Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 274, Decatur, Adams County, 19 November 1920 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCRAT < Published Every Evening Except !, Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. JOHN H. HELLER Editor ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Associate Editor and Business Manager JOHN H. STEWART City Editor i' Subscription Rates Cash In Advance Single Copies 3 cents One Week, by carrier 15 cents One Year, by carrier. 17.50 i One Month, by mail 45 cents 1 Three Months, by mall >1.25 v Rix Months, by mail |2.2’>' One Year, by mail $4.00 i o One Yean, at office $4.00 ; o Advertising rates made known on h Application. —, < ' Entered at the postoffice at Deca- ; i tur, Indiana, as second-class matter. 1 1 . ENGINEERS' REPORT OF GREAT INTEREST: — A study of the figures published in •’ ci last evening's paper, from the engin . . | ai vers’ report on the city power and i ( water plant show interesting facts. Tlie plant is now worth nearly six |;i hundred thousand dollars, a wonderful r»j advance in value and a real outfit i'oi a town of 5.00 U population, it will v< surprise many to know that the pater fc plant is worth in replacement value h; double the electric equipment, tills r being due to the value of the water >■ mains. During the past eighteen months the plant has lost a net w amount of about $13,000, the electric c department earning a fair amount .ut while the water department lost a gj rather startling sum. To remedy this. - t the water rates will necessarily have to bo increased. The report of the engineers is coni- Jn lete and was evidently made with ;11l great care, the engineers doing their work in a very creditable manner. Those citizens who wish to study the problem, now have all the details ,ni needed. 'nt While the plant here was operated vs at a loss it should be remembered that os the past eighteen months have been u filled with problems of high cost, witli ini fuel, labor and every item at the high- is est point ever reached. Public utilities os owned by private corporations have th;

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met the proposition by asking and receiving increased rates. Thia ha# not been done here and in doing your figuring this fact should be taken into consideration. The proposition of furnishing water is always and almost every where n very difficult problem. Every one who will be honest in the matter will admit that thoTates for water here have been ridiculously low. The average person has paid but >5.00 per year for water in his house. We know of one city, a county seat, about the size of Decatur where the minimum rate lias been boosted to forty dollars per • ar and where 152.00 was askell. That makes some difference and it is cerKiin Unit we would be doing just about that under the same circumstances. > According to the figures of the engineers, we are losing money on the urrent furnished to outside meters md this should be adjusted as soon ! is possible. The convenience of elec-| ilcity and Water is worth much to the eople and good service can only be riven when the income more than neets the overhead. The report is ■(luminous and requires much time, or consideration but at least we now i;.v<- before us a thorough report r un which we can convince ourselves ! n many points. What the people of this community | vant is god service at the lowest ost. a good light, power add water tility well managed. The report j ives the details and is worthy of our careful consideration. • Mr. Charles Coffin, president of tlte idianapolis Chamber of Commerce,■ nd one of the best authorities on usiness in the United States, is mak-1 ig a vigorous campaign for the comtission form of government with a ! lanager for the capitol city. He w>!l j ■ k the legislature for such laws necssary to make this possible and is upported by many of the best bus- I less men of Indianapolis. While it j not argued that the plan will necssarily reduce taxes, it is claimed j lat under the manager, the dollars

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>• received in taxes should buy more and ,t the entire administration be much ; [ more satisfactory to the citizens who o are only stockholders in the municipality. Similar efforts will be made in r many cities over the country and the a commission plan is now being used j successfully in 120 cities In the United ■ | States. , The fact that more than ninety per r cent, of the employes of the local plant ( ot the General Electric Works, sub ( scribed for stock within two days after the plan was submitted, speaks well . for the employes here. It shows the proper spirit of cooperation and means a greater interest on the part of every one concerned. It is well established that thia must be the future plan whereby to solve the dlffi- ! culties which arise in those concerns 1 employing large numbers of people. The plan of the G. E. is simple, bon- | est, carefully designed to meet every i angle and the stock at the price of- : sered not only means a good investment but a splendid way in which to rave money. It shows the proper feeling on the part of those In authority with the company and this will be api predated by those who assist them in i pioducing goods. The report filed by David and ! James McNaughton, engineers, emI ployed by the city, is complete, well I compiled and proof that they are competent experts in that line of work, i That the compilation was necessary is j proven by the showing made that we hire losing on the current furnished Ito outside meters, that we are losing in the water department and that we ' are making money on the electric light and power scheduler The engineers have apparently performed their work I well and if we use the facts thus given us, wisely, the investment will " -how a profit. 1 r n James Simpson, vice president of J the Marshall-Field company, says the time is here for real competition in business and that only the ‘fittest will 1 survive” the period of readjustment. That’s true and business men big and little will do well to watch wpll each curve and each step during the next tew months . There is no use trying io fool yourself. It will require all of your ability and efficiency to meet ihe problems sure to arise during the next year or two. We are getting buck to normalcy rather rapidly. A hundred ducks were loaded on Senator Harding's ship bound to Tan atna for a ten days’ trip. What do you suppose the republicans would have said about President Wilson had he permitted such a reckless investment in “quacks’” Why, it would have been made a campaign issue and the color and size and sex and specie and all other specifications discussed for weeks and months. Even a presidentelect has to eat. but a hundred ducks in ten days—some ducks! “Disarmament impossible until America ratifies Versailles treaty," says David Ijawrence, a special writer of some reputation. But that was voted on in the recent election or at least that was the big issue as generally understood. Os course we can’t dis-1 arm. but do the people want it according to the recent vote? In the campaign in Adams county results in boosting the teachers to the place they deserve, we will be more than satisfied, for it will mean that * this organization can solve every problem necessary. “EATS" BAKERY For Fresh Baked Goods. Special Fruit Cake for your Thanksgiving Dinner at the Sign—“ Eats.” it 1 I <2 i -gJP IKEMPSBALSAM I WillStopthatCough

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Souers vs. Moses, to recover commission on sale of real estate, set for January 2.

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Harding Ship On Way to Zone j (Continual from page on«J> General Obregon, it can be said, will assume power in Mexico with the {beat wishes of the incoming adminisI trat lon, in the United States and there (will be no attempt at interference from the northern side of the Rio other than such friendly as sistance as may be desired by Mexico Senator Harding's position has already been made clear to Mexico where it is generally understood i that as long as American rights and lives are respected there will be nothing to fear. Senator Harding’s view is understood to be that what Mexico needs is peace and an op- | portunity to develop her schools and good roads and build up her farms ■ which have been neglected during I the last decade of revolutionary disi tnrbances. '

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of Obregon's govern-j , ment is expected from President j Wilson soon utter the inauguration Nov. 30. 1 j Mrs. Lawrence Stannard and son. | h Lawrence, Jr., arrived this morning | ’[from Wellsville, N. Y„ for a visit until' ' after Thanksgiving with her father, A. G. A, Ruxton. ■ One of the interesting features of the election was the evident disinclination of women to vote to put i women into important offices. EATSRESTAURANT SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER (Roast Chicken Fried Rabbit at the Sign—EATS. j.

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