| Show RUNNING AT A LOSS Citys License Collections Appallngly and Unprcfl ably Slow A TlttJltNWlUS LIST OF JHRE1RS ouncllnifn Who how llreat Iaiorlt lam lo Tlicmitlvc < Llcensa Committee Com-mittee Hill liivmllRate An Inquiry Into municipal affaIrs Iscloses an lailonlaulns land eilr ordinary condition In the collection or rather In the nonoolltctlon ol lIcence Ol 0 < U18O i there Im always boon a good d1 ol trouble from this source and the protpects are there always 1 al-ways will br until tome new method Je adopted Hat thai don not lustlty an arrearage of fnm 160000 to 76000 due Ih cIty from nrlou nrancb 01 busIness etpeolally when much ol It 1 has bo owing for perIods rangIng from a few f months to two veart Tb oily In Its dire financial itriltt 110 I no condition lo carry such a bur do III la losing money by It everyday every-day In one case according to figures down today lii la I cut over 11100 on account of the accommodated individual individ-ual going eutot business ThIs while only one case It I an llluilrall ol many more Tim explanation It I cured bat It has been neoeiaary for many I years to carry business men along temporarily wnlle tbtyi are herd upend i up-end that the practice cannot now be abandoned That U I perhaps true but he practice1bae grown Into an out ageous abuse In which much favorlt leo shown I and the city deprived ul many thousands ol dollar annually It isacaee I where political pull and prestIge apparently make a big dlBer once II li I a case where a Ubllo I ofllcu hat been matte to work as 0 private pri-vate map for belt laid tbut contain gentlemen who by the graces of the popular will were made occupants of oouncllmanlo seats have failed to pay any llcenie Into tbe city treasury lnce theIr election ultuonah regularly engaged en-gaged In bnsluers Many people are wondering how lone this procedure It I going to be pursued The matter has been called to the attention 01 Ibo license committee ad It li I understood that the gentlemen gentle-men comprising It I Intend lo Institute a vigorous Investliallon In Ibo near future Let the InveBtlgatlon bs deep and thorough |
