Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-05 | Page 4 | Orchids to Price

ORCHIDS TO PRICE ONCE more Price Carbon county s seat at jus its im cli to being the tue biggest little city in the United States The biennial audit of city reveals its public records to be in excellent shape An to the sort of of- man man- t tile e community enjoys is found in tile the auditors auditors' statement that the c city tr is retiring its bonds from a sinking fund that is y yin in ill existence e. e From this fund it has Jias bought its own bonds at considerably below par the result re- re suit sult being a saving of to 10 the thc city last alone rhe flie assets of Price exceed its liabilities by Bonds Donds outstanding have m e accrued interest a against them of only v Ilow man many other cities wish tIle they were in such healthy condition I It would be no compliment to the oC officials Q o y th hat thu ibey e giving b it ty big city That appears to be bethe bethe the ease case is that Price is having businesslike administration administration ad- ad ministration of its a affairs fairs which is a rare thing in municipal government Cities have come face to face with the perils which machine politics has brought upon them The depress hit he countr country in sn sud waves In Industry and commerce and state and federal government have come through without being wholly wrecked some of our cities cities' will as the tue last is preparing to strike c is n a question Since the ordinary city has been gov- gov clumsily and and inefficiently and barely got ot by bJ ill in prosperous t the arrival of this his delayed second wave waye ma may mean little less titan than catastrophe Heres Here's a sample case n large arge ing lug city in iii the The rhe treasury is bare barc tax arc rc approaching astro- astro proportions fire and police services are arc being reduced helow the safety level hos hos- and other health services are bein being streets are going and poorly lighted recreation facilities arc being discontinued school teachers are arp u and the of all city workers is being ruin ruined cd Bearin Bearing in mind that this is b by p no 10 means an c exceptional case casc in II the America of 1934 1034 the question most of us arc interested in inis inis is and l d how did nil aU this I 1 IThe The answer is pretty prett clear it was brought broughton on h putting up with the kind of rotten rolten municipal municipal mu- mu politics that could not possibly carr carry a city government through n a storm Cities pared for this sort of thing years ago when they blithely increased their debts beyond rca ren- son sou let et run them for their own benefit made no attempt to insist on haying hay hay- 18 in ing efficient and spirited public men in iii city offices Machine politics laid its llam hanl on our cities The taxpayers ers sat back innocently and and made 1 no 0 protest NoW they ther are arc getting what they might have m e foreseen Chickens are arc just coming coining home to roost