St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-08-21

/ has been favorably reported 60 the
house and will be voted on this WIN
ter.
The ci.y Of cleveland has sort OF
] halfway city ownership OF her street
ltuuYuys now. and the plan has proved
an Immense success. 10 proves that
complete city ownership. the acquisi.
ton OF title being made AZ actual phys.
, teal value Of the property, would be
even more profitable than the Cieve-
/ land experiment has been. fOf the city
OF Cleveland hnB undertaken TO run the
stteetcar systNu upon the basis OF the
full value claimed by the strectcar
company.
When the franchise OF the Cleveland
Railway company expired In ig0g--five
years agO-the city council granted a
new franchise for q years. but. only
upon the condition that all pfofita
above expenses, taxes. interest Oh
bonded Indebtedness. and a per cent
profit To tie stockholders. should 20
TO the reduction OF fares and tile bet
terment Of the service. That plan has
been ~ operation five years. Tho city
had the right TO prescribe the fares
and the service, and TO keep an auditor
IN the office OF tile company, with a
corps OF ass stants, 10 check receipts
and expenditures.
The result has been as follows: First.
n fare OF cents was required. and
cent Tor transfer, to sup III II would
produce the required revenue II not
only produced all the money required
but ~ one year put surplus IN the
,reassr{ on ttog'ooO Then the fare
transfer TO be rebated when transfer
was taken ~. And now two tickets
are FURNISHED Tor cents. Let any one
article and send Il TO the mayor of
Cleveland Tor notification
The Portland Railway Light a. Pow.
81 company last year took In SG,72a.Tl2
lts total expenses and taxes were only
f3.2gS.3ig. 40 that over 90 per cent or
its revenues were pfofitH tf the city
would tako this utility over az ita
physical value, aa q ought to DO fares
would not be- over 2 cents In Portland
Tho Pacific Power a Light company
or Portland and the Portland Gas n
Coke company are both owned by tho
Maine. These two Portlpnd utilities
last year took In over 81 $50. 900 each
while their operating expenses and
taxes were less than half that amount
each. Telephone service, under city
ownership would be less than half
what 10 IN today.
Government and municipal owner
the cost OF living Co each person % al
leas, go anu TO each family OF five AT
dovernmcnt ownerahip ana opera
ton OF ocean ships, such as have pro.
posed, would keep IN tie United states
the f3Au,oVQ,000 which now goes ans
nually TO the ocean Hleamship trust.
No.ld lullhti fNdhco thC cost OF living
at least ~ per capita Per year, would
give ur the greatest auxiliary navy
ana greatest force OF trained sailors
Ia the world. ana would enable Amer
leans 10 tihNul AROUND the world In
safety ana comfort under their own
FLAG, and at less than one half tho
present cost senator Lewis OF Ilii-
nols has introduced bili providing
for 100 government owned ana Opor.
atedl ships since | first advocated tho
Idea In the house year ago.
Government ownership ana agricul-
tural asset currency combined would
eliminate the dishonest profits OF the
money power and give 20 every citizen
AN equal opportunity. That and moth
ing short OF that. In what the people
OF this country are entitled 90. Such
Will they receive In they stand by their
guns when the forthcoming battle
RACES Respectfully
A, W. LAfFERTY,
1885 pittoek Block.
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