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\u003Cbr>Z  \u003Cbr>New York comneroial.  \u003Cbr>BOX 212  \u003Cbr>Who pays the bill?A series of articles published  \u003Cbr>in the New York commeroial,March,1926.  \u003Cbr>30 p.23 om.[NEw yoRK,19a26?]  \u003Cbr>86938  \u003Cbr>\"Reprinted by permission of the Commeroial news-  \u003Cbr>paper company\"·  \u003Cbr>\"The artioles.…deal with,and make a compari-  \u003Cbr>son between,industrial prosperity and electrio  \u003Cbr>rates under the political operation of the Hydro-  \u003Cbr>eleotrio power oommdion of Ontario,Canada,and  \u003Cbr>under private owner  ship and publio regulation  \u003Cbr>in New York state.  \u003Cbr>山   |\n| --- |\n|  |\n\nRESTRICTIONS ON USE:  \nCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISION  \nBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TABGET  \nORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED.EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \n Roproductions may not be made without permission trom Columbla Univorsity Lbraries.             \nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \nFILM SIZE:          5m  \n 10:/   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Recommendations for Development of Resources Basedon Erroneous Theory That Ontario System AidsAll Citizens Alike  \nGovernor Smith's recommendation for the creation of a Power Authorityto develop the water power resources of New York State is based on thewidespread assertion that the Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission,a gov-ernment enterprise,sells its service at lower rates than privately ownedand operated electrie companies in the United States.  \nFor a number of years every major proposal to put Government into the  \nelectric light and power business has assumed that Ontario,in the electric  \nfor a nominal sum,to private corpora-tions to carry on the development;andin the Province of Ontario the develop-ment has been carried on by the prov-ince.The result is that with no stock-holders in the province to be rewardedwith dividends the power is distributedto the average householder at one-halfthe cost to the householders of ourState.\"  \nbusiness,has accomplished great thingsfor its citizens of which the people ofthis country are being deprived whilea few are getting vast wealth out ofimproper profits.This has been behindthe demand for Federal Governmentoperation of Muscle Shoals.It hasbeen the argument advanced by thosewho wanted to plunge the State ofCalifornia into the electrical businessto the tune of half a billion dollars—at the beginning but were twice de-feated at the polls.  \nAnd again the Governor says:  \n“Any student of political economy inthe high schools of our State will un-hesitatingly say that in view of ourpast experience the ultimate consumer,the man on the farm,in the home,andin the workshop,will be infinitely bet-ter off when he purchases the finishedproduct under the scheme of the StateWater Power Authority than he willbe in the hands of private corporationsorganized for private profit  \nAny proposal to put Government intobusiness involves a fundamental de-parture from American principles andAmerican ways_which demands theclosest 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