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The exact plan, of course, would have to depend upon 

 local conditions and state laws. 



The method of control of such a business would cer- 

 tainly be a matter of vital importance. It would seem 

 that the main points to be considered are (i) efficiency of 

 management; (2) responsibility to the public; (3) elimi- 

 nation of politics and corruption. 



One of the plans which would bid fair to comply with 

 all the above points is that proposed for the city of Winni- 

 peg, Canada. This provides that a commission of three 

 members be appointed to act as a city milk commission, one 

 member to be elected by the producers, one by the Winnipeg 

 Trades and Labor Council, and one by the Greater Winni- 

 peg Board of Trade. This commission should be appointed 

 for not less than three years. In addition one member of 

 the council and one member of the city health depart- 

 ment should be ex officio members, and attend all meetings. 



The main duties of this commission were to be, first, to 

 appoint a manager of the plant, who should have full 

 power and responsibility as to the hiring and discharging 

 of employees; and second, to determine the price to be 

 paid for milk and the price to be charged. 1 



If the conduct of the municipal plant were left to the 

 management of the city council in the average American 

 city, a vast amount of inefficiency, politics, and corruption 

 would doubtless creep in, since, if the service is satis- 

 factory and the rates are fairly reasonable, the consumer 

 is often utterly indifferent to what goes on, and, if the 

 service is unsatisfactory, he is not very likely to arrive 

 at a correct solution of the difficulty. 2 



1 Report on Municipal Milk Supply for the City of Winnipeg, p. 10. 



2 See Problems of City Government, L. S. Rowe, Chap. 10, and Essays in Munic- 

 ipal Administration, John A. Fairlie. 



