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Show The Ogden Post to the long list of conveniences for which electricity is indispensible. Member Utah State rresa Association STRONGEST BULWARK IN Member National Editorial RECORD OF SERVICE Arsociation When all is said and done, as to all branches of the utility industry, Published each Friday by The our strongest bulwark against the unand Publishing Post Printing critic is our record of service. On fair 2428 Kieuel avenue. our record of performance we have matter Oc- justified private enterprise, publicly Entered aa second-clas- s as being the best and most tober 17, 1927, at the post office at regulated, of rendering utility means efficient March of Ogden, Utah, under the Act service to the people of this country; 1879. 8, and in the future that record, made Year $1.00 Price: stronger by still better performance per Subscription supplemented by the use of all proper channels of information and pub365 licity must be our main reliance in Telephone lion. reeking their continued favor. George B. Cortelyou, before American EDITORIAL Gas association. TIIE FRUITS OF THE WHO MAKES A PUBLIC TARIFF UTILITY GO? when our Some years ago, present The following catechism from the tariff laws were established, a wave Boston, Massachusetts, Current Afthe arose from dissenting of protest shows fairs, aptly the spirit of coopfaction. eration that targoverns modem indusincreased an was stated that It commodtry. iff would unreasonably raise the question: Who makes ity prices, and that, by doing away a Again, measurgo? public utility would with competition, it We the stockholders. do,' says of the lower industry. efficiency ably finance We it. our It was predicted that prosperity We do says the management. would be seriously injured ana that our intelligence and fore'Without more would those with money get and those who had little would have sight all the money in the world could ivoc make it go around.' less. We do say the workers. 'A pubThe tariff seems to have operated lic utility would be unable to exist arof Prices this. from just opposite ticles on the free list have, on the except for the sweat of our brows the users of the servaverage, increased more than the ice orWe do says the public utility offers. things under the prices of articles coming If we did not patronize a public utiltariff provisions. The efficiency of industry has great- ity it could not survive.' As a matter of fact all are wrong. ly increased, and the productive power The public utility could not serve ever than is of each worker greater and prosper without the cooperation before. We are living in the most prospe- of all four groups. rous era in our history, with less poverty and generally better prospects EXPENSE OF STATE for the future than we have ever GOVERNMENTS ON known. INCREASE Our industrial workers are the best At the present time the 48 state paid in the world, and they have the governments have a gross bonded inhighest standards of living. Agricul- debtedness of 81,971154,167, an inture is rapidly being placed on a crease of more than 125 million dolsounder and more profitable basis, and lars in a year. This exceeds by 62 farmers realize tnat a lower tariff millions the total public debt of the would ruin, rather than benefit them. Taking everything into consideration, the record we have made since the war is not of the sort to encourage free trade sentiment The Uritc-City-Coun- ty States just prior to the war. The indebtedness averages $16.61 for every man, woman and child in Building the country, an increase of 85 cents By Commissioners as compared with a year ago. bonded Five states in the union have debts in excess of $100,000,000, and, While all are agreed that a new needof debts since 1920, the outstanding city and county building is badly 25 of the states have measurably in- ed in Ogden, ways and means of ficreased nancing the undertaking are perplexThese statistics show graphically ing the city and county commission-erth trend in state expenditures. They show, as well, adequate reason for the The city commissioners volunteered present high taxes that burden most to donate the necessary ground to the communities. county, instead of asking the county Today state governments assume re- to pay for its portion on the city hall sponsibilities, make expenditures and a proposition which it is claimembark in new fields of endeavor on square, the bond issue In the defeated ed a scale unknown 10 years ago. The few a years ago. result is steadily mounting tax rates, county Various types of structure were dis- industrial to developdiscouraging ment and damaging to prosperity. The extravagance of local units of creasing number of farms equipped rovemment is an outstanding prob-e- tor use of power. of the times. If reforms are not At the end of 1926, 227,000 farms as instituted, it must inevitably result in were supplied with electrjc service many communities being buried under compared with 122,000 in 1923. Dura mass of debts and taxes from which ing 1927, an additional 21,127 farms were connected. Outstanding progress it will take years to recover. is being made this year. We are gradually approaching a MINING ON SOUND time when practically all farms, BASIS throughout the entire nation, will have With the metal market showing electric service available. Such exsteady improvement, citizens of states haustive projects as the Red Wing, where mining is a basic industry are Minnesota, experimental line have shown, by practical example, what the piospering. countries are farmer may expect of widespread use increasing European their purchases of such metals as cop- of power. Few modern farmers any per and zinc, and the demand has al- longer have any doubts as to the ben- ready absorbed most of this years production, with consumers placing tion. The innovation of rural electric servorders for delivery next year. The position of copper is the best ice departments by a number of large in over five years, according to the utilities has forwarded the work. The Boston News Bureau. The industry farmer is given expert advice on the has struggled along through a slow, most advantageous ways to use power halting process of adjustment and is and is shown advanced electrical today operating on a new high eco- equipment. These departments are nomic level. rapidly solving the difficulties caused Mining is the bread and butter in- by farmers who did not understand dustry of many states whose prosper- correct and scientific usage. Electricity is not only helping to ity and advancement is in direct proportion to the prosperity of their solve the farm labor problem, which mines. is said to have caused serious agricultural depression in some localities, but it is providing a new economy, rARM ELECTRIFICATION efficiency and comfort of farm operaINCREASING