The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-09-14

Department they would demand two
per cent dividends on the IA billions
invested. This would amount to 420
million dollars annually. We carried
over 122 million dollars worth of free
mail in 1943. The two amounts total
542 million dollars If owned by a
private corporation we would either
be compelled to pay more postage
or lower the wages of our postal en-
ployees. Is there another enterprise
| in America that does an annual bust
ness of less than billion dollars that
gives as much back to the people ?
Everything was not lost for the people
when the government took over the
postal department.
If you will recall the Public Utilities
Act was passed by your congress and
|senate of the United States in the
year of 1885. Do you think that your
state rights were interfered with when
this same Public Utility Commission
started an investigation on our own
Montana Power Company of Butte :?
After many weeks of testimony having
been heard at the hearing held in the
Federal building here in Butte, this
same Montana Power Company was
ordered to write off at least SAT, 000,-
900 from their alleged valuation and
the same corporation commission as
stated previously in my speech. better
known as the Montana Railroad and
Dbl
Der 81, 1914 ordered the Montana
Power Company to write off about
s29, 100000. Why such a difference
in opinion If this commission is not
corporation controlled? Why did it
take an act of congress of the United
States to order such a write off? And
my dear citizens of this state this
same corporation is opposed to an
MVA. They are leading the fight
against the MVA. Did you know that
on January 7, 1915 that citizens from
all over the state held a meeting in
Helena and formed the Montana MVA
Association? Did your daily papers |
give you that information? | wonder
why the citizens of Montana are not |
entitled to know both sides of bill |
that is about to be enacted by the
congress and senate of the United
States? Yes, my dear citizens, you
would not be abel to get the informa-
lion / have submitted in this speech /
4 it were not through the courtesy of
Mr.. Claxton and the Montana Radio
Forum. We have a great fight to win
md you can become a soldier in this
great battle by writing to your con-
,ressmen and senators from Montana.
lust few lines telling them you are
n favor of an MVA. Your senators
md congressman would like to hear
rom you why not tell them you are
,rateful for their work in trying to
i've you cheap power and more in
ustries in Montana. In closing |
would like to quote what Mr.. Goldberg
lad to say about our Montana Power
company and | quote Butte Electric
aid Goldbergh feared this competition
nd believed that an alliance with
ohm d. Ryan would enable it to fight
If an invasion of its market, because
lyan as director and president of Ana
onda, as well as managing director
f Amalgamated Copper Company, was
e-organized as occupying dominant
osition in the state the evidence, he
aid show 1t was conceded by Butte
,lectric, that Ryan and the copper
were supreme in the vicinity
nd fully able to carry out any pro-
ram they saw fit. Mr. Goldbergh !
tressed the point that the Federal /,
over Commission staff does not chal
snge any of the amounts due to hon ;
st to goodness investment and al
)wed every penny of cost incurred.
lie reminded the commission that it
-as such abuses as those revealed in
his case, that resulted in passage of
le Public Utilities Act Of 1895 and l
esulted in parts two and three of the :,