Show GRAFTING ONESELF in the municipal electric light plant brigham city has a utility that must surely be a pride to every citizen living within the confines of the commonwealth mon wealth had that institution belonged to private individuals and not the city corporation there is no doubt wha whatever teNer but that it would have passed into the hands of the big power and light trust which has talen taken over all other private electrical pants between the southern part of the state and tle te noi northern thern of idahl the trust was mas organized and its purpose was to establish a mo noply of that we can be sure from results al leady attuned atta ned all tiia power plants of a private nature have been sold t the combine and the trust is now gathering in the profits from the light and power users with brigham city it is different there is no competition a trust is more afraid of than municipal omner ownership ship nad where a municipality has the established the trust very seldom enters the fiad therefore brigham city was not even approached and invited to sell its plant to the combine its ours citizens and its one 0 of f the greatest blessings we are in possession sion of dont dons litts lets graft ourselves donal don i lets be dishonest in giving the number of ct lights we are burning dont lets say we are not using an electric seve if we are and dont lets do any thing illing that hat in anyway j the institution which we me have erected and equipped for the purpose of blessing ourse ves but lets recognize the fact that it can only succeed in proving a blessing to us by being a profitable investment and it can only be tha that t by receiving pay for every ampere of energy it develops now then if we use ma many ny lights a stove a washer or a flat iron an electric fan or any other electrical appliance which requires power to operate always keep this fact in mind the cost of the power is so much less than 1 it t would be if the city did not own the plant that it is possible to enjoy these conveniences whereas if we did not own our own plant we could perhaps never think of enjoying them ahe expense would be too great 1 lets lets not hot graft 1 I e report report every ampere of power we are vs ini 1 to the superintendent and give the plant the chance of making such profits that it is justly entitled to and thereby a revenue will be created to help to lessen the burdens we are bearing in other ways |