tion. Unless all signs fail, it is inExperiments in farm electrification stituting a new and more prosperous are bearing results in a rapidly in- - agricultural era. Joint d Planned at a joint meeting s. m pronosal that the city go ahead with its portion of the proposed buildconsult-iing was frowned upon bp the claimed that in who architects, be could done, that of anything spite the buildings when finally completed would not appear the same. City Commissioner Ilarmon Feery suted that if we waited ten years there still would be objections, and that the time to begin the work was right now to help solve the unemployment problem. Future meetings on the proposition will be held in an attempt to reach an agreement. nj Western Millers Join In Inviting Millers To Ogden Next Year SAFEGUARDING TIIE GAS CONSUMER The American Gas association has built a large laboratory in Cleveland for the sole purpose of testing the safety and efficiency of gas applithey are placed on the market. It is stated that 60 per cent of the furnaces and water heaters, CO per cent of the space heaters and 75 per cent of the gas ranges produced now bear the laboratorys seal of approval. In all, 11,000 different appliances have been so approved, and it is expected that before another year has passed appliances without the approval seal will be conspicuous and difficult to market. This is in line with the general progress that is being made by the gas industry. wells. Electricity, which has alrca the housekeeper from a mul tedious duties, now steps in tend the furnace. Although th of current needed to operate chinery of a modern domestic er is small, in the aggregate an important addition to the the central light and power Central station companies w largely responsible for tend housekeeper the value of the cleaner, the washing machine refrigerator and other electric crated appliances, can now a matie fuel control in the mode Kv 'iss , (lW r '.j.'1! Appropriate Entering the music Khop. ine ,,ier-llady Inquired for a entitled The English Summer" The clerk, after searching In vain for the piece offered her a niariUKcrIit. shvI: tm,' was the nearest he had. It was entitled, One Fine Day. y pi.-i-- e Nation's Dead Honored : West Ogden Service cheerfully indorse this movement and are glad to support Ogden in its bid for the entertainment of the conven- - ays to Read The Post elec- tricity, have now joined in the production and utilization of artificial heat This, cooperation was preceded by a series of mechanical improve-ment- a in oil burning machinery brought about by the manufacturers of burners. This development resulted largely because of the flood of petroleum which now pours from our m Mime mitln.!-1;:..of the sea is Wentworth und Iulun-- l .!. of the Islands of the i;ora found u lowering In the of 12 15 foot. level ' NEW FIELD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE entrant to this field is heating. Two great industries, oil and Sea Levrl Lowerirg Accm-dln- FREE! Spring Plan Your Shopping, and Advertise Now The term public service first applied to transportation companies, today includes many other fields. The telephone, telegraph, radio, gas, light, power and other industries occur to the average citizen when he thinks in terms of public service. The latest the' uni-de- Merchants who are anxious to serve Christmas shoppers will give the shoppers news of what they have to sell. Suggestions of gifts Christmas, well illustrated by the Ogden cut and copy service, are effective selling aids ances before asMi'-i',0- - The National cemetery consists of Personal solicitations of the Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and Portland 14.87 ncres. There are 11.749 grave;, chamber of commerce organizations of winch 1,641 are the graves of All of these graves i tied dead. booklet are included in the four-pag- e being mailed out to members of the are marked with government head National Association of Operative stones. Millers, requesting them to hold their 1929 convention in Ogden. ' Milling t. facts and scenic attractions are given by the Ogden chamber of commerce. The Los Angeles invitation says in 75c Oil part: The Los Angeles chamber of commerce joins whole heartedly in the For two weeks we will grease invitation that you hold your convenyour springs FREE when we tion in Ogden, Utah, next year. drain your crankcase. If you The Portland invitation says: A want your car greased at the same time, we will do it for general movement has been inaugurated in the western country to urge 50c. upon the members of the Association of Operative Millers to hold the 1929 convention in Ogden, Utah. We most Christmas shoppers who are anxious to get the most for their money and the best selection from the stocks in the stores will shop early! ities for the next four years are - lt-b- y A Days Until Christmas! possible. The potentialities and the possibil- lieve that one of the most ir visits that could be made tu a- vrtlVt tion of the country would the members of your if they would meet in perlativo beauty of the Ro.'kj.&IJ' tain district is nearby, an J markable industrial and development of the Great Salt 2 valley are at hand. 6Cte YEARS Above and beyond the vagaries of partisan politics, it must be apparent social-industri- Wed-nesi- y, with the idea of planning a without Etrictly business building 8nda designs, ornaments , costly The county commissioners claim for that the special tax levy to paymust the Weber county high school be levied for two more years, and that to levy an it would tnot be opportune k!a lima Tno fit V i.i TIIE NEXT FOUR to any understanding and unbiased observer that the next four years of American government and business will undoubtedly be outstanding in our history. There can be no discounting the progress of the past Great things have been done. But they are but a beginning of a more miraculous future; they are the basis for the development of a still unrealized greatness. Electric progress promises a new era for the farmer, and for industry. The radio is reaching that point of perfection where any person in the world may soon be in touch with his fellow men in any country. Our railroads are performing unprecedented service. The great field opened by the evolution of the airplane is in its very infancy. 1rogreas such as this is the result of our American idea of encouraging private initiative and enterprise. We have been steadfast in our support of American ideals; the American al principle of liberty of thought and action. Before there can be material progress, there must be a background of mental and spiritual progress and stability for the individual. It is our American consciousness our feeling for the principles and institutions established by our forefathers that makes all we have done and will do, held Across the Viaduct Stop at the - Blue Light |