of what consti- tutes a “commitment” ( advance money, but the testimony thus far taken indicates that all is not clear on the question of making further loans. ‘The tangte can all be set down as the result of bookkeeping and anad- justed contracts growing out of the war. Many persone hive the ides that the Trenawury Department loaned money outtight to the Aliies during the war. Such wae not the case. America promised to advances large sums of money, but to pay out cash as it was actually needed. The un- derwtanding was that the Allies would purchase most of thoir goods in the Untted States. NEARLY L THE MONEY SPENT IN THE UNITED STATES. ‘Thus the Allies got many miffions of dollars from the Treasury which never went to Burope but went di- rectty to American manufacturers their Senators; “Where do you stand?t™ The Democratic Senators to a man have gone on record for bome rule, and against the traction measure, There are now eleven Democrats in the Senate through the seating of Senator John J. Dunnigan, Edmund Seidel, the only Soctalist Senator, has thrown his vote in with the Democrats and Greater Now York. Charles C, Lockwood, the Brook- lyn Senator, who heads the Lock- wood Housing Committee, and who put through the rent laws, stands ex- actly where bis people expected he would, for home rule. That gives fourteen who can be relied upon to vote against taking control of its transit lines from New York, and against the Miller traction pro- gramme. Here is a list of tho others of whom their constitutents should demand: “Where do you stand?”. Benator Schuyler M. Meyer ts & wealthy young lawyer and represents the “Diamond-Back District," with the silk-swckinged stretch of Fifth Avenue from #ith Street to 110th Street, and eastward to Lexington Avenue, Senator William Duggan represents the 19th District, which embraces the olwer part of Washington Heights and part of Haylom, Senator Ward Tolbert, from the 20th, represents the upper stretches of Washington Heights, where the traction situation is as big a problem to the residents as it is in any other part of New York. Over in Queens, Jobn L. Karle, rep- resenting the Second District, is a lawyer. He lives in Ridgewood, a dis- trict which has suffered greally from lack of transit facilities, In Kings, Senator Maxwell & Har-~ ris, a lawyer, represents Bath Beach, Bensonhurst and the Coney Island district. All New York knows how the people of that district are inter- ented in getting better transit service, and how bitterly opposed they are to an elght-cent fare, Senator William T, Simpson repre- sents the Park Slope and the Clinton Avenue Districts, where the transit and their workmen. In transactions with the Allles amounting to $10.000,- 000,000, something like $76,000,000, a relatively smaM sum, bangs over as uspaid by the Treasury, It is not « new indebtedness. “Strictly speaking, if the bookkeepers of our War De- partment and the bookkeopers of Buropean Governments could have balanced thelr books on the day after the armistice the $75,000.000 would bave then been paid and America’s promise would have been kept. But delayed negotiations over war contracts and a thousand and one other tangles which have arisen since the war about war credits have made it imposaible to tell just how much money must be paid out. It will not be in excess of $75,000,000. Now if Senator Reed's bitl should go through, and ft may pass unless Congress and the Treasury get closer togetler, ihe American Government would be in a position of repudtating an obligation or as Secretary Hous- ton terms it “a commitment.” As imternational finance goes, $76,000,000 s a small sum, but if America ro- pudiated its oblimtion, the fear is that Europe might accept the Ameri- can action ag a precedent and con- der that tt coaki repudinte some other debts entered into in more or less the same way. Moreover, offl- olals potnt out that America cannot afford to go back on hor promise and that the $75,000,000 is part af a com- mitment made during the war. NEWS BY CABLE CAUSED THE OUTBREAK, ‘The outburst in Congress resulted, of course, from the news cabled from England that Great Britain had tn formally proposed @ cancellation of war debts, There is an anti-Britia? lament tn the American Sonate whict never fails to make an attack on iiny policy that appears to have a bene fit for Great Britain concealed tn it Some af the Senators believed the $75,000,000 -was still owing to Groat Britain, but that is not true. The Treasury bas not disclosed which Government js involved, but it is stated officially that no more money has been paid or is due Great