Show WHAT TOM JOHNSON Tom Johnson is no longer mayor of but the Johnson spirit still inspires its For fifteen years he fought for lower street car and after he has been voted out of the- Cleveland electorate goes to the polls in a howling blizzard and by a majority of more than eight thousand approves a franchise that provides for lower Under the new system the city will but not the street Service must be furnished at plus 6 per cent for the For a starter the fare will be four with one cent extra for but a further reduction is expected within a The franchise is' to run twenty-five and at no time can the fare exceed four or seven for twenty-five Tom knowing the street railway business as few men know wanted municipal pure and but if there had been no Johnson to fight the people's cause there wouldn't have been any reduction and instead of Cleveland controlling the street car monopoly the street car monopoly would still be controlling |