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The Commoner.
MARCH 25, 1904.
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Democrats Dissented.
Tho Washington correspondent for
the Chicago Record-Herald, referring
to the opinions in tho merger case,
says:
- "Ordinarily one docs not spealc of
politics in connection with any action
of tho supremo court of tho United
States. It may he lese- juris to do sc.
But almost everyone jn Washington
is commenting upon the somewhat cx-
traordinary fact that with one excep
tion the hench has in this instance
'divided squarely on party lines. That
is to say, all the republicans hut one
are in tho majority, upholding the
government and establishing in fixed
p policy the contention of President
Roosevelt and"his brilliant attorney
f general, while all the democrats are
found on the other side. It is common-
Jy said, with all respect, that even on
this great tribunal, unconsciously Lo
ithemselvGn nerha-ns. the instiees aro to
"" some extent at least influenced by po
litical considerations. In no otlitr
fr way could such a striking alignment
of the court as was shown today be
I accounted for, and lawyers and sena
t tors say good-humoredly that Justice
Holmes is found in bad company over
on tho democratic side. On the othtr
t hand there is surprise as to tho atti
tude of Chief Justice Fuller and one or
two of his colleagues, who had hither
to been classed as among the foes of
monopolies and more inclined to side
I with Justice Harlan as the defender of
the doctrine of the rule of the people
against imperialism, whether found In
'government or in finance.
There is also sumrise that Chief
Justice Fuller and Justice Peekham.
hyho were with the majority for the
government in the trans-Missouri
freight case eight years ago, and who
pined In declaring that association a
001 ana niegai, are now in tne minor
ty favorinc legalization of the North-
irn Securities merger. Of the dissent-
lg justices in that case the only one
ow on the bench is sturdv and con
troversial Justice White, who stands
strenuously to his guns.
The Exactions of the C00J Trust.
During the last winter the public
ihas heard little of or from President
Baer. But it has been conscious that
thia vicegerent of Providence was do
ing business at the old stand and do-
'inir nJoftlv. Tho honw Homaml fnv
kA-js' ' ftrtnl wVi?h -n;no i nnnaacomi rncnll iP
$kn- exceptionally long and severe sca-
ison of winter weather, coupleq with
!n increase of price to figures far
I above the normal, would in fact con
rrince the most thouchtless that all thn
Ljftoal companies were making enorm-
" cus pronts.
v There has, however, been little exact
information on the subject, and it is
llnterestine to turn to the estimates of
u$K man who has been making a close
etudy of the situation in the anthra
cite region since last December. We
refer to Guy Warfield, whose article
In The World's Work on "What Has
followed the Coal Strike," is based
fbn the writer's experience both as a
iriine worker and an associate of mine
Ibosses. Starting yith the computation
rcf tho strike commission that there-
wras a deficit of some 25,000,000 tons
gpf coal on account of the strike, he
JEgures the loss in wages on that ac
count at $25,000,000. He then says
that the highest possible estimate of
tho increase of wages under tho award
Is 18 per cent. The wage coet of min
ing is thus put at $1.18 per ton, the
total cost at ?2.18. In the meantime
the average selling price at tide water
Laa gotfe from $3.60 to $4.90, and from
.iff showing Warfield proceeds as fol
ic ws :
pAt ?4.90 per ton, with the cost of
production $2.18, -the operators' prof-
ts today may be estimated at $2.72.
it $3.60 per ton, with the. cost of pro-
icuon at $2, their profits before the
rike were about $1.60 per ton, or
about $1.12 less than now. Sinco the
settlement of the strike the coal com
panies have produced more than 70,
000,000 tons of coal, which have been
distributed in tho market for some
thing in excess of $.75,000,000 more
than would have been received by tho
operators at the prices prevailing be
fore the strike.
Considerable matter is added which
indicates that the award is not work
ing satisfactorily for the miners, but
keeping to the question of the public
grievance it should bo said that tho
consumers have been penalized in two
ways. They have not only been forced
to pay the cost of the strike, with an
added tribute of profits to the anthra
cite operators and coal roads, but havo
been compelled also to pay the en
hanced price for soft coal when they
tcok to that as an alternative.
If the conditions could be explained
by the ordinary play of supply and
demand a protest would of course be
meaningless, but it is obvious that the
natural law is being interfered with.
For present purposes the supply may
be said to be illimitable, and if there
were a healthy competition the sell
ing price would come much nearer the
cost of production. Moreover, al
though tho anthracite operators have
stated that there was a check upon
them in the output of the bituminous
mines, it appears that it works only in
this way: A difference of price is de
cided upon merely .according to the
Btrength of the desire for tho hard
coal. When it is fixed at a high fig
ure, soft coal advances as far as it can
go without losing its market to the
more desirable article.
But it is a notorious fact that an
thracite prices are determined for the
season with graded increases by arbi
trary fiat Tho people are dealing al
ways with an insolent monopoly,
which has been growing more and
more odious during tho last four or
five years, and which has resorted this
season to outrageous exactions. If,
however, there can be no doubt on
this point, neither can there be any
doubt that its fuel is steadily increas
ing the flames of the anti-trust agita
tion. Chicago Record-Herald.
Tunnel Under the Capitol.
The District government today
granted the formal permit to the
Philadelphia, Washington & Balti
more railroad, as the Pennsylvania
road is known here, to constiuct the
twin tunnel under the United States
capitol building and the adjacent
blocks and streets.
The permit had been held up for
several weeks because of a differpnee
between Major Biddle, the engineer
commissioner, and the railroad engi
neers in regard to the motive power
to be used to propel cars in the tun
nel. Major Biddle insisted that elec
tricity should be used, and the rail
road men wanted to be allowed to
use steam.
Electricity was finally agreed on.
The tunnel will be 3,000 ftet long,
beginning at the intersection of Mas
sachusetts avenue and First street,
Northeast, going under Capitol Hill
to New Jersey avenue and D street,
Southeast. The total cost of the work
will be approximately $300,000.
There will be two branch tunnels
connecting with yards and tracks of
the Pennsylvania road in South Wash
ington. New York Times.
Extraction of Perfumes. $
The extraction of the perfume from
flowers, such as jasmine, tuberose,
violet and cassia, has long been car
ried out by the 'process of enfleurase,
the blossoms being left in contact with
purified lard for a few days and their
replaced by fresh blossoms. The lard
is either sold as .such, or the essential
oil may be extracted from it by melt
ing It under strong alcohol.
As the process of enfleurage Is some
what tedious, attempts have fre
quently been made to extract the oil
directly from tho flowers by means of
light petroleum; but these processes
have not, as a rule, "proved success
ful, and it has recently been found
tnat a very lajrgo proportion of the
perfume is actually produced for tho
iii6t timo in tho blossoms during the
t'me occupied by tho enilei.rage.
An interesting Illustration ot this
Is given by Dr Albert Hesse in a re
cent number of tho "Beriehter" in
which ho states that a ton cf tube
rose blossoms yielded only sixty-six
grams of oil wren extracted with light
petroleum, but during enfleurage
yielded 801 grams of oil to tho fat in
which they wero enibedded, while a
further seventy-eight grams remained
in tho faded blossoms and could be
separated by extraction or distillation.
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