Show THE NEW WATCHWORD I Confidence and Cooperation Between Corporation and nd Customer an Ideal Quite Possible PO of Attainment According to Professor Meyer eye of ot tho the railroad commission of Wisconsin ono of the chief chlof alms aims of a n public utilities commission be to t bring about a 1 hearty cooperation between the cities cle I and the utilities companies which serve selye them the ultimate purpose bo be lug to secure for the time consumer the best hest service BenIce at the lowest price compatible I with a fair return upon the capital In i Invested i vested According to lila bin view the tho I I commission la Is JI not merely on the time ono on hand to protect companies companie from froum tho ilmo I open attacks of demagogues and amid the tho insidious attacks of grafters and an on the other to protect cities cites from tho time I rapacity of ot corporations whose hose motto moto motol Is l charge nil all ni tho the traffic will wi stand I III I II I Is beyond and above this to bring the time two parties parte to a franchise agree agreement agee I ment meat into Int a spirit of ot cordial and intel intelligent cooperation Agitators tell cli tel us that the th interests Interest of ot the corporation and of ot Its It customers arc necessarily antagonistic That la Is lanot not true rime and any nn city el or corporation which acts upon that tat false assumption I does doc so 80 at Its peril leriL Every Ever day it Is I J i becoming clearer that a n corporation that has a monopoly Is la no exception to tho the general rule that no business can cnn afford oford to antagonize Its Is customers and that good service is Ls L a better bolter guarantee I of or permanence than a long lon contract On the other hand a city that thal demands I tho impossible IB is IE likely to get half halfhearted hearted service and an to t Involve Itself In 1 vexatious litigation and experiments Professor Protessor Meyer reminds corporations and cities alike that It is time to aban abandon don childish and puerile ef of efforts forts fort to obtain potty pott advantages over each other which can cun only be b tempo temporary and to approach app ac the solution of the great geat problems which confront theta them tem In i a n large and manly mIly spirit with It open minds and If It necessary open OD books That this la lii no day dream la is proved by the Increasing number oC ot cities large and nod small whore where mutual suspicion and hostility have given I place to confidence and cooperation |