University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-02-06

that proper administration is hard to
obtain. On the whole. l am against
il.
j. ID. Wilcox, photographer be-
lieve that the commission form of gov
ernment would be good thing for Co
lumbia. 1t has succeeded in other cit
les. For the smaller cities l think it
is especially good.
{. A. Raum, manager of the CoIum-
bia Office of the Western Union-I
think it is all right for a small town
like Columbia. l hardly think it
would be good for big city.
Ira I. &. Stone, cashier of the Gen.
tral Bank don't know enough about
it to express an opinion.
ii. H. Banks, president of the Co
lumbia Savings Bank-I am not sure
whether it would work in Columbia
or not.
L. Sidney stephens of the Stephens
Publishing Company don't think
the commission form of government
would be good thing for a town like
Columbia. AS | understand il, it
would take four men with a salary of
about $l,100 each This would only
attract men that were after the sal
airy. 1t is not enough salary for such
I inl ii
be all right if there could be two or
three men to govern the town with a
much larger salary.
II. X. Jackson, coal and feed dealer
i don't know anything about the de-
cities of the fourth class, but believe
| would vote for it should the opportu-
nifty present itself. | think that three
commissioners would be more efficient
than eight councilmen in handling the
city's business.
;. II. Levy, shoe dealer-My only
knowledge of the commission form of
government was gained from that of
Muskogee. Okla. The commissioners
cause added expense without benefit
ing the city. | am not very favorably
impressed with the new form.
J. X. Richards, of the Richards meat
MARKET am in favor Of commission
government because under this syS-
TEN the city administrators are re-
sponsible for carrying out certain du
ties. There is no shifting of respon
sibility. The city is business insti-
tuition and should be run as such.
DR.. {. vi. Sneed, oculist-I believe
that commission government is a fine
thing. 1t aims toward efficiency of ad
ministration. The principle of COM
mission government and the principle
of public ownership should go hand in
hand
W. J. ("DOc") Peery, of the Univer-
sity Barber Shop am heartily in ia
vor of commission government be-
cause under it a city is run like busi-
ness. The city should be run by
trained business men-not politicians
Henry 4. COllier-It looks all
right on paper, but | do not know
whether | would vote for it or not. |
would have to investigate the subject.
W. b. Novel;, SRI would be will
ing to try the commission form of gov
ernment 1t is good enough to try.
II. b. Price. Jr., of the Boone County
National Bank do not believe that
we could get any better men under a
commission form of government than
we now have in our council. In a city
this size, the salaries of the commits
sioners would make the expense Of ad
ministration greater than at present.
Our city government is thoroughly
honest and far above the average in
efficiency. | favor a commission form
of government only when a city must
put into effect some unusual improve
ment or reform. These problems do
not present themselves to Columbia
at present, and am therefore opposed
to a government by commission.