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Show "A kilowatt is neither Republican nor Democrat." That was said by Secretary of the Interior Seaton, in a recent speech. Electric generating capacity, he predicted, must be tripled by 1980. He went on: "What does this mean? It will mean an investment in generating, transmission and distribution facilities of more than $100 billion. Now who's going to pick up the tab, which amounts to $5 billion a year Uncle Sam? Not so The congress has never voted that kind of money for power development. And besides, the only pockets Uncle Sam has be done by governmental and other public agencies in cooperation with private power companies. But it is the plainest and purest are yours. . . ." Mr. Seaton indicates that the job will have to of logic that we should encourage the private power companies, as against governmental of quasi-governmental groups, to undertake under-take the lion's share of the job as they are willing and more than able to do. These companies pay heavy taxes, instead of avoiding taxes or consuming taxes through deficit operations People invest in them voluntarily, and no burden is imposed on the general taxpayers. And their rates and service standards are regulated by public bodies whose duty is to see that the companies get no moore than a fair return in the way of profit and that the user's interest is fully protected. It is plain to see that the tax paying public can be a little wary of secret City Commission meetings that might result in property sales all over town. ' Forest Dale and The Lafayette School having been quietly disposed of, maybe they can peddle the City and County Building as a Museum location and build another building with both sides paying the full bill. I personally feel that public buildings and lands being sold should at least be presented to an open meeting of the citizens who might want to register legitimate protests. The favorite topics being discussed in various publications these days are Taxes, The Berlin Crisis, Foreign Aid, Taxes, Juvenile Crime and Taxes. ' And so to vary the reading a little, let's talk about you and us. The vast majority of the readers of this paper are residents of the Southeast Section of the City. Many of you are merchants, others employed in the various business establishments, and all are customers in this rapidly expanding section of the City. Our job as a newspaper is to report the events about people. To accomplish this we need your help as reporters-at-large. You need not be a writer, just jot down the highlights of the event, making sure you have the names and dates correct, then mail it to Box 136 Sugarhouse Station Salt Lake City, Utah. We'll do the rest by seeing that your stories are in print. Mr. and Mrs Tom Notestine, the new owners and publishers of the Independent have issued one. blanket order to the Editorial Staff and that is "Fill the paper with news of people." It being ' human nature to "desire to continue working, your Editor humbly repeats "Send us news, we'll print it." - |