Show BETTER BErTER CITY GOVERNMENT One thing on which there is a chance of ot common agreement is the necessity lor or a better method of Jt f city government than han than the the cumbersome ie system tern tem em now in vogue here Public senti sentiment sentiment ment Is almost unanimous as to that and without regard to the til political l as aspect aspect aspect of ot It So strong Is this sentiment that hat It would have secured o bill for lora foro a new charter at Rt the last session of ot the legislature If It it had not been b en for lor the trickery of the Republican l leaders aae s Now those same sae men are discussing In n friendly fashion a change hange In plans Whether they the have in mind a genuine reform or whether r they contemplate city government I by state commission will develop later l ter If It they are in earn earnest earnest est about system sst m of ot govern government government government ment which enable the people of oC Salt Lake to govern themselves s they the wilt will find no difficulty In getting sup support support support port if It they imagine the city will stand for a ripper bill they will discover their mistake when they the attempt legis legislation legislation legislation lation to that end What the city needs needs Is a business or organization organization which will wIH simplify the ad administration administration administration ministration of ot affairs and concentrate authority with responsibility in the hands lands of a few men Whether the Des DesMoines Moines plan or the Galveston Idea Is la best may be c decided when the subject has been studied more thoroughly It Itma may ma be that a modification mollification of ot either system could coult be devised that would ap rip apply ripply ply pI better here The object of ot any an er will wm be to apply appl busi business business business ness methods to the business and do It in such a way wa that responsibility responsibility for Cor inefficiency or crookedness may ma be fixed and credit given for tor good management where it Is 11 deserved in Inan any an department I A g business s organization would effect the saving saYing of ot thousands of ot dollars annually an It would wo U Id expedite the public business redu tle number of ot 1 to t the actU actu i f S needs eeds of oC the therk Ork vOrk rk and enable the public to know knoy io is to blame wh nl goes wrong Under the present pr pt system or lack of promptness economy and nc T the pub public lie lic service suffers from incompetency and no one can can edi say a just where the th re responsibility lies for wrongdoing or blundering A change should be made and if It it Is H done with a view to real betterment regardless of ot political strategy Salt Snit Lake Lako ought to get as nearly nearl a model city government nt as is possible in this country |