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Show BUILD UI BIO EMl'LOYEKS Public utilities aro tho largest employers of labor nt bumper. wages In most cities and tho general business busi-ness man Is Interested -In tholr success. suc-cess. In nn address to tho National Conforcnco on War Economy, . Paul Warburg Is quoted as saying! "Utility burdens In '-many '.cases havo "becomo excessively onerous duo to the fact that labor, coal, stool, and coppor can bo securd only at unheard of prices, while charges for services rendered ofton can not bo properly adjusted without consent of community involved. The president, presi-dent, in his letter to Secretary Mc-Adoo, Mc-Adoo, dated February 19, 1918, ox-pressed ox-pressed his profound concern over this situation, stating at' tho same time that he hoped that state and municipal administrations would I make every effort to doal with these corporations In a spirit of liberality. "It is gratifying to note that a number of leading municipalities after a careful study of this problem prob-lem havo since decided to make such equttablo adjustments a sto cnablo their public sorvlco companies to weather tho storm, and Jt is hoped 'M that tholr oxnmplo will be emulated M all over tho country." |