Britain, Another misunderstanding = has arisen over the loans to Russia, Some situation is a matter of vital interest, Tt was Senator Simpson who intro- duced the resolution some weeks ago to investigate the B, RT. He was very enthusiastic over bis resolution and very pronounced then against the proposed traction legislation, but his enthusiasm has been subsiding, and now it 18 impossible to determine where he stands. Senator Alvah W. Burlingame jr. represents Bedford and Fiatbush dis- tricts, In which perhaps more than any other parts of Brooklyn have the people been barussed by lack of transit facilities, and who are more greatly opposed to an elght-cent fare, Senator Burlingame was one of the most ardent supporters of the Bimp- olution to investigate the B. bitterly assailed on the floor enate two weeks ago Federal ayer and Receiver Garrison i. 'T., but since then be ha: quiet on the matter of trac: slation Senator George M._ Relschma: comes from Livingston's home dis- trict. The Senator is 4 manufacturer ewspaper accounts have given the erroneous Impression that since the fall af the Kerensky Government th» United States paid out $200,000 of her own money to one af the representa- tives of the succeeding Russian re- gime. ‘The fact is that when the Kerensky Government fell the lHabill- eon sa ago was outspoken against the eight- cent fare and the Miller programme, Then he came out flat for the Gov- ernor’s programme, Abraham L. Katlin, representing the 1ith District, is a stock broker, and represents the river front sec. tion, including the Williamsburg dis- trict and the Navy Yard, where all favor a five-cent fare, C. Ernst Smith, the Senator from the 24th District, which embraces Staten Island and the County of Rock- jand, is a lawyer of Stapleton, 8. 1. His constituents on the island want subways, but they are by no means in favor of an 8-cent fare, which oi furniture and unl a few days would mean for them an 18 or 20 cent island. tare on @ subway to ihe MARIE V. KILGORE ENGAGED TO WED BROTHER-IN-LAW Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Kilgore Bethrothed to Lieut. Edgar V. Treavy. Announcement of the engagement of Miss Marie Vinginia Kilgore to Edgar V. Treacy ls made by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Kil- gore, of No. 48 East 57th Street. The news came at a reception given to Miss Kilgore by her sister, Mrs. John G. Treacy, who married the younger brother of hor gister’s flance. Mr. Treacy, who is the son of Mra. Richart 8. Treacy of No. 307 West 1024 Street, was in service overseas ag Lieutenant in Company D, 300th tnfantry. re ties of Russia wore about $100,000,000, while her assets were about $56,000,000. ‘The United States Government pre- vailed upon the bank which had the $56,000,000 not to pay out any of that money if the Department of State or ‘Treasury intenposed any objection. It came about that several Ameri- san contractors were owed money by the Russian Government. Had the Treasury Department insisted upon preventing any of the Russian money from being paid out several Armeri- au fitms would have gone into bank- ruptey. Instead, the ex- pressed no objection when the bank which handied Russian funds paid upwards of $200,000 to certain Ameri- an firms who had sold their goods to Russia prior to the falj of the Koron- “WHAT DYE MEAN ‘SHOW DOWN?” ASKS THE MAYOR ‘Brooklyn Witness Was Ap- pearing in Favor of Gov. Miller’s Traction Plan. What constitutes a “showdown’ was a subject of discussion between Mayor Hylan and James Sherlock Davis during the inquiry by the Board of Estimate into city contracts to-day, Mr. Davis le Chairman of the Transit Committee of the Brook- tyn Chamber of Commerce and a fumber degler, He is in favor of Gov. Miler’s traction programme. Mayor Hylan, knowing of Mr. Davis's attitude, digressed from the Inquir) to ask if he was in favor of abro- gating the contract by which the traction trust agreed to charge a five- cent fare and no more. “I am in favor of a ‘showdown,’” sald Mr. Davis. | at do you mean by a ‘show- down?” asked the Mayor. “What ts commonty meant by it,” was the reply. ‘ “We had a showdown a year ago when the Board of Bstimate con- ducted an inquiry,” declared Mayor Hylan. “IT knew about those things five years ago,” said Mr. Davis. ‘The Mayor pressed his inquiry as to Mr. Davis's attitude on the abro- gation of the contracts unt!) Mr. Davis finally sald he wasn't there to anewer traction questions The reg- ular course of proceedings was then resumed. Mr. Davis testified that he was the President of the Cross, Austin & Ire- land Lumber Company and that be was a member of