Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-04-09

onnnaed * many ~ ~. ~,
bin that Is realfv 5nre ferrea II @tha vel
ace bill. though the Knann MI 1,,,tch
has been favnra III = 81 rannrt a. \: II straa
house would be acceptable. s5
V WHY STATE CONTROL, Is SppE-,,:2
FERRED , . ! s ss5 81
The characteristic Il. feature ~ +hasa
last two measures Is that thew snhati-
.tute state FOR local control az scornnra,.-
lions engaged in the business az a,nnlv-
ing Minnesota cities with water 81 ~ ~
gas With electric light and M wa, "a
So on. zs Hitherto in order Ia a. 90 % q,
any OF these lines Of business: tha co,;,-
tracing company has been oblteed ~
obtain a franchise from the civ Gown;
eli, giving # snch RIGHTS - +ha s+raat,,s.
allevs: etc 40 ~ rennired ana , NJ &c
the co,,nc,, has been live to tba n,,hl,c=
interest the corporation has panara1iv
been required to give something s,,h-:
stantia1 nv wav> Of return. .=% I1ndar all
of the Enronosed laws the comnanv - ~
secure such rights as it desires on an:
nl;cation ia a state commission without
the .people Immediately concerned hav-
ing anvthing To saw. in the matter 81 n. T.
can readily no ,,nf1erstoof, 41v},1 :,
tions would prefer doing hnsinesse IN
this ,wav rather than he mt "a Z he M
novance and expense incident to salts
fvine the demands OF exactine c;t;zans
who yyben tbev pive awav suhetant;al
,nd yo,r.hla r;phts ana nr,yilapas . -
Inconsistencies anmgh "a think that thev
shon,d have something substantial and
valnah,e in return for them &. '.. n t.55:5s
cTATE We IOrAI, REGI1T,AT10N
No o,,v unaar2 +basa n,,h1;c u+,li+iae
h,1,s will the cornorations 5ha nrivilapad
RI oco,,;ro from a stare hoa "a ra+har
than from a local connci1 the rights IN
o,,nicinalit which enable them "a on
90 % ~ .nrof+a hle hreinass and 81
far &C annnaars without va,uah1a1 con-
sidoration Of anv kind whatever h,,t a =
10, +ha u+i1;+v e under wav thew ara
tn ho in No wise subject RI mnnicinal
control The new theory indeed is thai
tbis CONTROL is vicious that Il simnoses
unon. 'oornorations tho. nacassitv of he
comines a factor. in local notifies and on
oo.s;o,,,. of h,,v;ne IN an. alderman or
two state com missfon s "a arp,,ed
1vo,,,d set+1o disn,,taa MATTERS in,,,a ::
t;a,,, m their merits giving to each
na.rtv in interest their inst dues and no
events
understand whv q pub1,c service cornor.
| alton would prefer to do business with
/ one central authority rather than with
a hundred cities or more scattered wide.
| " throughout the state. This Is espec.
ially the case with concerns like thu
Consumers Power Company which il
| branching ont in every direction >an6
! sometimes exercises control where i
does mt do business in its own name
| And II NAV he added It, is especiallv tn,
case in cases where the power appoint
4 IMP s = nnhlic utilities commission /.
knnwu,, 10 ne in cn-oneration1 with f1,at ~
| fnences which are. seeking the enact
ment of legislation of the kind referred
70. ~
PRIMARY LAW AMENDMENT.
What warrant there is for it. it !.
hard tn saw. but the opinion seems to b,
general that there is a disposition botl
in the senate and the house to sidetracl
the bill amending the primary law
Leaving aside controversial matters a.
i whether the county ticket: should b,
! elected on non-partisan ballot, Of
! whether politics should be recognized
in electine members to the state legis
lature. there are respects in which tn,
primary law ought to be amended in tn,
i interest Of economy. This is PROPOSED
in the bill passed. It would probabl,
save every county in the state a coupl,
of hundred dollars or more if no pri
mary election were required for politica