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Show Bp U II II! THE BLAME SHOULD BE PRAISE. WBjj M I I The News raps the knuckles of Mayor Mor- WE''ili H III ris for criticising the light gtyen the city and B' W m Si! tlie street car servIce and affects to believe that B ,T$I In J 11 llls Honor was y those Criticisms playing to the B' $ fH S v galleries. If his Honor was so playing he surely B f Ifff ffi knew where the crowd was. The News says the H iffllf if light company is remedying matters as swiftly H ,11 : L 1 as possible. That does not alter the fact that B ; '1 B it: ls cfcarin for 21 candle power and only sup- B li IB' plying 14, which as p commercial transaction B ' il IP' oes no' mvade tne realm of sympathy at all. B f IhI Again, a visit to any city of any size East B f H IS J or est w convince any person that the street B -.il !Bl car 3ystem o this cIty is not un to date. The ' !1 IfflMHl News asks: "Are not the promoters of tnese B plHIl systems entitled to public commendation for the B illlB enterprise exhibited in the investment of large B IllBl capital with a view to the public convenience?" S iiflRl All that talk is silly buncombe. The money !$8B invested was not for the public convenience, but ISjH on the belief, that by the investment the "sys- jwflff terns" would be able to make the public stand and IB deliver in a way to enable the systems to pay B A Hflff large dividends on their real and watered capital. B M B rixe stree- car company received free franchises B? "M BB worth $200,000. It was on the implied under- B ' 1 PBB standing that it would create for the public a B '! IH great convenience, and that gives the public and Wft! '( rann tlie mayor a rteht to ask for a square deal. The 1 il bbBI News wants to know if the grumblers have Bt ifli HBV "learned what profits have accrued to the stock- B( W&H holders?" If a company with $100,000 uses all flBt'J BHH Its profits to acquire a property worth $200,000 it Bhi I WhK is not in good taste for the stockholders to hold r i ffiflB UD Qer hands and say: "We have never received flBk'! HB a dividend." IhWd a BB But' reay wnat the News meant was this: B J nn "Mr" Mayor' tl10 street car company and the VflBi BBb Light & Power company are Church properties, BBPi flB see to that you never asain criticise the meth- HP 9bB s ier managers." BP ! 1B e tunk t1ie Mayor should be warmly com- BBr"1' 7 .f&IB mended for performing his sworn duty. !! "bB By tIie Vfay' why d5i not tno Nows extend its BUllI BB reprimand to the Mayor's objections to the smoke flBUi ' Bi nuisance? |