the General Con- tractors’ Association, but that neither he nor the concern he represents hav taken any part in that organization's activities. “We ‘never attend any of the meet- ings except the banquets,” Mr. Davis explained. “I am somo gort of a mem- ber of the Building Trades Employ- ers’ Association,” he added, “but I don't know what it is.” “You mean the 33d Street organiza- on?” asked Assistant Corporation Counsel William B. Carswell. “It is not an aky Government. It was $200,000 of Russian assets that were paid out and not money aut of the American Treasury. There js much that ts puzeling about American indebtedness to Rys- sia, but careful study of the way the ‘Treasury handied fore!gn loans shows that the advancing of credits was largely a case of protection for Amer- fean firms that had shipped ther goods to the European Governments, It was natural under the circum- stances that Congress should be sur- prised that American obligations were not yet paid, as the details of nternational finance are not eastly And on this point Gen. Pershing told @ story last night at ‘he National Press Club which {!!us- trates why Congress bestirred itself over mid loans. “An American doughboy,” suid Gen. | Pershing, “was on leave in Paris. He | stood reverently before the tomb of Lafayette for several minutos Then | he said, ‘Lafayette, we Nave paki our debt; who the hell else do we owe now? ees HELD SON’S HANDS Father Accused of Burning Boy as Punishinent for Robbing Pocket. Antonio Barbuto, No. 184 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, accused of burning the bands of his nine-year-old son, Frank, was hold in 33.000 bail to-day in the Flatbush Court. It wag alleged he held the boy's hands on the kitchen stove as punishment after catohing him robbing the pockets of Frank Aillo, a reomer in the Barbuto home. ‘Counsel for Barbuto said the boy fell against the stove in struggling to get away from his fath ae BABY LEADS TO DIVORCE CASE Mother fant Gets Disease From 's Cate, Her husband's love for cats and her love for her baby was made one of the complaints in papers fied to-day in the Bronx Supreme Court by Mrs. Jane Smith, twenty, No. «@% Brook Avenue,’ the Bronx, for divorce from Dr. Edgar G. Smith, a dentist of No. 338, Thirteenth Gtrect, College Point, she. Smith who alloges crucity, said Dr, Smkh kept five cats in their home hei ta that two of them HELD AS FAKE DRY AGENTS. ‘Twe Accasew of Demanding §200 of Cafe Owner's Wife. Michacl McKenna, No 750 Second Avenue; George K. Hackett, No. 310 Simpson Gtreet, and Theodore Clark, No. 3% East 6th Street, were held in ents, “Kira Anna Flemm, No. 169 Steinway Avenue, Astoria, said the men told her they wore federal agents, acoused her of selling lquor in her husband's cafe, amd demanded $200, threatening to make trouble if she ‘refused. She de- nied that Hquor was being notified the police. — FATHER JOUN'S, Ki oe ni Roepe body shores Aen-uulids new and teh “Yes,” replied Davis. active or an associate membership. 1t is a kind of mongrel sort of mem- bership. “A kind of what?" asked Mayor Hylan. “A kind of a mongrel membership,” repeated the witness. “You do not refer to the Brooalyn Chamber of Commerce, do you?" asked the Mayor. “No,; that is not a mongrel or. ganization; that is @ real organiza- tion,” retorted Davis. ——_————_ VICTORY 1S NEAR IN WAR AGAINST TIGKET SCALPERS (Continued From First Page.) man, ‘The Tyson Company was the onty one that gave notice, through its attorney, Hyman Dominitz, that it would file a demurrer. Capt. John Fine, Assistant United States Attorney tm charge of the prosecutions, sald that In addition to these cases he had information against a number more ticket spec- ulators and that he Was investigat- ing this information with the idea of SHERIFF SO BUSY HE CLEAR FORGOT TO HANG A NEGRO BATON ROUGE, La, Feb. 9.— Sheriff T. A. Grant of Ouachita Parish bas notified Gov. Parker that he bad forgotten to hang Lon- nie Eaton, negro, convicted of murder on Feb. 4, as required by the sentence, and asked what to do with the prisoner. The Gov- ernor bas put the problem ap to Attorney General Coco. Sheriff Grant's letter said he had been so busy with other matters on Feb. 4 that the scheduled hanging bad “completely slipped hie mind.” JURY CHOSEN TO TRY HETIRICK FOR CONSPIRACY Opening Address Is Made in Case Against Lawyer and Other Defendants, , ‘The jury was completed at noon to-day to try John H. Hottrick, Inw> yer; Herbert Smith, plumbing con- tractor; Witiam H. Chapman and Witliam 1. Doran, officials of the! Plumbers’ Union, on changes of con- spiracy to suppress competion in the