The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15
NJ. p. Discourages Sales


generally assumed that when an increase volume
of sales is attained by we'll conducted commercial in
dusta enterprise reduction the unit the purchaser
is made possible Ordinarily also, the common
practice of commercial industrial make
slant appeal for increased consumption sale of the articles
And everyone realizes potent
appeal the purchaser lies reduced for larger
quantities.
recent residential the price
approved by the Railroad and Public Service Commits
sion for the Montana Power entirely contrary
ordinary industrial indicated
above The resident who might plan increasing
his purchase of electric by installation of additional
facilities for use finds that penazed by an increased
energy required opera
ton clearly indicated that the Montana Power company
to discourage consumption of electric energy
the interesting
should deliberately to discourage greater
sumption of the product and services it sells.
There would appear to be only that riddle
The must be afraid that pronounced in
shortage of required power with which While the
has and again asserted that producing
and had available more power than was needed to meet the
requirements the state nevertheless
explain why for instance REA lines already constructed
could bring service to the farms the lines supposed
provide with electric energy.
There also the possibility that the Montana
anticipating in the efforts of the private power
utilities legislation from reaconary for
exclusive sale to them of produced by
sucted DAMS prepared in advance further gougng of
the residential The REA line
could much to the work burden by installation
of electrically operated facilities milking machines cream
freeze units and other facilities which would make farm life
easier and more pleasant But such installations would
increased rates into effect And the profits
for the company would of course increase rapidly.
The bitter fight which being by the private
companies against the transmission lines
planned by the which would carry publicly pro-
duced direct fight for preservation of
exploiting monopoly 1t fight against the personal in
individual citizen the country bring this
clearly before only cite example right
here Montana Power produced the Peck govern
ment sold the Montana Power Great
Falls for 2 mills but resod to the for mills
nearly four times what it costs the company The rate of
profit is actually 360%.
During the special session of congress- Murray
fought additional appropriation for the constuc
ton of transmission line from Havre Shelby for the
mission of Fort Peck produced the in that
section who have already formed cooperative have
great lay out their project but he defeated
The people that section particularly and the people through
Montana generally should take notice of the attitude their
other Buddy Ecton He only against the
appropriation proposed by Senator Murray but spoke
against it the floor of the senate
hope that the people of Montana not have too short
memories to remember this and other actions of Ecton should
he again be candidate for the senate
And hope that the people of the state show their appre
citation of the work their behalf by Senator Murray this
by giving him the largest vote given candidate
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Davis letter states that dollar