The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1911-05-19
10 WE WAN no GROW,

1T WAS only Q short time ago that
! man came to Klamath Falls With
the avowed intention Of putting In .
mattress factory here. The business
men and Chamber OF Commerce took
the matter up and did everything Ia
encourage the industry but furnish
him . free site for the plant. Nov
comes u gas company and asks for
nothing but the privilege OF being al.
lowed to do business. II furnishes all
the capital. the site and everything.
aud agrees to spend $4,000 In the
city and take its chances OF getting
the business. Doee the Chamber OF
Commerce or the businsss men DO
anything to encourage this Industry
Not 80 that anyone would notice Il.
Instead. members OF the city council.
by their expressions. convey the I'm.
precision that there 10 Q doubt wheth.
er the people Of the city want such an
enterprise or not. A. . result 4 spe.
cial election viii have to be called 10
see whether the people viii permit
the money being spent here.
Klamath Fails expects to b q big
city some day. and yet did anyone
ever see . big city without street car
service! Capital 10 represented here.
and will ask for . franchise for Q
street car system through the city
Thar aeo e>sAs er s,,e ssv. = A~~A a..
$ie.oo0 that they viii build the sys-
TEN in . certain specified time. Does
Il .ook a. II they would get n, We
rresume that Il will take all summer
10 cirque the question. and probably
We will decide that inasmuch - the
PEOPLE OF klamath Falls have been
walking for years and years. that
walking Is good enough for then, the
rest Of their lives. There are other
industries and factories that klamath
Falls needs. and which would like to
come here. but when they stop to see
the Encouragement that big investors
Of capital received from the hands of
the citizens. they will probably decide
to take chances somewhere else,
where the people are more friendly.
There Ia no need OF gtting scared
that someone 10 trying to seal the
city simply because they ash for the |
privilege OF doing business here. The |
time for exclusive franehisss and per. |
manent rates II passsd. No city 10 |
granting these fraachisss. and N
company 10 asking for them any more. |
However. gas. electricity. street rail-
ways. factories and other Industries |
arc absolutely necessary for any sue
cessful city. Franchises for these
plants are business propositions. and
should be handled In Q busincsslike
manner. They must b granted soon.
or or later. II the city is TO prosper
and grow. and the sooner they are
granted the quicker viii the city de-
velop.
II 10 true that Il takes . pretty big
man to handle these questions. prob
Ably bigger than some OF the members
Of the city council. but surely there 10
enough members In the council Who
are big enough and capable enough to
see that the city is amply protected
In the granting Of these franchises.
People are naturally distruetful.
II . man offered you Q dollar. YOU
probably would not hesitate In takinG
Il. but II he offered you . thousand
dollars. you would think that hs was
lrying to goid.briek you. and would
refuse. That 10 about the eondjtion
|n the present case. A mattress fac.
Tory. with the expenditure OF . few
thousand dollars. looked al right.
but gas plant or an electric railway.
II . cost Of $4,000 TO 500. 900. IL
100 much money TO bs spent In Khan.
lth Falls to be true. Our city and
county has grown. but some OF our
,eople have not grown Witb Il
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