Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-27 | Page 20 | Reed Smoot Vs. People

1 theP People Reed ed Smoot vs the strides have been made in the past Such rapid l that it of electricity few in the application f w years imagination to see most much not require every does mechanical apparatus operated by this great every railroads rail- rail steam Already force in the near future electric while original electrified roads ads ads' are being r suburban the country through Ugh lacing lines line are and heating are re c comparatively d districts st Cooking has been applied r recent cent uses to which electricity el So monopolistic is becoming this mystic element I. I r CONTROLS CONTROLS CON- CON WHO that I it i lis reasonable to say HE POWER SITES IN THEn THE THE ELECTRIC THE WHIP HANDOV HAND HANDOVER HANDOVER n lit tt FUTURE WILL HAVE THE ELECTRIC OV OVER R THIS NATION C POWER TRUST WILL MAKE THE STANDARD OF TODAY LOOK LIKE OIL COMBINATION l A TOY SOLDIER t with electricity electricity elec- elec their homes 1 1 People will be heating J tri ity many will be using it for cooking as well in electric autor automo o- o be riding J as lighting lighting and and will ONE PLACE BUT IS biles AND IF IF THERE WHERE ELECTRICITY CAN BE SECURED PEOPLE IN HOLD THE WILL PLACE THAT BONDAGE s congress felt that it would be The preceding situation I the to understand Americans 0 well for devel- devel and know just how the power sites for the being used So it electricity were of f 5 of agriculture to f furnish the I k 1 ordered the secretary senate with all information in his possession as asto as' as asto to to ownership and control of the water power what wh t sit sites s in the United States showing proportion l tion of such water sites is in private ownership v and nd corporations such P and by what companies owned and controlled con- con sites in private ownership are and v trolled trailed what what horsepower has been developed d proportion of it is owned and controlled cont oll by what such companies and corporations and any facts of to the existence the as question bearing upon of control and ownership Rr r a monopoly in the in the United States hydro electric power v f made of the theY The most complete study was Y t situation and the department made a report after months of labor and the expenditure of consider consider- able money CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF BIG iv BUSINESS SAW THAT THE REPORT TOLD THE PEOPLE TOO MUCH CAN YOU GUESS WHO HEADED THE ASSAULT ON THE REPORT AND TRIED IN I. I EVERY WAY TO KEEP IT FROM BEING PRINTED The brigade made a gallant attack came rushing to the colors o of OLD SPECIAL SPECIAL SPECIAL CIAL PRIVILEGE with a whoop and the brave 11 leader taking the th position on o the firing line at the t e very front of the ranks he belonged In in I su such h a t fight was none other than YOUR OWN I x v DEAR SENATOR RE REED P. P SMOOT i jJ Senator Smoot suddenly Became pec me the t e watch- watch i dog d g. g of the th treasury He developed an economy ar streak k with amazing speed He said that it would senate and th the people of i ii t too much to let the i this nation k know 1 d i ab about ul th their ir water sites and I what was becoming of them f But he got a good After he lie had hadj m made de several attempts to talk the p printing inting r resolution resolutiOn reso reso- so- so j I lution to death his hIS' hypocrisy economy was unI unmasked unmasked un un- un- un I masked by Senator Norris who vho shaking his c. c finger at the Utah senator said IT HAS COST THE TAXPAYERS MORE MONEY BY THE FIGHT AND THE DELAY THAT HAS T TAKEN K N PLACE UP TO THIS HOUR UPON THIS RESOLUTION BY THE SENATOR FROM UTAH THAN IT rr WOULD COST TO PRINT THE DOCUMENT WE HAVE HAD THIS MATTER MATTER UP UP THREE TIMES rIMES TIME IT HAS BEEN TALKED AND EVERY TO DEATH DEATEL Although the o obstructionists led by the senator senator sena- sena tor from Utah fought as valiantly as they knew new p how a vote was forced j The Smoot forces lost by a a count of pf 39 to I 17 7 In another column on this page appears a personal letter from Gifford Pinchot to the editor of THE TELEGRAM explaining the water power sit si situation from th the standpoint of of the leader of ot z IP t f