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Show WHY e-CENT CAR FARES I Treated as any other business, restaurants, res-taurants, theatres, grocery stores or farming, there is abundant reason for higher earfares. , But the public mind, does nqtact in the ame rational manner toward public utilities as it does toward other oth-er business. While Jhe public service commission commis-sion demand better service, they cannot can-not cmpU eperaUea at a loss and r I 800 eltlas have lost their street car. service, State and federal wage commissions, commis-sions, grant higher, wages and the ' j cost of a 6,000 street car has ' jumped to 110.000 or 818,000. " Wage Increases of electric street ! car employees the; past year total $100,000,000 while, the citizens howl J about the 8-cent fare. '; , City councils, state -public service ; commissions, women's clubs and politicians pol-iticians generally protest all fare Increases. In-creases. la some cities street car managers manag-ers prefer suffering a temporary .- i Icsjo jawing fares above a nickel.' " |