The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-11-13

|oo,It 0liH& tof tax which
on'i w he collected Informal
~ IN ,he call vitiate the eIont;on
. o. ri both propositions. Com
pe.eh, lawyers say there is moth
hs Iegai II the formalties.
i Vote MOI NO.. MOI,
% Inc opponents of Municipal own
ershlp seem to thnk that Mnn;ai-
~ ownership will be weigh Il ~
we oaiance next Tuesday. hnt
such IS not tho ease. Nh r;naI
~ ~" ,.Ji9 snip IS ownership bv Tho
people OF public functions ora,a-
'ihs on public highways.
Municipal ownership docs not
nneu the stamp OF New Iberia's an
IL, a. y u success cycry-
Mnefe, ana all the time, the ms
uIe q success being the intellnet-
oa' status OF the people, ana ,s
ciN Niiization progresses the rcsnIts
o",h,hea III municipal opcration
'''' "e more ana more satisfactory,
we say again, it is not NTunici-
pal ownership which is to be tried
loi its lie next Tuesday. II u thc
status OF this community in pro-
sresslVeness, common sense. pnbI;c
sPirit, fundamental democracy
d1i 1nat Is The issue. We are trvino
OURSELVES; and the result r. E
oe favorable, will ring around tho
elrcle OF Louisiana towns ana hear
zen those striving for natnra,
things, for better things; for rreat.
er G freedom for communities Rut
II We tail we will brand oursclvce
as retrogrades.
ln the development Of this pn- |
Pupilc, the inexpericnce Of its foI1n- |
oefs, ana Of the world in Demo /
dtic Government, coupled win |
mover conditions brought about H.,
wohaeriul development in the me-
cnahical and other arts, and com
pilcaled by great civil war pro-
uuced conditions in which monop-
oly ~ many forms secured a foot
h0lu Dut as we grew in krow'-
eeoge, the error of private opera
tion ana ownership Of public utili-
tles, which was at first universal
mas been fought, and community ar
ter community seeing the error.
mas lallen into line and ou1tcd mo-
nopiy, securing control Of first one
thing, then another. First water
works, then lights, then toll roads.
then docks, and now the citadel of /,
street and interurban lines are be- F.,
ing sOclalized, and even in Louis
ana, New Orleans has its Mnniciplr1
w aterWorks and Municipal Docks. i
ana the end is not yet. Ae
Cleveland has cent fares, and {
nunicipal OWparsx;n ,ss,,n,1 -
uture; and TollIo ! 'sdnrfa WiIl eatnhls1 n a.
hem shortly. Monroe, M,,nicinaI
ight, water, strett cars, 'ah,'i'inaI ETC. and a
9icksburg and Plaquemine are SUI $
eering from private ownership, and .
lbout to start the fight. :,
so private ownership of public t.
sees its end and is fight t]
ng for its life, and as usual and to =
e expected from parasites, is care
ess as to method and unreliable as =
0 statement. The privately owned il
lants OF the United States are v
anded together in an organization q.
pr mutual protection from the eff "
orfs OF the people to secure their VI
VII, and one of their weapons is j,
hat is called "Tainted Newsn 81
hey have a bureau which collects, 6,
nd adorns and enlarges, or inverits =
Tainted News and they get this
as "plate matter" and supply it ;.
papers free Of charge. They I'll
ave good writer's to turn out in eli
resting copy, which saves sloth- Id
II editors mental effort in getting
, their papers, and it is much us
I ana In consequence people are tic
some extent misled as to the C;
cts. Now, if New Iberia goes
r0ng next Tuesday nearly every
lper in the country will have an Cl
'pOrtunity to print the news, and o..
wont lose in the telling. Our
ad eminence' would be here !ded az
every community where private tn
'eed sucked the public feat, and m,
r mistaken action tend to make of
avier the burden OF humanity
ruggling towards the light. I'd
:. eis
Dur civilization is young yet, and 10
ry crude, and i'm consequence =
r efforts are more or less ham, @
red, ineffective, and uncertain, an
d capable Of Improvement. ne
Dur opponents claim that munich Az
! management is not all that it
ght to be. They say 'sThe Board 90.
in politics." We answer, "Per- a'i
ps it is, but the School Board is 30
70 in politics, and worse, it is in siO
urt. Do you want to turn over tn.
: schools to private ownership :
operation ?"
They say, "The Plant hasn't -
own a cash balance in its favor,
it's burden on the Council
d now needs more help, let us re- -
We the Council" And we reply,