Show NON PARTISAN CITY government the following editorial clipped from the salt lake tribune some time thile ago appeared in these columns it presents such excellent arg argument tor for the elimination of partisan politics in city government that we present it again and recommend that its lesson be carried out by we the citizens ot of brigham city A striking example of what can be accomplished by a municipal official with an all eye single to tae welfare of 0 tho people is found in the story of the administration of M janvier mayor of rennes france 11 janvier was originally a day laborer but because of his energy and ability to do things became a contractor ile ho became mayor of rennes in 1908 and found a deficit of francs staring him in the face ace when lie he took office at the end of 1909 there was a surplus of francs in the city treasury ater affer the deficit had been made good and the money ws accumulated without resort to borrowing or imposing any new taxes in 1915 the excess of receipts had reached francs a year the secret of the success of the french mayor lies in the fact that he applied practical methods to public questions and kept the administration 0 of politics and jt it is worthy of itmari that hat there lins hrs been less talk and more action in rennes during the war ahrin in any other part of france by arni banishing hing politics from his administration al janvier secured the operation cooperation co of all the members of the municipal council without regard to party and which is more important import alit the coop co op aeration of the people being well aware that there was a shortage of food in france tho the energetic mayor raised forty tons of potatoes by mu gardening of uncultivated land belonging to ohp th c town last year besides furnishing tree free potatoes to the canteens of the town and remarkably cheap pota toca tora to the rest of the population the city earned francs from tho the venture when meat went up to excessive prices last Decem december lier nt janvier declared the rlee arse was wa excessive retail profits profit sand and placed it a limit upon tho the price of meat thi the iut butchers hutchers chers closed their shops after protesting in vain then the energetic mayor opened a municipal meat market and sold the different qualities of meat from 8 to 12 cents a pound cheaper than the butchers had dole done and made money tor for the city the result was the establishment of more municipal ril cipal meat maikels maik ets A plea li leasing cing of every public work done in rennes says isaas the correspondent la Is that there is always money left over and lie he goes on to relate how at the beginning of the war M janvier organized a committee committe ct for war relief and records that at the ho end of the year after having aided so soldiers and prisoners of war distributed tri buted meals quarts of milk several hundred sacks ot of coal several tons of 0 bread and furnished packs of clothing the committee still had left francs from a total of of course the mayor is entitled to the I 1 lions ions share of the credit borwhat for what has been accomplished but HE STARTED ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS BY BANISHING POLITICS from rom its his administration and it is riot not necessary to state slate that there is not a municipality anywhere under the dome of heaven that w would not be better oil off it politics were eschewed and all hands pulled together for the public good it is also true that there should bo be no politics in it washington while the country is at war ath the central empires it is impossible for men to do efficient work it if party needs are to be considered first the tact fact that a man is a democrat republican or bull should mean nothing just now and there should be operation cooperation co all along the line after the manner in ili which the people of rennes france are co ing tribune |