Show WISE UNWISE so says say geo gen W decker concerning disposing of our light plant pan jan 20 1919 editor of the he times time dear sir enyou editorial of jan IS 16 you urge the city to tie tas up with telluride Tel lunde for light and power service it seems to me that would be very cry unions from my own private in ID I 1 probably would be benefited temporarily the but I 1 think anyone having the interests of the muses masses a heart should wave his own interests in favor of community interests there is IB all together too much mot centenni ermat of personal power in our or country even in individuals and corporations corporation to be to our permanent betterment place ther the peoples birthright birth right to in the hands hand of individuals or corpora chions and our grandchildren adir en will til arend chir ernora heap maledictions male dictions 0 on y knur m memory to I 1 inan urn over your light plant to the telluride Tel lunde or any other oher organization would be to rob our children of chance to conduct business for them wives selves in the future in lighting and power with one of natures nature best gifts gifta to man water power the water power in our creeks cracks is a portion of our birthright and carowan parowan city has in the past wisely decided to utilize under its ita own control that birthrights birthright if the plant is not efficient that is no reason why it should be abandoned abondo ned or sold even there is all together too great a tending to sacrifice the privileges and rights of the public to private greed or corporation enterprise this should be checked by the public servants the tendency to swish sacrifice the publics inter interest ate is what brought on bolshevism in european countries and if carried tu co half the pitch in america that it has been carried in europe will produce bolshevism here those people who have obtained of great tracts of land or men or corporations corpora liona who have obtained control of the natural re sout sources ices of our land or state or county ar are the fote forces driving the people at large into a combination or combinations combination to co try to preserve a little of their manhood and self respect reaped those men and corporations have been aided a at t times by the representatives of the people chosen to look foole after the interests interest of the community those representatives be they legislators city councilmen or other servants sometimes on unwittingly sometimes viciously have been the betrayers be of their trust those who unwillingly betray the interests of the people are unconscious a of wrong wrone out but by personal association or in other ways become for those forces force absorbing slowly iowla at times time but none the leas lea surely the liberties of the people it if our legislature uw mw in masion does not make it IE jive possible sible for all municipal government to control and develops dev elope its ita resources reao arces and prevent public servants irvin from in any way and privileges of the people it will have mused mined it splendid opportunity for or serving the people to my thinking a public servant should never have authority to in vitiate a movement to dispose of any of natures gifts to man such initiative should cone come from the unofficial community i officials turn ins propagandists ista for such sess enter prima are to my mv thinking thin kine licit behaving avex their trusts trusta by all means lets have all the light and power our air economically omi cally affords afford III but it let us me mass it as a municipal ent enterprise pai G W |