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AMVWVW/) vvw...^ | PUBLIC IS A PARTNER OF PUBLIC UTILITIES STATES MR. WEBSTRER ! t i Urges Consumers to Study Needs and Requirements of Service Cor porations. ... < Miami (Fla.) Daily Metropolis, November 30. Better understanding by the public of the needs and aims of public ser-j vice corporations, and more consid-j eration for the public by the utilities j would serve to speed to success and j prosperity the firm of "Public & Public Utility." ^ Members of the Miami Ad club at their noon luncheon at Wo KeeVto-1 day were assured of this by F. W. J Webster, general manager of the! ^ South Atlantic Telephone company,! who" made the chief address of thej hour. - - *** ? J - of_ | 3ir. *ve?s&er eiairo-vpaxuviua> tention to the factthat in order for public utilities to make progress, extend lines, furnish services wherever demanded, they must be accorded; rates providing attractive returns on j the money invested. He said in part! lie fftllftWS! Mr. Webster's Address. ; r v > "I want to talk""t6 you about a certain firm or partnership. This firm has existed a long time, but unfor^ tunately for all of us, neither of the partners in the past Kad the proper) conception of their relationship. <rr rofur tn firm of 'Public &1 Public Utility/ which firm is used to describe the various utilities, their patrons and the public.at large. "Perhaps many of us have not thought of likening the utilities and ^ their patrons to a partnership ar-j rangement. It is this feature which j ^ mAof fnrlo 17 $ J Wane to eiujnuniAc II1VOW bvvvwj **lii former days, ami not so long ago at that, neither of the partners < to this firm would have appreciated a Inference to this term of their relationship. In those days it was 'down with the corporation,' and the 'public be damned/ and we all suffered and paid for tfcis feeling. The paiftnershi exispted, nevertheless. BTArafKer. XT ArillCEJ 1TAH*4 . .v., "The conditions brought on by the recent war resulting ih, the .break ' * down of many of the utilities has iorecd both of the partners to a better realization and understanding of their true relationship. There is now an earnest desire on the part o'fvthej f Partner Utility company to cooperate J with Partner Public in every way, as I the true-partners in any business J should. ! "I feel that it is the duty of every! organization such as the Ad club, and j abo of each citizen, to give thought j to this matter and to put forth effort; to see that the proper relationship is j established and maintained between] these two partners. ' "In what way are they partners? "1st. The public must provide the capital with which the utility provides its plant. * ' ^1 v "2nd. The public must grant the * Utility necessary Brivueges iox utc. use of thoroughfares and highways. ; "3rd. The public must by its pat-j Tonage or consumption of the utili- j ty's product, provide money required | for "a. Purchase of material, "b. Employemnt of forces. ; "c. Other necessary operating ex-; penses . . "d. A fair return to those who have invested their money in the enterprise. j 444th. The public /roust, through J regulatory bodies elected for that j purpose, fix charges wh\ch will be} fair and reasonable to both parties. * Duty of Utilities. "The utility must invest wisely the j capital which has been provided by] the public, for the construction of its j plant. "The utility must secure and main-; tain a sufficient foree of skilled j V workers and pay them fair and rea-j sonablc wage. I "The utility must produce ade-| | quate and efficient service., L "The utility must exercise proper; Jf economy in it3 management with due! 8 regard, however, to the proper main-1 I tenance of the plant and the efficien-J K cy of the service. ^ "The utility must obtain rates suf i? ?-r H fieient to meet an expenses reicucu g to, give its shareholders a fair return El. on their investment, apd if the inK terest of the other partner (the pubK lie) is to be safeguarded, must create! 1; a reasonable surplus for the protects tion of the property and for emer Kl gencies.' "It i3 unnecessary for me to go: into, further detail, to show you that j B|* the interest of the public and its util-j ?v.tt i^Antieal and closely allied, j IU1C9 MC We hax,e all seen the bad effect of! utilities breaking down under undue! strain and en account of the lack of 4-Vinir natrons and' f cooperation num c \ the public. For specific reminders of this, take the steam ancj electric rail-1 roads of the country, the telephone and telegraph systems, the ice and gas plants. Regardless..of our indiv'v *1 k j A J?v ,, "I *nA tke "Hiila niiu aj iUHUttn w.??? %*?v - - of Paradise," at the Opera House, Wed vidual relationship and feeling to-['v ward these various enterprises, what i a wnnHorfnl twiner if. wmild hp at this ! moment for the city of Miami, coun- J t iy of Dade, and all of us who are j fc making our homes here, if we had an [ r efficient trolley system, backed by accompany?the operations from which j [) would justify attractive dividends? j p thereby assuring the company, of un-js limited funds for all extensions. i u ..." Good Utilities Important. c a a ??t? i- - /z? I ri Again vv.xiat a nuc ai jjuiucm, ic; rwould "be to use in inducing new peo- j pie and new capital to settle in our \ t' city, if we could say at this moment j c that the various utilities furnishing | s these services, are prepared to pro-; vide promptly .in any part of the cityj P the very best that exists in the way i e of electric, gas, water, telephone and telegraph facilities. * "That this Condition does not exist p here and in other cities today is,, in i my opinion, due largely Jo the failure! ? of the two partners' inv these enter- j " prises tv realize their absolute de-j nan/Jftri nrk Art rt unAn -PAV ! 