phumiking trade, Kenneth Spence, who ts aasisting Col, Henry L. Stimson, former Stcre- tary of War, the special prosecutor for the State, made the opening ad- drese to the jury. Robert J. Elder, former District At- \ torney for Brooklyn, and Charles H. Hyde, former City Chamberlain, scru- tinized the talesmen for Mr. Hetrick, Martin Conboy, former Director of the Draft and a conspicuous battler be- fore the Lockwood committee in pro- | tecting the interests of the Master, Plumbers and the Masons Building} Materials Associations, looked out for | the interests of Mr. Smith. He was! assisted by former Assistant District Attorney George Z. Medalic, William | J. Fallen, who conducted the compli- cated defense of the famous “Nicky” Arnstein and others charged with complicity in the great bond robberies several months ago, did the ques- tioning for Mr. Chapman, while Na- thaniel Cohen acted for Mr. Doran. The menybers of the jury are Arthur V. Taylor, artist, No, 142 Manhattan Avenue; Clarince A. Stetson, insur- ance, No. 700 West 180th "Stree Homer Croy, writer, No. 780 Riverside Drive; Benjamin D. Phillips, sajes- man, No, 205 West 119th Street; Fitz~ hugh C. Speer, retired, No. 48 Wout 7th Street: Harry Astruck, commis- gion merchant, No, 303 West 100th | Street; David W. Seaver, insurance, | No. 68 Broadway; John’ F. Hertel, tailor, No. 131 West %6th Street; Will- tam A. Percival, factory superintend- ent, No, 48 Post Avenue; Henry W. Bolles No: 381 vost 54th Street; Will. tam ro) y ch N bi West 179th Strect, Ean No. 604 SS BRINDELL TO SERVE 5 YEARS Minimam Sentence Cannot Be Re- duced Under the Law. Robert P. Brindell, sentenced yester- day by Justice McAvoy to serve from five to ten years for extortion, must serve at least the mintmum term of his sentence, in acordance with the law. Marti) Little! counsel in W. ton, Brindell, will enter @ motion to-day or orrow to set aside the sentence on srosncs of reasonable indell will not, tt is pointed out, be able by good behavior in prison to’ re- E88 sentence to less than fve ars. The law specifically provides yer that service must be conpleted for the minimum part of indeterminate sen- ences, VOLSTEAD AND GOOD more prosecutions. . Section 800-D of the Internal Rev- enue Act of 1916, under which the ticket vendors are being prosecuted, requires that “the price (exclusive of the tax to be paid by the person paying for admission) at which every admission ticket or card \s sold shal! be conspicuously and indelibly print- ed, stamped or written on the face or back thereof, with the name of the vendor, if sold other than at the ticket office” of the place of amuse- ment. Failure to comply with this vrovision is a misdemeanor, punish- able by a fine of not more than $100. In the complaints signed by United States Attorney Francis G. Caffey it is charged in all the cases now be- fore the court that neither the name ot vendor nor the price was written, stamped or prinied on the tickets. RIOTING IN PETROGRAD. Mutinews Saflora From Kronstadt Said to Have Invaded City. BORLIN, Fob, 9.—Martial law nas been declared In Petrograd as a result of invasion of the city by mutinous sailors from Kronstadt, the naval base ‘of the former Russian capital, accordl:g to despatches recelved from Helaingfors Considerable fighting was oat) taken place in Mcronstadt, atwoen’ the sailors and troops rushed from Moscow. ‘The advices indicated the vile troops were defeated, as the mutineers are reeeeres 7 neve SMnrenGes te set ae WOMAN ARMY CHIEF SHOT. Madame Rade, With Ten Others, Exe- cuted by the Bolsheviki. BALAKLAVA, Crimea, Feb. 8.—Mme Rado, chief of a band in the women's iit ization in the Crim pula oggenise he crfeaae ren i |, together with ten other mem- CLASH ON DRY LAW Chairman of House Appropriations Committee Charges Incompetency and Inregularity in Enforcement. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Charges made in the House to-dey by Rep- resentative Good, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, of incompetency amd irregularities in prohibition enforcement caused a clash between Good and Representa- tive Volstead, author of the Prohi- bition Law. Good asserted some . enforcement officers are appointed as resicents of towns other than thoge in which they have offices, thus getting larger per diem expense accounts, He added “the trouble with this prohibition en- forcement {s the men at the head of it don't know anything about it” Volstead declared there had been “only one case’ of the kind of ap- pointments Good complained of. “If there was one I assume there were others,” insisted Good. “Commit ner Kramer