| Show WHO vHO WILL VILL PAY PAYIn In various arious states tates laws have been passed whose object is tomake tomake to make it caR easier er for states counties or municipalities to go into the electric business business- It is one thing to pass such a law and another to produce the money that will win make malce it operative The investments in privately private private- ly owned o electric utilities are stupendous To buy them or to build competing plants would require bond issues of unprecedented unprecedented size fize Government operation may be a good political is issue ue b but t nr Hd cannot an not ch chancre e economic law Only two things can I build electric plants private plants private capital as is the case at present or tax money as will be the case if our scolastic friends are suc suc- All An over the nation business men newspapers and individuals ore are of the waste and inefficiency cause b by Y too much politics in government which has resulted in a tre- tre rh rise e in taxes since sinco the war In spite of this this' it is Furiously that office holders who are largely responsible ible for the tho high cost of government be given control of an industry whose operation is extremely technical The people are to tn have the thc privilege of paying payin the bills bins Hysterical charges against ag the power trust may have resulted re- re d in a n gain Kain of votes for the backers of th nationalization But ms v will he be surprised when hen th they ask the y public to put the 1 1 P ash cash for their projected experiments e in private business in the realm of I |
