Show price mayor M gives fearons why M municipal owned power powei tw top so jwj plants benefit community of the city coball 11 to for buls OB on the th latiok of a i wesel wao haa molted la in memble aa asiong the i to aa M to or not price own tte its own po power war the article below balow vu written for the km Now Advocate by major W r abd AM jui Is as argumiro mirt la in favor ea f the ta proposal there ire at two lies sides U ivery queija aid 4 any person am nuriam VJ to his hl ii is to do PO through 0 conr o 0 BY 01 W P OLSON A r power plant in a money maker for the city this has teem proven inclusively throughout th the eXalted united Elect rit power to the key io to homing civilization and it we are just uterine entering thor thede electric etrie age oge in the borne lome la in the mill in the mine the factory and everywhere it Is working a veritable able in modern life aly have we not seen thie this opportunity deforet it ti to we did not tand the an a a community we have left it to the other fellow follow the private interests have been bets quick to see the tremendous of power and to edzo selza upon every point of advantage and to take ever every try possible light id and power those that are annn iel ici pally owned this if Is the greatest and mightiest rno in the world hu has been so 10 forti forcibly bly wore before many MAUT communities that they have the object and the lois lose sustained by the by falling into the I 1 hana of there largo lion tion 4 giffard pinchot of has 1 I 1 nothing like tits gigantic monopoly bai has ever aver appeared in the of the world ha 1103 ever before that yen eyen 7 abbe it in the thorough going ft un unceasing control it may vr exclia over mr the daily lif life 0 of every is human bring within the tl web of ita its 10 it Is 1 the great ct cat indurie Indu rii fact of tie the time if it it will I 1 to a plague without previous loa example if ef controlled tont roUl la is tho IL public interest it ean tan JA made th the greatest grea material matteal bannan in Is human history united states senator norris of X Nebra ika wilt 11 1 I hare been dun founded wad maed fina r zed aid tid the countr jr will b ba duir founded and ua maced amaded when ii it learnt learn that prattle ally evory la in ue the electrical world Is f controlled either directly or indi inal betly by some part of this iri gantic trust it control controls from on out CA end 4 of ise oe country to the other UK the generation and distribute a of elte let triciti ly by water 04 other incan mean and the lie manufacture and ale sale of and appliance TH this gigantic trust hi has fasten ba its it fangs upon the people of the united states from the atlantic to the pacific and from the brej great t lake lakes to the auff att over and against thi this peril of the t there ie Is a word of encouragement per for there ther a are 2581 cities town towns and sad villages that aper ato sto their own electric power plaat plants and the number li it steadily indre ing all 11 over the country ou atry there are re titles in the united states that own and bponte their own pal vater water woran Ps b il one of hem them and our water system ii Is nr at asset to the city regardless regard leu of V e gmt great mount amount of work it has cot colt and it ie Is bearin nearing time of completion rate alien it will be one of the greatest grea teet blessings the city ever had bad do any of you doubtful citizens thin think that a private owned water plant would be better for veal if no so just aek ask ogden what it cost them for their little experience in tall lesso 11 1 uy say and I 1 know that a nini epal power lower plant is and nd can be nado a aach much better money maker tl ti in 10 any water ertem what wo we need ia Is to tudy study and lean leara why and then the curtain will ie to withdrawn an we att tan plainly see for belr We elves lr the reason why it Is I 1 not lik like paving bretts building sewers or schools and afta many other public improvement which do not produce revo revenue nuts for it Is I 1 a money maker and one of the tho greatest assets the city ean can possibly own private T ate PC power W er companies in order to get cities to sell their plant plants obscure and deny important fact III B ell all kinds of false ani de cestive bethos of accounting hey endeavor to alow show tint that muni ira owned plant plants are losing 11 money they can pad expense accounts charge unwAr unwarranted mated item items against the plant they insist that heavy by which means they build up thel their ease utterly without foundation then they hold out to the people alluring suggestions eug by br offering to buy the electric ight plant and offer i a tenth of its it worth in which they get franchises line lines etc juil just like they did with price a t few years ago when they offered us for our plant end and franchise which hive have been an everlasting eala calamity rAlty to the city but that wa was leaded off and we protect eted our selvo selva against that deal to day we tre are offered for it and they ther f 21 1 1 sut zt buy it for a million we would be the th most mod foolish people on earth to sell it for a million this nis attah power and light tom panr bought out the steam plants in the mining towns of carbon county and what ha his been the remit t no same old story over again eteh hai has proven a great disappointment to the coal mining towns of the county after they ranked junked their iteal plants and took lower power from the utah power and light company the litter doubled tho the rate rates so 0 o I 1 am informed the power companies ane have lave always done this they keep ep on raising their bid for you ire are caught in the net and when yon you try to gel get out they tight fight you in the tourte arts with your own money md and try to control elections and bond immes inea ever being oa on the alert lert with crar czar control tont rol thear objective i how my frienda frient ln you mutt must know that so long so 11 a city owns its it own power plant it remain remains in the th city to increase the bulacos bula eos and sad add to the growth and prosperity the Vicy nent you buy power or dl sell your franchise all these earnings go 50 wt of town to other cities in thi tho forra form of dividend therefore wj we would allow other cities titles end and people to exploit ue us and our enterprise to enrich them selves do jon you want me to lit sit idle and not mot make investigation i and per mit them thebe thinie to go a when fler after ft careful study of the situation I 1 ha have a convinced myself of 0 the benefit benefits to be deri ed I 1 if I 1 did I 1 wo vroile ild be a traitor to my and ana not worthy to he be your standard bearer in the cause of liberty rind progress do not mot ie to worried or illow allow any one to you rg regaling arding the contract the th city rity bro hp with the utah power light co long lon and bit ter has been the ike on the part of the th american fitle titles in ibar contest bilth corporations for it hat ben b en proven time and time again train that no matter bow how eol to dan a contract a city moy have with a it company aff affo cling eting rate rates or service the courts do not hesitate hesi tati to set act then aside rde when the interest of a cot toll is i at stake bo beware that yon are not att served eer elved ved for a con ron tract is not a contract before the law when a few city ity off officials sign a contract for a long period of time which liter later prove to be a detriment private power companies krow this but a as long a the people are not informed they ire i it to protect themselves and defeat the interest interests of the tho municipalities we are not tot afraid ici and we re do not to be bluffed huffed or for we ve are going to stid ur ground ayd nd make the th light which will wit win for or us me many thousands of dollar dollars md and will be a an everlasting blessing to our city I 1 want watt the people to understand thu this question and ana I 1 thill still continue to publish art articles ioles which will MT investigations on this et |