Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-17
SOCIALIST RULE.
IN MILWAUKEE
First Administration Is De-
clared Decided Success.

Milwaukee, Wis, Feb. 1Ts-The
first socialist administration of Mil
iwaukee has been a decided success,
and we base our demand for ~re-elec-
ttion upon q review of cur record and
upon our proposition to institute city
Ownership of all revenue-bearing
public utilities"
Mayor Emil Seidel, whose candi-
dacy for reelection has just been
announced, In this statement today
admitted he based his strongest hope
upon the municipal ownership plank
In his platform.
1--WE are going to carry on our
fight for municipal ownership of
lpublic utilities and win 1t, too" said
the former pattern maker, who left
his workshop nearly two years ago
to take the mayors chair. Profits
OF reyenue-bearing utilities which
now go to FIJI the Golfers Of the priv
iileged wealth, will then be poured
into the city treasury, to be used in
Solving the problems of municipal
life.
ut is noticeable" he continued.
"that municipal activities which are
non revenue-bearing are left to the
average American city to perform.
iAll revenue-bearing service is con-
trolled by the ~monopelies by means
of franchise grants"
Quoting from the party platform,
the mayor outlined in brief the
achievements of the past ADMINISTERS
ltion which he claimed would force
1.-THE average honest voter to return
1.-THE Socialists to office:
'IH spite of the opposition of old
party politicians in the council. in
the state legislature and even the
courts, the administration has built
the first public lavatory In the city;
Is constructing an electric lighting
tplant; acquiring a municipal stone
quarry; building a municipal hos
pital; has a consolidated fire and po-
lice alarm system; establishing a
lefty telephone service and ia stead
lily demanding the public ownership
tof all local utilities.
Early in Office the Socialists I'M
lowered and stopped a long standing
paving graft. The cost OF paving
Ihas been reduced from S2.26 to
$40 down to s1.28 to $1.40 per
Isquare yard by the opening up OF
specifications and elimination of
Ifavoritism In contract awards. This
lalone saved the voters more than
tS400,0 600 In 1911.
1.-THE honesty of this administers
ltion, which has been watched by the
ewes Of the nation and mAiigued by
the colored c~apitalistic press, is UNI
challenged" continued he little
Executive. sit has also been dis
Itinctly a working mans administra-
ltion. The wage OF the common la
borer in city employ has been in
creased from s1.75 to SO per eight
hours work. The union scale Is paid
to all skilled workmen and materials
purchased by the administration have
wherever possible to obtain, been
manufactured by union labor.
1.-THE city has established a sys-
-ssm of factory inspection: inaugu-
rated a policy of social activities
looking into the elimination of evils
that Turk for the young IN the dark
shadows of the average American
city: commissions have been APP
pointed for the Investigation and In
a~uguration of the fight against tuber-
|~cuIosis: furtheriug child welfare; re-
|lieving the unemployed: better har-
Dor; parks; public garden patches;
city planning; housing and municip-
al market places. A bureau OF ex-
perts on efficiency and economy has
been appointed and ts ncw It work
studying and solving these many
problems"
do you think the Socialists have
a legitimate claim to be allowed to
proceed with this program" the
mayor was asked.
! REPORTS detrimental to the adj
ADMINISTRATION have been spread broad
cast over the country to discredit
lus," he charged, "but the people
whose votes we will solicit are here
where they have been enabled to see
for themselves.
Here's a parting shot from our
opponents" Mayor Seidel concluded,
1.-THE administration found the eity's
government with a s216,000 deficit;
1t finishes it's first term with a sur
plus. Ali the dire calamities pre-
dicted by Its opponents have failed
to materialize."