Public ownership debate mocks private enterprise in lodging markets
A critical examination argues private enterprise leads in public utilities and mocks municipal lodging houses. It contrasts open dormitories with private hotels, noting private providers fund homes for the homeless while public lodgings burden taxpayers. It cites utility funding and historic privatization as the model, warning against socialist calls for municipal control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilshire
Jir
Wasty
Aumitedpal
Dostro Beautts
Wil
Forc Mog
Witel Wits
Otonshy
Cayterpris
Town Considers Abandoning Municipal Electric Plant
Wakefield Massachusetts committee reports municipal plant can be bought cheaper than produced. It recommends abandoning the plant, which the town has owned since 1904, and continue purchasing electricity from the Boston Consolidated Gas Company.
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Wakefield
Wass
Trockling
Mass
Boston Consolidated Gna
Electrien! World
City Engineer's Estimate for Plant Sparks Recalculation
A hard hearted man and a Kentucky city engineer debated the municipal electric plant estimate. The engineer suggested residents would need eighty two incandescent lamps per home to fund service, prompting the council to urge a revision of the estimate.
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Kentucky
Swiss Railroads Under State Ownership Rail Failures and Costs
The editorial cites four years of Swiss state ownership of railroads as failing with a large deficit and extravagant services. It argues public control has increased opening expenses, reduced speed and reliability, and harmed passenger numbers while fares and freight costs rise. It contrasts bureaucratic rigidity with private efficiency, calling the experiment a warning from Wall Street Journal in broad terms.
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Ballrlys
Byers Og
Fiet
Mares
Swityerkind
Lew Tow Muunicipal Ferries
New York
Wall Street Journal
The People Pay the Piper in Higher Rents and Taxes
A fragmented discussion by Miky FR of New York Public Tull ies Commission member argues that workers bear ultimate tax costs through higher rents and living expenses. He contends government spending and salaries raise prices, shifting the burden to the working class despite apparent tax payments.
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Mike
Seldeus
Jessa G
Topeka Fire Losses Attributed To Water Pressure
The Leavenworth Times notes Topeka has suffered two months of fire losses totaling about a ward of a million due to inadequate water pressure. The piece argues privately owned utilities would have faced public outcry if service were poorer, and now residents bear responsibility.
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M. C. Manley
Topeka
Verdict Upheld In Ferry Injury Case Attributable To Municipal Ownership
A jury awarded $5,000 to a plaintiff against M. O. Exit Lange, a florist, for injuries suffered while leaving a municipal ferryboat from Staten Island. Justice Dayton commented that the verdict reflects the repercussions of municipal ownership.
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M. O. Exit Lange
Staten Island
Dayton
New York Morning Telegraph
Fragmentary prose on memory and learning by Sidney Smith
A fragment asserts that idle minds cannot retain knowledge, comparing it to ice melting in the sun. It argues that daily erosion of each relation and influence necessitates continuous accumulation to preserve the stock and value of understanding attributed to Sidney Smith.
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Sidney Smith
Magnetic Needle Aligns Like Great Bar Magnet
The article explains the compass needle points north south as if drawn by a huge bar magnet beneath it. It compares Earth to a giant magnet, noting the North Pole and North Star have no influence on the compass needle.
No heed paid to begging letters from New York oil men
A fragmented report notes wealthy oil men in New York ignore begging letters while philanthropists mostly withhold charity. An associated quotation reflects a friend saying a person contemplates self harm, claiming marriage brought unwanted gifts from already married acquaintances who plan to wed again this month.
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New York Oil
Nbara
Aspense
750000 Acres Government Lands Open for Registration
Government lands open for registration daily July 15 to August at three reservations Idaho Washington and Montana under U S Homestead Laws. Price 1 25 per acre up to 7 00 in annual installments. Registration in Spokane and applications sworn at Coeur d Aiene Spokane Kalispell or Missoula. Round trip tickets available via Chicago and North Western Ry July 26 and August 3. Information from Pickett Agents North Western Line.
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Couer d'Alene
Idaho
Spokane
Washington
Flathead
Montana
U. S
Coeur d'Aiene
Kalispell
Missoula
Chicago & North Western Ry
North Western Line
No-Drip Cocoon Promise and Health Coffee Ad
A vintage advertisement offers a free No-Drip cocoon coffee strainer by mail from Dr Shoop Racine Wis and promotes Health Coffee a non coffee substitute. It claims quick flavor without boiling and includes a free health book. Also mentions Rose Bros and Sexton Bros distributing products and a pain relief tablet with a 23 cent box.
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Dr. Shoop
Dr. Shoon
Sexton Bros
Rose Bros
Shoop
America
Ted Hongpe
cWo
Hacine
Rook Ghall
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H. A. Schumaker
Huw Obani
Mena Flour
C. GC. Thresher
A. E. Kamp
M. Steinmetz
A.J. Meidl
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Merchant Tailors
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
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Puget Sound
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St. Paul, Minn
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St. Paul Minn
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Sperker
Greenwood
Price
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Roddis Lumber and Veneer Company
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