Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1910-08-11
SOCIALIST CITY
COUNCIL AT WORK
Milwaukee Paving the Way for the
Ideal City of the Future---How
Money Is Being Secured to
to Advance the Work

This provides for the unit system of
cost-keeping. IL will doubtless pass
the Council at its next meeting.
Every trust. Berger says. has this
system. The difference between Mil
waukee and the trusts will be that tie
trusts adopt it for purely financial
reasons, while Milwaukee will adopt IL
from the standpoint of political econ
omist'
This method. together with the other
smaller economies Of the various de-
partments, will undoubtedly furnish
money enough to inaugurate the big
municipal housing plan now proposed
by our socialists.
Thus the greatest and grandest OF
all projects ever yet undertaken in
this country will be started in Mil
waukee - aproject for providing
beautiful and sanitary homes to the
working class at cost.
In connection with thiswork Of
stopping the leaks. 1t is worth noting
that our socialist city attorney has
dug up an old provision in the fran
chise OF the sreet railway company.
which requires that every car run
shall carry a license. These licenses.
would cost SIS. each Somehow. this
provision was most conveniently for
gotten under all the capitalist admin
istration of the last ten years.
Only when the socialists came into
office. was It unburied, to the discon-
future OF the street railway boss
or course. the point will be con-
tested in the courts. But the cap
italistic exploiters and grafters are
beginning to find that court decis-
ions do not always go in their favor
now wadays.
The one lone socialist on the Park
Board is making things lively. The
majority Of the board holds over from
the last administration. But our
cne newly appointed socialist is stir.
ring things up 20 teh best OF his abit-
ity. For instance. he is demanding
an investigation OF the kind Of truck
which is sold as food and beverages
in the parks. He says that more
care is taken in feeding the animals
in the Zoo than in feeding CHILDREN
in the parks of Milwaukee.
Thus our men. each in his own line
is pushing the work forward. We
have to begin with little things Tut
the Milwaukee socialists have always
won by being" faithful in that which
II least. This is the reason VII,
men"
Verify the Socialists are no re-
specters OF persons. The street rail-
way king OF Milwaukee-the man who
has always run the city according 10
his own notions and for the profit OF
his company has been arrested by
order OF the Socialist Mayor and the
Socialist City Attorney.
This is about as impressive a
spectacle Milwaukee as II Kaiser
wilhelm should be arrested in Ber-
lin. This mighty street car magnet
John l. Boggs. besides running his
cars when and how he pleased, and
as DIVIDED and as dirty as he pleased.
as crowded and as dirty as he pleased,
has also completely defied the pro-
vision which requires every street car
In Milwaukee to carry Il license.
Accordingly the Socialist City At
torney has begun an action against
him to recover the back dues for
these licenses. AS they have not
been collected for over twelve years.
the amount du e the city is over
$4,000.
At the same time a criminal suit
was brought against Mr.. Boggs for
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