The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-19
ADVICE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE ABOUT TO TAKE JOBS
 UNDER THE CITY GOVERNMENT.

clear this horn of plenty
 rehearsal of the circumstances For ten the administration of the city in the hands of group office holders drawn in about equal proportions from both the great parties
 group established combination holders, which a city by its citizens, for it's citizens but by office holders for them selves.
 Such system government depends upon large of money This cannot usually be by direct axaton nothing to drive office holders back to their former tasks high tax rate does The such is borrowing The previous administration borrowed until this hausted.
 The exhaustion from two First the state law limited the amount that might be obtained through debt Second the interest on the bonds and certain payments cpa seed the tax rate to the point where created rebel lion in the minds of the citizens.
 finally happened this. Democrats who remain loyal to the party joined with Republicans of the extravaganza which marked the management city These two together making benevolent double machine defeated the other two together double chine office holders soviet which had been running the city for office holders.
 election town chairman of the Democratic party remarked he victory is Republican victory Democratic auspices"
 This the lesson that the learn There objection to strong organization. But it must an organization of service to benefit the citizens not zaton of office holders striving extract tenance from the impoverished public treasury
 There be soviet, with government for place holders such thing attempted the quence will be that all the Democratic office holders oily rewarded with excellent positions in hard times will the next election be marched right back to m
 Now, while everything rosy and hearts with good intentions the time for these maxms to be impressed mind connected with city ernment.
 Let any politician who holds out hopes of future victory by the expenditure money and the creation jobs stand that this has been exhausted The mnistration millions rising Dwellings going Rents king. Central prop erty brought fabulous figures Factories had there people to do the work. Any any thing to sell could sell it at the top of the market whether it was personal service, or some commodity
 For sometime since the market has dropping continue drop perhaps twenty years The great prices usually y years Prices estate that en- < a hasi There longer any upon Only utmost economy gain the Democrats they will be entitled f after operating the rigorous they simply prevent the tax rate from going higher s it is
 The Democratic party very the police appointments There strong disposition quar- ters to keep this department at it's high point
 The for this not far Every public mnstraion who have its habit thought economic outlook These often not moved any particular affection for the Democratic who coming they will lead them into primrose paths if they
 It. in the nature of departments to seek to increase magnitude They wish to be bigger bigger have to wied
 New coming a subject to a species of influence with which they familiar to bandshmens which difficult to resist they consciously felt
 When the various working heads of the departments say c the gentlemen I anxious you need advice, it is quite human to path has ready been beaten and get quite exaggerated of the importance of the thing that proposed which will cost more money and need more Another pitfaIl is difficulty avoided The Chamber Commerce recently offered it's the city to out reforms in expenditure
 This offer greeted which proves thai Democratic office holders not quite conscious of the road 3y which they came into authority.
 There have been two considerable of pbc don with respect to the conduct of city affairs during ten which utter this advice holders The second immediately influential, the Chamber of Com thousands dollars, brought light and to public al enion those convincing figures which chief