The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-28
THE WORD OF WISDOM.

Baal0mS
ass, has uttered the word for which have long
waited The tip for the dumb came in the form of
letter from A. w. Hartman, president of the Duluth
Edison Electric company, in which he tells the DID, old
story of ultimate bankruptcy the same old way with
Juggling of figures.
What Mr.. Hartman failed to say the morning paper
suggested: litigation, The attitude to be that
whatever the Duluth Edison wants we'll grant it
wehave to tell them how to get it, Truly Prophet
spoke wisely when he said 1.-THE knoweth his owner
and the ass his masters crib" and the com
mand of Paul. Servants, obedient to them that are
your masters" more religiousy obeyed.
Just how long will they Duluth taxpayers) let them
M o. advocates keep this issue in city politics? adroty
asks the mroning Just long necessary to
use politics to keep privately owned corporation
dominating city council. The only remedy is to own
the electric lighting system.
After calling upon the city regulate the lighting
rates. las provided in the city and after forcing
the city council to accept regulation proposal by filing
referendum petition for &C rate the daily papers and
big business men have suddenly become convinced that
the city shouldn't NEEDLE in such things.
The four cent rate ordinance as introduced by Com
missioner Voss entirely unexpected by the "repre
sentative citizens which accounts for the rambling words
OF one editorial writer and called expose" OF the
municipal ownership league from his colleague on the
morning paper
That bird in the hand and bush" argument is really
mink up better one Aesop has fables fully
as good and some of your readers probably read
them yet. While they wouldn't convey any greater wis
dom, still it might be more entertaining.
We've decided in Duluth to go one better than .four
cent rate Duluth citizens going to follow the course
In which other cities have found success Bankruptcy
and Comparative" statements are OF little mo-
ment To that profit could be made by private
company by reducing rates from twelve cents to eight
cents; was task we'll done To cut this eight cent rate
In two and still make profit is unreasonable For the
city to own its plant and light at three cents
and power at cent is idle dream This shall be-
70 accomplish may fight Duluth has virile
men who know how to fight for the right.
This will cost money How strange It has cost n,.
uth great deal in cold the liberation and
paronizng OF private monopoly within boundaries
Why should the citizens of Duluth forced to stand
for the financierng carried on by the Duluth
Edison Electric company? Why the people of Duluth
IN order to pay cent bonds and six
per cent $15000 of preferred stock and s50OO in
par value of stock when actual value of the
plant is less than IL million dollars? In reading these
figures of the company report forget that in
vestmen CD on the "Prnde franchise" for which
stocks were issued and pawned off on those "wdows
and orphans" in the east
Duluth can no longer afford to sanction the inves-
OF this concern and certainly refuse to Day
Tor such 1nvestments even in purchasing the plant
The $1100000 valuation of the plant by Pilsbury and
tttenhouse has most of the water squeezed out but the
company, being accustomed to bay of water" like
fish hates give up and eeke hopes to slip back in
for moment 1t is taken out.