1 * viic uuvu. uuitl ivi > , their .growth and prosperity, and the j'( lack of understanding of the prob- ju J g lerris of each other. . | ^ ".Try as we may, we can not have| a real big city without all these con-! j. veniefaces and services. They are inseparably linked with large modern cities.. The utility companies can not , provide these facilities without large j-? amounts of new capital. I doubt if11; any of these companies' in Miami | h have the idle, or available capital' n with which to construct these facili-j t ties, (I know the telephony company j Y has not). All new construction Y must be paid for out of the capital j v account. It is impossible for. the ! telephone company to, make exten-' sions from its earnings. I am confi- r dent the present capital of these | % companies is all invested in the plants! I and facilities now beincr used bv the ! v public. (I know this to be true with j p the telephone company.) Additional; j money can be had only in one way I r and from one source, viz: The invest-: ? ing public, people who have surplus j c money to invest. Will the investing i ? public of Miami furnish this money? j t If not1, the companies must get the j i money needed to serve you else- [ t . ' c ' Scene from the famous .'"Hold Me" House Monday, Dacembsr 20*. . ' - S / s". " V. ' & m mm* mfcm m8&w* Hula ' girls in Richard Walton Tully's nesday night, December 15th. t*here, from stransrers. i re Must Have Attractive Returns. '"The money of strangers or forjsp hat matter your own people, can not j "3 >e had only by paying an attractive j tc eturn, and as the public fixes the j bi ates of these companies, it necessar- j cs ly fixes the return to the investing j I ublic. Therefore, in the last analy-jhi mnffnr r\? xi'Kfifliar AV HAf tll0 ! iO OIIC lliatl/Wt KJ i. tv i: vvnvi VI iivw v*?v 1 utilities provide adequate and efii-! ft ient facilities, rests with the other i artiier of the institution, the public j fc ?it necessarily ....follows that the j se wo partners must work together j fc losely and harmoniously if these re-j ui ults are to be obtained. I hi "Finally?the duty due the firm by ' a artner utility is to serve adequately, J m fficiently. . b< "And the duty of partner public C( oward the utilities is to: Invest, proect, utiiitize, cooperate?liberally. 1 cj "The telephone company is willing jg nd anxious to -establish' here in ,Mi- g mi such a relationship as,we have g{ een talking about, and our general -.jj; olicy and plans are based upon thatiea. I am confident all of the other tility companies feel as we do, and j 0j re willing- to work with the public to j C( his end.*' AACS WINE Y'S WIDOW ! RECITES SAD STORY j I C ;(Continued From . Page 1.) ~ and in 1917 just after her husband iad been released from one of the A tiany prison terns. She related how j heir only baby was born while her j ol tusband was in jail in Belfast and j S tow she daily carried the child to i ai , +1,,. nv?ic?AHi j w i5?Jv uic lamci m jjitovu. Had Police ?Ccd?. . | ir Mrs. MacSwiney recounted the ar- j c< est of August 12, 1920, and the be- j ~ rinriing of the last hunger strike, jier husband, she said, was charged j vith having had a code used by the.j^ >olice, and she.asserted that this was't; \vr\r\a-r Knnnntjp r?f his nosition as lord fI ' > ] J nayor. She was present at the trial j md said the lord mayor told her then j j >f his intention to continue on hun- j jer strike. She became convinced ;hen, she declared, that the lord nayor would die of starvation unless j *" :hr* British government granted h:sjb v T number in the most talked about m u C iA - ' < ? Hawaiian love play, "The Bird I I ;_ _ i iiease. I "After mv husband . made his I >eech at the trial," she continued, [ guess I became resigned, accusimed to what the future was to I ring." The shock came first. It | ime harder on me then. Afte~ that was reconciled and I was proud of s courage." Her husband exacted a promise om her, Mrs. MacSwiney said, that le would not insist that he take >od. The prison official, however, lid they would not employ forced !eding until the prisoner became ttfln AM +1* Atf /-I rviif A I [iiuiiai-iuua vwicu Micjr wuuiu give | im food, Mrs. MacSwiney declared. | ccordingly, five days before the lord i ayor died, the prison authorities j *gan feeding him, she asserted, and mtmued to do so untjl his death. Mrs. MacSwiney gave a vivid retal of her experience with the 3rith officials and charged that the ritish home office had spread propa- [ mda to the effect that relatives of le lord mayor were secretly provid[g him with food. > . "That," she exclaimed, "is the sort : lies they use about everything in >nnection with Ireland." ( i Asheville, N. 0., Dec. 9.?Depar-j ire of Madame Margaret MacSwin-1 7, sister of the late lord mayor cf J. ork, for Washington today indi-.:at-j i that Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney and j .'iss Mary MacSwiney will not visit sheville as was expected. It is be-j eved at the Cpllege of St. Genevieve ! the Pines here, where Madam M&cwiney is residing, that the widow id sister from Ireland will bid fare ell to her in Washington, return- j tg without further delay in this | mntry for Ireland. ; 1 , I PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR SALE. Consisting of three head of muies, vo wagons, one buggy and harness, vo cows and two yearlings, hogs, irming implements, corn and foder, etc. Sale to take place at my : ome Tuesday, December 21st, at: 0 a. m. Terms cash. Mrs. Mattie Schumpert. n-23-4tp. r Rub-My-Tism cures bruises, ^cuts, urns, sores, tetter, etc.?Adv. sical comedy^ "Dardanella," Opera / II ! 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