The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-10-27
WARMLY
GREETED BY
AUDIENCE
Makes Brass Tacks" Talk At
Lincoln School Gym Last
Night

LEY THE POLITICAL REPORTED,
ho. simon made The best speech Of
MS political career last ntrht At ~;
seiiooi ~ mnasiun The democrat
eahdidate got down TO brass tacks .nd
lHt the north side folks know exactl,,
where he stood.
1t was better talk than he mad at
us f4rthenon theater. although along
same line OF argument 1t Was
practically free of personalities ami
included little irrevelanr 70 The a."
sues OF the campaign.
simon did not deny the statemcnt
-'i'ue Dy W. j. McNeer that he would
"2poiht e Z. Tinkham city attorney
out ne did say this:
IF am elected mayor I win M, 81,
she city attorney at a meeting of tho
council that unless he attends "a ,be
city business III get somebody who
VIII attend to II. I'll 90 one better
than that TIL fire him"
MORAL ISSUE ALIVE
ne said that the moral issue was
ahve and breathing despite the I'll
iesed efforts of Charles Surprise and
the political reporter to bury It
\ 1e" days alter the primary call
ed attention TO the conditions on Plum
Saiu simon I believe the
people Of the north side know what
s eoi'D' ions mean You had the
NOHul 'iohs on Gostltn street
- sHe me Ihat element was I'm
ally driven out OF Burnhan. and
MS Deeh wondering why they came
80 hammond One OF the republican
speli-oinders didn't have the nerve TO
20 uehy the morals issue and admitted
'hat conditions were bad on Plummer
avenue out said II was better to have
'ii'se people segregated.
That's not true. however. Thev are
not segregated. They are in various
parts Of town. Two hotels have bean
raided this week The morals tss,a
isn't closed and so far as I'm concerned
Il isn't going to be closed untiI tbe
doors of those places are cIozedr
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'"'.D oGt lhial while wa
~ eo"i'' rates for gas.
go 1~'"fno"e service and street car
e-e w.
re talT, be said Were not
harsine Mayor Brown with hetog dis
noi-esr But "e are saying that he
@iieu 70 cope with the situation and
mat he did not carry out his promises.
One week from next Tuesday II win
De up TO you voters TO decide whether
TIE public service corporations shall
rule your city or whether YOU are 10
rule II yourself 1t will be Up to YOU
70 say whether or not you shall con
me 10 pay premium to the gas com
pahs' the telephone company and tho
street car company or move oat Of town.
The records of the state public scr
zee commission show that in every
instance the city OF Hammond has
made no defense, or very weak one.
against the demands OF the public util-
tiles for increased rates - ,ioro 49,,
reason why Hammond should pay the
highest price in the country for gas.
We pay $3.50 as against SO cents in
the city of Chicago and s. cents In the
little city of Richmond. Ind
The contention of the gas comnanv
was that it must have increased rates
in anticipation of higher prices for the
raw products used In the manufacture
Of gas
LOWER PRICE OF MATERIALS
That was in its petfffoD ~ oc+o1
1880 The company stated ii was paw
ing then six to eight cents a gallon
Tor gas oil but expected TO have 70 pay
10 cents gallon. Gas oil Is the main
material in the manufacture of gas.
instead of going up In price il fell To
cents gallon, delivered in Hammond.
The gas company further said that
hey must have Increased rates in an
icipation of higher price of coal. Now.
,oal has since fallen OFF Twenty-Five
o thirty per cent in price. and so has
'olSe, another expense in the making
# gas.
On these contentious. without a fight
'eing made by the city of Hammond.
he gas company secured a 40 cent
aise in the price OF gas and there you
re.
AND HIGHER RATES
7 have been asked why I didn't ap-
'ear to fight the rate increase? I'll
nswer that in this manner. When I
mploy man l expect him to attend
o the duties assigned him and If he
'"e 'iiiil eild get ahother man II