The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

to upbufId- In this they are proving
successful
7 understand that under the new
system so per cent of the actual run
compared with the previous system
are saved The new plan is quicker
and more expedirIouS, and all the pur-
chasing is done by the allied commits
sioners and not by individual consent
Competitive bids are taken and the
one best from out the best three Is
allowed Everyone is absolutely salts
fed with the government. with the
modus operandi of action, the city
owns its own waterworks its light
ing plant. it's sewers all of which 1t
did not do before and the assess
ments against the people are honest
and the books show where and how
every penny is received and spent
Galveston though never graft
ridden and rotten in its political his
tory, after the manner of other places
was never until after the advent of
the commission form, the city from
point of municipal government that it
IS today. and statistics show that its
growth has probably been the result
of this governmental plan
THE commissioners were selected
without especial qualification. except
that effort was made to secure clean,
honest men, nothing else. There has
been no fault to find Two of the men
have held their positions as commits
siorers since the inception of the COM
mission plan These men are Messrs
Kemper and Lang. the former who is
aforementioned, and the other who is
one Of the best known financial lights
Of the state
Denver in Contrast.
In striking contrast, Denver might
be taken. with its greed and lust: its
municipal government which breeds
i'll and destroys the doctrines upon
which our nation is built There the
officials may well be Hkened to ami
mails. each have the features of the
animal. some the sIyness of the fox:
another the bIoated jowI of the swine;
and still another the cunning of the
panther; and all the imprint that be-
tokens only their greed without
scrup1e
They have the old form of govern
ment; the interruptions holder of pub
lie political trust; and a bIoated. sub
sidized institution in which the ring is
all power: where the unserupuIous
lawyer phys his trade and where the
au-powering lust of greed is at full
sway
1T is these things that are disrupt
ing the laws of the state, the nation.
and it IS this condition that is brought
upon the people themselves. The peo-
pie are alone responsible For this
condition the trust is the institution
which is to blame; and the people
themselves are responsible for the
trust
"A striking example of this might be
shown IN the efforts Of the American
hnancier to establish a soap trust in
England. Two shrewd business men
were sent to that country to buy up
the manufactures But they had not
reckoned with English policies; with
the English people. A result was that
although they succeeded in purchasing
a number of the factories, the adver-|
Using display, the fancy embossed cal
eudars, the scented perfume of the
trust made product sold at lower prices
than that Of the home people did not
prove the right incentive The Ameri-
can soap trust in England was a fail
ure- The people realized what it was
and refused it patronage
Otherwise in America The Unsuitable
desire is to procure an article for even
an inhnitesfmaI sum smaller than it
might have previously been bought, has
worked TO the end of making the trust
all powerful in a monetary way. and
with the men of wit cunning. and
treacherous business sacumen. at their
head the money has been the agent
through which they have become all
powerful in every way
Young has fund of knowledge which