absolutely denied it before the committee,” shouted Volstead, “I don’t care what he denied,” re- joined Good, pounding the desk. “It just shows he does not know about his dupanrtment.” The clash between Good and Vol- stead came in the middie of a speech ‘by Good on expenditures and (axa- tion, ————— Italian Workers Want War Debts Cancelled. MILAN, Fab, 9—Tho Executive Council of the Italian Confederation of Labor voted to-day to send a cable to itt 5 ie Wore accused by the Bolshevixd orgeniein: so-called Soviets as a Pestien oy humane — and President Wilson, demanding the United States cancel all war debts. The de- mand was to be made “In the name of Italian workers.” THE FUNDAMENTAL REASONS | FOR THE 8-CENT FARE DEMAND Subway corporations cannot now get the enormous annual “pref- * erential” of $6,335,000 called for in the subway contracts, They must walt for tals “preferential” which is guaranteed by the city. The city assures it to them, but they must get it within forty- nine years, * Elght-cent fares will give it to them quickly. i Elght-cont fares will not lessen the city’s guarantee but will give the “preferentials" to the subway corporation quicker. In ten years the city cam buy back subways cheaper than at any other time. ‘The subway-corporation has invested to date in the subways $221, ‘The city has invested In the subways $214,600,000, Yet the-city must pay besides its investment all the expenses of the road and give the subways a “preferential” of $6,336,000 every year. ‘ al At the end of forty-nine years on the subway’s investment of $221,055,000 the city will have to pay in “preferentials” alone the | amount of $1,124;481,668.87, to say nothing of its bonds, &c, At the end of ten years from now the city can purchase tae sub- | ways back for what these “preferentials” alone, without interest, will amount to at the end of forty-nine years and the city will etill have | thirty-nine years in whieh to make its own profits, { The handwriting is on the wall, and the subway corporations | realize that the only chance to get these “preferentials” before the city recaptures in 1930 is by an increased fare. On March 1 next the city will have available $100,000,000 to the good of the debt limit, By the simple process of ‘putting aside $25,000,000: to $35,000,000 annually until 1930, the city’can get its subways back, stop all 8-cent <i amd take the big chance of making money for thirty-nine years jereafter, Not only this, but the surplus electric power amountin: “ 000,000 kilowat hours that is now made by the subways ona be Bl by the city to the consumers at # saving of $15,000,000 annually, SCENT FARE DEMAND IS DUE TO HASTE TO GET “PREFERENTIAL” iCostianed From First Page.) always maintained the futility of re- straints imposed by the people them- selves on their own extravagance in the expenditure of public moneys, on the’ ground that when the popular demand is not great the restraints are unnecessary and when great they © are unavailing.” The “chance af the city Treasury” in view of the precariéus debt limit being nil. the other alternative of In- creased fares for the assurance of the “preferentials” is the one hope. On top of this. even with Increased fares amd assured preferentials, Mr. Maltbie pointed out: “As the contract offers no Induce- ment to economy after the umns that the city would need only to set aside approximately $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 annually until 1930, when there is the first chance to recapture, according to the contract. At the end of forty-nine years on the subwa: investment of $221,055,000 the city will have to pay in “preferentials” alone the amount of $1,124,481,663.37, to say nothing of its bonds, &c. SIMPLE PROCESS WOULD MAKE “RECAPTURE” SURE. ‘The city, it is said, will-have avail- able $100,000,000 to its credit as to its debt limit by next month. If a certain portion of this sum were put away for recapture purposes, the sub- ways could be returned to the city at the lowest possible cost on the Urst date of recapture—1930, Further, if the city does not re- capture soon and an increased fare is granted, the people can never hope to get an efficient service, in the judgment of leading authorities. According tq the late Mayor Mit- chel, by giving the Interborough this “preferential” profit, the city “re- moves all incentive to efficient man- agement once the ‘preferentials’ have been safely carned.” The.criticism made by leading au- thorities againet the city building a rapid transit subway granting these enormous “preferentials” and leasing it for @ long period of years to a private