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Show THE FARMERS' SPECIAL. The educational and Industrial train sent out by this Salt Lake Routo will be at OuhIh next Monday. With the train are nine leading experts In agriculture, agri-culture, horticulture and Block raising, and illustrated lectures will be given on these subjects. These lectures are to be given In the M. S. Academy at Hinckley at 2 o'clock and at 7:30 on Monday afternoon. The train carries a car of high-bred stork and has practical exhibits of value to the farmers. The train and the lecturers should attract farmers from all over the country, as It practically prac-tically brings the Agricultural College to their doors. While, of course, one day Is rather a abort stop in Millard county, the farmer who really wants to learn something about his business can get a lot of valuable Information in that. time. Demonstration trains like this one have been of immense value in increasing the productive capacity ca-pacity of the southern farmer, and we believe there Is a possibility for the Utah farmer to learn a few new-things. A Public Utilities Commission j Not the Remedy for the Abases of Public Service Monopolies A bill has boeti presented In the Utah legislature for tho appointment of a commission of three persons to have control of railways, street car lines and other public service corporations In tho Interest of the public. The duties and powers of the commission are very extensive. Admitting that from the standpoint of the public there are some abuses In the administration of public utilities we doubt the value of a commission in Utah. If we had a man like Governor Hughes in the executive chair and a commission of such probity and ability as tho governor of New York appointed appoint-ed It might accomplish some good as tho New York commission has undoubtedly un-doubtedly done. Hut we have no hope for any such a comminsion. Our genial governor Is a politician first. We suspect sus-pect he Is more interested In strengthening strength-ening his own political power In the state than In rendering real service to the people except as it may give him power. We fancy a commission would be made up of his political friends first, aud would hardly be the most able or disinterested men to be found. What a flno chance Buch a commission commis-sion would have to use its great power over rich corporations tft make a good thing and to harrass corporations without really benefitting the public. We don't believe any good service can bo rendered Utah by such a commission, commis-sion, and we have on; doubts whether the law will ever past,1'. ' '(v Public ultllity coiyj K' elons are not the real remedies fonV,V liort-cnmlngs of publjc service com ions. Just so long as these corporn ".s really control con-trol government, ortul Ictato tho or polntment of commission and not Infrequently In-frequently influence thj action of courts, it is absurd to 'p!k of "controlling" "con-trolling" them. To jly control them they must be own Jby the government. gov-ernment. Let tho go 'pmient own the roadbeds as they fWti the highways, high-ways, and give the use of these steel highways to every carrying company, corporation or Individual that desires to run tmins over tho government railways. rail-ways. Let there be a uniform charge of so much per mile per car for the uso of the road, with government dispatchers dis-patchers to see that the trains run on a proper schedule. We would then have real competition competi-tion In the carrying business. The state would not need to own the coal mines for tho people to have cheap coal, for competition In tho carrying business would give us cheap coal, while a monopoly of the transportation transporta-tion business with state ownership of coal mines would be no remedy. Iet the government run the express and telegraph business In connection with the poBtoffice. and we would have such service at cost, as they do in other countries. Let -.municipalities own the street car lines, lighting plants and telephone service, as many do even In this country, and we could have better and cheaper service and less corruption In government. For It Is a fact that public service corporations are the most corrupting inftuencu In political life. Their power is felt In congress and state legislatures, legisla-tures, in city councils and courts. If the service of such corporations were made a government function It couldn't possibly result in greater corruption cor-ruption than und'T present conditions. With a civil service law applied to the employes u 8u, h service tho political politi-cal (i.uiftr of Mich a change would be averted. How greatly such a change would reduce re-duce the cost of public service can be seen w hen wo consider the duplication of cosily railway stations" and offices and lines, uimn all of which unnecessary unneces-sary expenditures the public has to pay intent. Kates would be uniform or at leatt there would Im- rial com petition In transportation; discriminations discrimina-tions would le Impossible; stock Jobbing Job-bing in public uMl'iy i ot oralions would be do!,e away with and gov-tnment gov-tnment would be purer. Give us the real rMii dy--public ownership of public utilities-rot a empoiary t-xpediorit a cotumiswion f doubtful utility and a power for repression. |