The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-19
HIGH GRADE CAMPAIGNING

II r. KRS campaign IS already far enough advanced So
that it's main outlines clear This is to be, sol
Mr. Kirk concerned campaign issues
Personalities The question he will voters
is not much @who is to blame, what is wrong and
how can the wrong thing be corrected 81
What the people Bridgeport good
Lion honestly They progress They want
oars worth Of progress fora dollar and not fifty cents
worth for dollar.
Mr. Kirk entirely with issues He has seen to that
hose issues plainly stated in short platform which the
simplest person. read and understand.
large number of the people Bridgeport interested
in the Commission PLAN in which Mr. Kirk believes he
does attempt his views upon the people, There
provided by law under which the citizens NAV de
eine if they want commission government and kind
they want.
have the benefit Of this law They may bring for
ward may be submitted be no nterfer-
nce by the municipal authority The weight of the city
viii not be laid tn the scale to conainate the ISSUE
4fonfuse the result,
The matter viii be decided by majority vote just as all
ter important questions decided American
constitution There will be impossible requirement Of so
Per cent OF the vote that generally applied
would cause q break down in the American system
This is the American position the method the
attitude Of an honest
With respect to the cent fare Kirk is equally clear
e viii honestly seek to have the rate placed belongs
Invoking to this end denagegc clamor the methods
which the law prescrbes in terms Language
win permit
How different candid and straightforward position
from that assumed City Hail. Of seeking the
&emedy provided by law INDUCED in the spectacular operation
~ asking the courts for injunction veriest in
procedure knew could not be granted
For Bridgeport these They do not repre-
sent the really Herculean job which have to clear
away ACKNOWLEDGEMENT as
For some eight or ten the city has rushing fast
md rushing faster into debt grown and The
st mas grown But the cost of government has
IA all proportion to the growth of population
For years the people have been paying interest on bonds
for improvements which for the part largely in
bryo. =
Mr. Kirk proposes city government which will do
promptly what it has to do He will
with minimum payments for political and snecures
We will obtain the maximum value the people, In ene
contracts and awarding public business he will pursue the
methods ne employs in his large growing
He will buy in the best market for the advantage ci
zens he will not buy in the highest Market enrichment
Of himself and his friends For him. surround
him. there will be no fat commissions the no eolu
ents in the middle He will trustee for the people ane
he will be heedful of his trust
Everybody understands tendency Of rents ane
what stumbling block high rents in the way making
Bridgeporta comfortable city to live High part
ly from the scarcity of dwellings, partly the high
cost Of things that enter into dwellings, but they largely
from high assessments and high taxes
Mr. Kirk being business attempt to attri
butte to evils that product many causes
d0es Intend To- the effects high taxes as cause