Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-09-29 | Page 7 | We Are All Stockholders

4 L 1 We Are All Stoc Stockholders I v 9 J I LL who live in this city are stockholders i in the Salt Lake City corporation We are into our pocketbooks every year F to our share are in local local gove governmental expenses If officIals waste tile the public funds they are are squandering some om or of our hard earned cash If they are lax m in law enforcement our f safety and welfare is endangered while if they are efficient capable and honest we wei i are more apt to 10 get our moneys money's worth on each dollar In Ia short each resident holds f several shares of stock in iii a big big municipality f ana andis is entitled d to toa a good good bu iness c from the men in T The e times time's nearing for another stockholders stockholders' ers ers' meeting the accounting day when the lo local al electorate will go to the polls Voters will ha have ve their ballots to say they are pleased with the way vay their present officials h hye ve conducted themselves or that they want if i Its It's one of the r greatest r test ri J ge and most serIOUS responsibilities to vote im f I. I P Political buncombe is in the air as thick e er at city elections Municipal affairs k 1 u under der Salt Lakes Lake's form of government I should t should be freed of narrow petty selfish Ir party politics But parties and cliques are arel l A. A with V th us as strong as ever 1 i. i The discouraging thing is that the public seems to like being hoodwinked The old pori po- po ri l i a tricks tricks work work t today d y as the they always have f. do lIttle I They d do Snot not exact m ch from their favored candIdates and U n. n wonder why they get still less from themas them f i as officials II kt f This This- coming election should be serious for every voting citizen Every nian i lJ vote counts P etty definitely tely f fOr r or OJ I against good government Its It's a question j or every taxpayer to ask himself whether I t hes he's going to the polls dumb to the political t and chicanery or whether h hes he's s 's got goI go- go t I ing to be a ware aware of all he conflicting considerations considerations consid- consid and yote vote with di This 3 i business of city government is big business to alt aU of us we ought to our tomake-our Ima e. e our stockholders stockholders' yoting privileges count f for r the most nd best