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Show RAISING FARES GENER- ALLY j! Public Service Commissions are HD raising utility rates generally to meet (11 the new standards of labor and ma- H terlal costs. W It Is a well known fact that not a ' public utility In the country or a i railroad could 'ba built for doublo its H original cost. W Even the farmers telephone lints Xr and cooperative public service, organ- m- Izatlons nre asking to hava rates im raised to meet .higher costs. B Tot a number ot big fraction sys- HI terns In the west, as at Portland, mj Denver, Spokane and Salt Lake, are l kept In a crippled condition. afl Public service bodies have little or Wm nothing to dowtth railroads under ill now laws giving federal regulation almost complete control. B It they cannot bo useful In build- Hj lng up public utllltlos so they can jHj get capital and maintain service the HJ peoplo will abolish them. Hj The day has some for a change nt ,flj attitude toward public' utilities it jH they aro to perform their function ot tH serlrng the public. 'MM .m j HH1 HH1 HVl |