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Show -im. socuirsJi. Tiimclsonthlt continent one ell) at least that It determined to make an xierlment In Btalu socialism. It Is Iho city of Toronto In Canada, for many yeara that burgh has had Iroublo with Ha street car corporations. lie-taccn lie-taccn strikers aud litlcl Jobliors tho streeta w ere almost i erpctually In a ferment. Tho ttrvlte ghen ly tho car comj antes was always unsatisfactory. unsatisfac-tory. Therefore the munlclrallly de elded on jurehaslug the entire i laut, aud will In future operate tho lines directly under the management of orilclala appoluted ly the illy. The Toronto eulerirlte will lo watched with Interest. Tho danger to be apt re bended In In Inducing schemes of thlt kind Into American cltlea It the fact that they may bo inado to subset e tho Interests ufaarly. Ifsuchnclty as Chicago owned aud operated her vast s)stem of street ears, what tumult and disorder dis-order would taku placo at cxery tlcc-tlonl tlcc-tlonl l.vcu now the police and lire depart nutitt there are rnalo jtarly affairs Tho new ma) or w ho wat elected last April, suspuuded 00 policemen In one I all ha few days qbo. Ilu ar pointed a new chief of s)llce, aud new heaJsfor all deartnivuls of tho city government. govern-ment. Hiiso ho controlled the street osr system also, what a field ho would have for wlltlcal heeltrsl An I now that cable and eloctrlo cars are largelylnuselnall big clllea, reiulr. Ing n certain amount ot skill to man Ipulate them, the changing of expetl ence.1 hands at every election would bu reductive of Inmuuie Injury tu the iiublic. |