Show A Theory ry That Limps T THERE lU RE will bo be mor than an academic S interest ar among taxpayers in tho tile progress progress ress of ot the tho disputation between tho city auditors auditor's au au- I office and tho the heads of ot the water department Either the tho department Is III steadily creating a formidable deficit as the auditor alleges allege or it is not as ns th the department department depart depart- I ment superintendent rejoins The public which P pays 8 would like to know Most taxpayers know what water is h most consume it in some gome form torm a a. few perhaps perhaps per per- haps unwittingly and unwillingly but nobody nobody no no- bod body outside the department has over been abl able to comprehend tho the department argument argument ment merit on the meter question For many years wo we have hayo been told that the tho consumer I by meter gota gets more water for tor hi his money which is ls by way of ot an Inducement for tor everybody to Install meters and wo we ore are co- co incidentally assured that the universal al use ot of meters would decrease tho the of ot water and Increase tho the revenue p Obviously these two arguments cannot travel together either as team or tandem When consumers get more water for their money money given consumption at tho the existing aggregate of expenditure must increase and the city receive o no more money for tor In- In cr pee uso than for tor existing use Cont Con Con- 4 t versol versell if the city gets moro more for tor tho the water under tho the meter moter estem manifestly the consumer must get less water for tor his mone money Meanwhile the the- public Is eager to know whether hether tho the finances of ot the tho department In Income income In in- come and outgo are arc being managed in ln conformity conformity con con- to tho the same economic theory as obtains ob ob- ob- ob thins on tho subject of ot meters If It they thoy aro are w wo we aro are quite prepared to fear tear tho the worst Honor th thy father and thy mother is 15 tho the first commandment with promise However How IIo over ever It occasionally happens that father tather and mother render it impossible ble |