The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-01-31
IT'S BUNK
SAYS BANKER
TO KIWANIS
hcAIeer Clashes With OppOn-
ent at Weekly Club
Meeting

A Murray Turner. president OF the
First National bank, created ienss
situation alt the Kiwanis c3ub uacb-
! con today when he denounced W II
! McAleer's fight on the public Ltility
| corporations
It's bunk" shouted the banker
In hrcy speech Turner said that
| thousands Of men mad rode into office
! by assailing the public utility corpora
| lions. lie declared that he was oppoy-
ed to the campaign launched against
| the utilities by the KiwanIs club OF
which he is a member and was not IN
favor of asking the city councils az
| Hammond. Gary, East Chicago and
Whiting to appropriate $4,000 for an
investigation.
TERMS 1T "YELI.Ow DOG
Mr.. Turner termed the Hammond.
Whiting & East Chicago street Rail-
way company yellow dog" that haa
been bounded until It was nothing 64:
skeleton" He declared that "the
| motor age has broken the back OF the
street railways" and that II the tracks
OF the Green Line" were taken up #
would be impossible 70 organize a new
company even with a subsidy OF cent
- CO ~NAAN 1f1HHto4S COnE6F-
sion.
TO attack the street car cornpany.
the gas and electric company and the
telephone company is the most pcpu-
lar thing a politician can 10" Turner
cried. IF I were a candidate for Of
fee or ever expected to pc a candidate
for office would not make this
speech"
MI Turner'S speech was received In
silence- When Turner sat down w 7.
McAlee-. author OF the resolution
against the utilities. took the floor.
MeALEER REPLIES.
~Te's not bunk he cried Were
not attacking the public service cor
poration- We ara investigating them
We're not jumping on them The pub
lie believes it ds paying too much for
street car service and for gas. cleo
tricity and telephones. We don't lsrow
but we propose 20 find ou1 are vs
going 10 be a dead cl,sb7 II any man
believes that this a political move /
say that he is wrong
George Geyer. president of the crub.
and Frank O'Rourke supported the
movement and the report of the Xxi
wants committee which met with
city officials and civic organizations
Of the region Saturday night was
adopted by a unaninlous vote. Mr..
Turner mot voting. The report con
tained recommendation that the city
coGncils OF Hammond, Gary. East chi
cago and Whiting appropriate th.
money for Joint investigation OF the
rates OF the utility companies, employ
ing expert engineers and appraisers
President Geyer stated that the com
mdttee of the club would meet this
evening and intimated that Mr.. Turn
er's objection would be considered at
that meeting.
that the club intended Withdrawing
from the coalition OF citaes and civic
orgsnizations wagtng war on the utiI-
tiles
SIXTY MTxN PRESENT.
The unexpected attack upon thu Nc
Aleer resolution came when the report
of the committee had been read and
the club was prepared 10 vote upon It.
Over sixty Kiwanians were present An-
ciuding Mayor Dan Brown
Mr.. Turner arose and asked the per
mission OF the chair TO speak upon the
resolution. He began his remarks by
stating emphatically that he was not
the mouthpiece OF any corporate fntar-
est He said that ne did not think any
Kiwanian would believe that at mis-
age of life he would make a stand
against an investigation OF the kind
because of a selfish motive or as the
tool OF the corporations. He said he
welfare or the people and the future
of the region and that he was CON
vinced that safety of the cos1ntry was
threatened by attacks upon the public
utility corporations which ne desis-
mated as "the weakest link in our
chain"
HASN'T CENT INVESTED.
7 haven't cent invested in any
public utility and I don't know a man
in Hammond who has said Turner
The street car company Is a yellow
dog that has been bounded until it is
a skeleton" shouted Mr.. Turner.
There isn't man here who would be
content with as small a return as the
street car company receives There
was a million dollars invested in this
street car company at the same time
lake Rimbach paid $1,000 for a piece
II land that is worth million dollars
today Why should we spend s25 600
o investigate something that business
nen know is worthless?
why not use 1T TO see II the roads
quilt ny the county are not cost
ng too much- Perhaps the material
men are charging too much Let's see
I three hours labor and eight hours
'ay is not costing tho community too
much. Perhaps the banker are charE-
ng too much for money The BARRIERS
ire getting fifty cents for hair cut
hat msed 10 cost Is cents.
NEED EXTENSIONS.
NO, we haven't time 10 inves:iea-a
hem We are too busy kicking tho
'oor yellow dog Here in commun
y preparing for the Jones and Iaugt
in steel plant We viii want exten-
lions of the street car company Why.
Roscoe Woods viii want an extension
o sell his lots out south
I say that the public utilities are
m trial don't know anything about
he gas and electric company except
hat know that utilities are crying
@ snow an earning so that they can
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