Show SCHEID FAVORS MERIT SYSTEM Ordinance Is Being Drafted to Apply Civil Service S. S at Police Stations c Competitive examinations and promotions promotions pro pro- motions under tinder civil s service ice r plans may mayho Jo ho IO f established d in the tile Salt Rail L.-ik L. police pollee department If an ordinance which Is being draft drafted d t by In- Inthe the tue city attorney under tho the direction of Karl Kar A. A commissioner of public safety is li en enacted enacted en- en acted by the tho city commissioners All members of th the department ex except ex- ex the chief chic of or police and the head headS S 0 of tho the detective c office would be Included Included In- In eluded in the system lem The question of or requiring the pr present force to pass l' l the tc examination Is still Mill unsettled in III inthe the tho mind of or Commissioner he hes s. i-s. Ho lie will submit this matter maller to lo the tho entire board of or commissioners The Thc contemplated school for policemen police police- men pen tl taId Commissioner loner ma may bring the members rl of the force Coree orce who arc nrc now no unable to P pass 8 the examination exam exam- nation up Ui to lo a It higher standard within a time Attendance at nL the school wilt 1 he be mandatory II such Ruch action a as is planned under the proposed d ordinance has been taken h by tho the state legislature In n this according to W W. JI H. Folland such ordinance would Y ily attorney an bold hold legally leball at least during tho life of tho Ilic Ire present city administration Wo 0 belIeve conditions created by br bythe civil el service tI the Inauguration of or tho the system would meet with such hearty approval 11 by the majority of the citizens citizens citi citi- zens that tho the matter would come corne to tho the attention of ot the tho next legislature I lature and bo bl approved 11 by hat that hol body Mean loan Meantime time lime the succeeding commissioners will hesitate to rescind an ordinance which has a tendency to olo lo tho the police department said Commissioner r Scheid I 1 have o learned such measures have havo been heen l lakon h by other cities Later thc l-hc st state tJ tc legislatures o hh made permanent permanent permanent per per- f manent laws s lonG alone that line copper being carried as usual at 15 cents cent per pound The actual sales of metal for tor the quarter however cr did not nol equal the production for tor tho the period which resulted resulted re Te re- re in a further increase of ot unsold copper on hand and in transit A gen gen- en- en cral eral Improvement Iz in industrial conditions condi condl lions at this time would seem to idl- idl cate a slow but gradual increase in domestic consumption and a a. decided cd stimulation of or foreign n demand demands While th this Is fairly well defined improvement ement In the tIme copper market gives promise of at further expansion lon the mann management has hascon hasi i con considered it I ad advisable able to continue the output of or copper on tho the pre present enl basis basl of curtailment until some portion of 01 the company s 8 accumulation of copper stocks can be bo marketed 1 to advantage ad |