Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-03-12
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP AND
QUESTION As TO COST
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public expense1. but after All t s
the only safe. plan 70 follow"
Let rs keep IN mind that striking
I'D for fox terrief dog listening to q
phonoeraph record entitled; His mas
terss voice.
Do We elect cur public servants to
tune IN on the desire Of their mas
ters the public, that confers brief an
thority to administer to the public
veal or to me disappointed in them,
By giving diapropo attention IS
persistent seekers Of public favor for
the benefit of private golfers
That IS now and always has been
very iaportant question in the con
duct Of public affairs.
When trust is betrayed, } pledge
broken and platforms Of q campaign
used merely as means to an end, Il
is one form Of embezzlement En-
bezzlement Of public power and au-
thority.
What are we to think Of advocates
Of certain measures. without any kind
Of explanation or stating plainly Of
views, doing just the opposite and
disappointing the people who elected
them on certain definite pledges or
PROMISES eHow do they get that
wayl"
There is always = reason, and can
dor and common honesty call for
manly explanation. # not, Why not
! would say: Citizens Of Aberdeen:
You are the stockholders Of this cor
poration. You win own a magnificent
asset IN the Wynooche project. The
future Of Aberdeen depends on It's sue
|cess. As the editor Of one Of Taeoma'S
papers says, 10 succeed the power
plant must have sale OF market for
its output. The most dangerous COM
petitor is the local light and power
vote against the Wynooche project is
vote for the local light and power
company. Take no chances. Play safe
and vote for your affairs and your fire.
sides. Charity begins st home"
The Vaccinations Of private profit
and greed has more ways Of defeat
ing the win Of the, people than the
proverbial nine lives Of cat.
In Texas traveller once rode on the
wagonseat alongside q negro tsamster
who was handling his six mule team,
he was very expert with long whip.
AS they rode along the white man
asked the draky If he could hit Il
gopher sitting alongside his hole near
the road, and the driver neatly shipped
off the gopherss head with the whip.
A little farther on the negro shipped
a butterfly off flower with the whip.
Soon, in passing through grove the
white man asked the negro to cut into
hornets nest with his whip, and the
negro said: "No, sahl, boss, no sahl
Dem fellows is organizedlH
SO, take the hint, organize, register
and vote. See that your family and
friends entitled to register and vote
do 50. Rest assured, that the oppose
tion Is not overlooking any bets. Their
cohorts are organized, heave polling
lists up-to-date. They have maps
showing districts, wards and precincts,
checkers at the polls and rigs to see
that every last man Jack Of their fol-
lowing gets to the polls.
We Can Do No Less
'In union there is strength" A well
organized minority has often defeated
the unorganized majority. We can
win. We have the votes II they are
possessed Of the right kind of civic
spirit and public enterprise to do their
fuH duty at the pools.
Defeat vii not come as matter Of
luck or chance, but because of lack
of enterprise and public spirit and a
welI-reaIized personal responsibility as
voter and citizen.
II we neglect our civic duty and do
not take the personal interest in pub
lie affairs that we should, be assured
that our failure and indifference win
be capitalized and eashed IL by private
corporations and individuals and it
will be our own fault.
Personal private interest is great
incentive. Make no mistake about
that. Do not forget that in granting
utility franchiees to private corpora
tions, with the power to make rates
or charges for service We are farmi u
out to just that extent the power to
taxi
II can is hero, the first in the field,
Though others NAV fa1far he never