corporation for operation, has tor in_the light of to-day’s events as- sumed the nature of fulfilled proph- ecy. Further, that the private corpora- tion would find ways and means for assuring their profit at the expense of the City, was foreefully forecast, Among the most prominent of these authorities ig the dissenting opinion of Judge Cullen in the Cour: of Appeals. In speaking of the Brookly contract, he aays: “Even if we were to assume that « business partnership between a muni- iaplity and a private corporation would not In all cases conflict with the Constitution, the terms of ‘thie agreement are such a8 necessarily condemn it. For forty-nine years the income realized from the city’s investment of $90,000,000 is pledged to secure an annual return of §3,500,- 000 to the railroad company. “It would be ungracious not to make recognition of the great skill and ability di lawyers and finan formulated these contracts their efforts to make the « of constitutional restriction! ticable, “But their successors may be found, and even their own ser- vices may again be brought into requisition. company earns its preferentials, thie also will tend to make operating «xpenses tn- crease, Various dema\ is will be made upon the company, amd. with the motive of self-interest lacking and the knowledge constantly befor? the managers that the city must pay the bill, what {4 to prevent the com- pany from granting every sort of de- mand, regardless the financial consequences? * “The principal objection urged against mumoipal operation is the intrusion of partisan politics Into management, The contract makes it easter for poli- tics to get in and makes {t more dif- floult to drive politics out, when once in, than {f the city operates the sub- ways directly, “Favoritism and party politics can easily be injected without a remedy, for the company’s officials are re- sponsible in uo way to the city or to the electorate. “The city must pay the bills, | but it cannot contro! the admin= istration of the subw: ind | Tmisman- | i not prevent waste an papentes thatthe contro! ublic Service Commission effective to prevent all im- acts. But it should net be of will be of control has been found that will be as effective as direct operation. “If there is w: inefficiency and neglect, some improvement may be secured by the -vigilant exercise of the commission's ie ers, but wheré the margin is so narrow, as in oase, the com- mission might better operate the subway: ian to undertake to tell an indifferent company how to do it. “Further, every curtailment of the city’s share in the subway revenues will redound to the benefit of the company, for it will tend to keep the clty fnancially impotent and unable, to exercise its right of recapture. ‘Thus the company will have @ pow~ erful motive actively impelling it to waste the city’s revenue resources.” Ajeo, Mr. Maltbie gave it as his opinion that if the new lines are re- captured it might be mede imperative that “the existing contract be ter- minated by the power of eminent domain.” That the “preferential” of $6,335,000 was based on the most favorable calculation to the subway comipany, ignoring depreciation and unearned distirbution of dividends, has been agreed upon by the majority of the authorities. ‘Thus, unless the city takes imme- diate steps to recapture its subways at the first possible moment, the loss will constantly add up until stag- |gerine amounts are reached. ‘The corporations controllin the Brooklyn and N Yor! railroads each hol many miles of street surface r roads, After their present suc- cess they may deem it wise to in &@ guarantee of the income ef such property through a pledge of city property by a scheme sim- ilar to the present one. “OF course, if subway roads can be combined with elevated roads, ually oan the combined with surface roads; but if we as- sume these companies will rest isfied on what they now ob- in, there are other railroad com- nies in the City of New Vork ple 7144-TON BULL DOG MACK Making Daily Trips Between : NEW YORK CITY NORWALK, CONN. earwon the principle that equal- ity fe equrty: wit sock sheln erence Will Make Special Rates att “4 ‘reasury. ia f Hea‘ Carti how tl rinciple about to be lor wy ing to desided tan 'be confined to rail All Pointe to Norwalle, roa H. C. ROULSTON “With the utmost respect for the majority of the court, I fear that the Turlgion about to be made will lead era aia to a practical nullification ot the con: Park Row tral e o1 wvtsloes Tt foay, Bee crore in-| Telephone 4000 Bookmea: Screg. fn That school of bums ten aetna Beecohearcienee aN! ‘and political economists which has | ,