The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-08-26
The king CAN DO NO WRONG"
POWER COMPANY AND CORETTE GREATLY PERTURBED
OVER ACTION OF STATE DEMOCRATS


Just like the late Will Rogers CAL know is what read
in the Papers and this week note that John Corette and
the Montana Power Company greatly pertubed the
actions OF the Democrats of the state in lining sod behind
Senator Murray and Congressman Mansfield in their fight
for government owned generating plants and transmission
lines.
John Corete attorney the Montana Power Co., con-
vnced senate committee that the people of Montana did not
want the government to build transmission lines
Grating plants and this action by all the leading Democrats
of the state will place Mr. Corete in unenvabe posi-
ton The members of this committee who had this
matter under consideration know that the majority of the
people in Montana Democrats they will
cude that when Mr. COrette informed them that the majority
of the people of Montana against owned
generating plants and transmission nes he srayng
long from the TRUTH but that Mr. Corette
figures that anything long the Montana Power
company is the victor
Mr. Corette that good service reasonable
assured private power companies
and services regulated by the State Railroad and Public
Service Commission
This will the majority the people of
Montana laugh out loud knows that the Railroad
and Public Service Commission of the state Montana has
always been willing of the Montana Power company
and the people the protection they entitled
to- Mr. Corete would also have us believe that the Montana
Power champion of the rights of the people,
forgetting doubt that they made the people of Montana
rates on over fifty million dollars worth of watered stock for
over THIRTY YEARS Every dollar collected under this
fictitious setup nothing but plain robbery of the people,
and can never remember the Railroad and Public Service
doing anything these thirty years protect the
people from this wonderful PHILANTHROPY practiced
by the Montana Power company.
A few years ago against the Montana Power
pany by the Federal Power Commission the Federal Power
Commission substracted fifty million dollars from the
amounted to about 40 of their entire capital setup They
appealed this decision the United States Supreme
Court but did not do knowing they and could
not get decision in their favor
Public Commission give benefit of
this decision to the people of Montana? DECIDEDLY
NOT; they knew the Montana Power company king
and the 'KING CAN DO NO WRONG.
Corette dwes length the amount of paid
the divisions of state by the Montana
company The Montana Power company does not
ONE DIME in taxes that they do not first collect from the
people Montana certainty that the charges
they have collected their fifty million dollars worth of
watered thirty years will pay their the
state of Montana for many to come.
up gas situation. When the Montana Power
company the business of distribution their
BTU content of 1850 for thousand cubic feet
About year after they became distributors of natural
they installed what is called absorption plant at Cut
Bank the gasoline content in this In
ing gasoline content they also extracted from this
gasoline deducted from your
gas BILL you paying the amount the heat
the when they first started dis
tributing natural
Railroad and Public Service Commission is F
requesting the Montana Power company to cut its
not Public Service Commission, they afford
to offend the "KING". AS the KING do NO
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AS Democrat, proud of the action taken by b
Democratic Central Committee and Democratic office
holders know the people of Montana ARE in favor of
owned transmission lines and generating plants
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