The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-09-05
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NOT MEAN ECONOMY
Women's Council Of Superior
Takes Issue With City
Commission.

Superior from, all indications Is to
be without an incinerator for some
time to come. Several years ago un-
der the Crumpton administration the
proposal for an moderator was forced
to lay over because Of insufficient
funds" Now the city commission as
a matter Of &c nomy while recognize
ing the need Of an incinerator> is de-
laying the matter.
The Women's council of Superior
has been making consistent campaigns
for several necessary improvements
throughout the city and. are some
what put out over the evident parsi
'mony Of the commission.
In regards to the question, Miss
Dorothea Shehans chairman" of the
wards committee Of the Women's
council, writes the following:
THAT the. European war should
prevent Superior from getting an in
GENERATOR. and the municipal ,.collec-
ton Of garbage: :reinforces our con-
tention that General sherman was
right. Just when we. are on the point
of taking a progressive step, the
necessity of which, is apparent to
every thinking. peraon: the unprogres-
siyeness of. monarcllial Europe effect
ually prohibits the ADVANCE:
ECONOMY at any time .Js< highly
desirable. >Now,s ~as the: tinie draws
near. to make apathe' city budget, 1t
behooves; lis to acquire An. Intelligent
Understandings ofewhat economy u.s.: 1t
certainly does not mean saving. at one
pbirit and paying out large amounts
at, another to ameliorate the conti-
tions resulting from the saving In
other words. it ii, sometimes econorni-
cal. to spend. - eAnd~zit- is sometimes
expensive not to spend Or course,
the need for an auditorium: is not SO
pressing as that for1improvements~ in
volving sanitary and moral conditions,
and the auditorium and care Of gar
bage are scarcely im the same class.
Tax Does Not. Exceed Former Cost.
IF providence: should so intervene
as to relieve the war pressure on SUI
perior,. the ineinerator. :: proposition
may again be- feasible. The necessity
of economy and efficiency will still
confront us. This necessary step: Is
expensive and we must make 1T pay.
The selection and Installation Of
plant requires intelligence. and care;
its running demands efficiency: its
success calls for a general realization
of what such AN Improvement means
to the: the: community For instance,
the tax payer; should not forget that
the per capita tax to cover the ex-
pense does not exceed: his former <ex-
pense in :disposing of garbage by his
own private efforts. !,
Monetary and. Health Saving.
Besides this purely monetary saw
Ing, there is the sanitary aspect and
also the }matter Of convenience and
effectiveness; which is not. to be
sneezed at. The constant irritation
between landlord and tenant over the
Question of keeping premises clean,
the expense Of cleaning up vacant
lots, and the warfare between sloven-
ly and Clearly neighbors, will be
greatly diminished by an efficient and
systematic collection and disposal of
garbage.
1T surely is question Of economy
New Orleans finds it economy to pay
d 6OOO 1C"dIu LUZ c*CAy 4oI n1A1CU
Now. possiblye we are paying good
money to correct conditions which
our rats, flies and other filth bred
dangers have caused. -.
Superior Weeds Incinerator.
Every thinking person knows and
admits that Superior. ought to have
an incinerator: and garbage collection,
and we will at. the earliest emporium
ity. If the sum necessary for. them
is not appropriately this year, the tax
payer will feel all the more, necessity
for other expenditures I'VE willethen
have plenty of. money tq pay tor
visiting nurses, tor a. municipal lodg-
ing house and other: desirable pro-
positions. Unsanitairay Eondftions, in
tdustrial evil lack. OF intelligence, in
difference, breed disease, immortality,
suffering. And We have to- provide
in the. city budget. .fon ehandHng and
correcting the condftiohss that we
have thus allowed TO- exsts 49,. -. :.
+ - - We Must Pey Piper. s>:i'' :
I'VE must pay the ptrer.s>s It would
be more communicable bnrevent these
conditions. but If We allow them to
originate the only thing We can: do
is to- pay cut money to, minimize their
extent and influence as much as pos
sible. - Between now .: and. October
every tax, payer ~waH be4 doing lsome
thinking go that. he city budget will
be. economic made out - s =. ><=: q.
EUROPEAN WAN no COMPARISON
ZION CITY ,pi7 Sept: ~ 1.-THE - general
war In Europe bssH1 mere Il sa1rlpile
brawl between infants. compared to the
IRENE ndonsa flict sragingra bove: Zion
|: City, accounting to Wilbur, Glenn " OLIVIA
the Zion church. h IN d
-f's' The greatest bat tie: of tho universe
| Ia now in progress In the. AIR ab0v<
Iare q ghting q; million devils tor tn.
1G6nQ0est Zion, q IS .s ,se