Farmers Organize Against Seattle and Tacoma Power Monopolies
The Western Progressive Farmers group pushes for a state-wide 'superpower' initiative, breaking with municipal interests over grid control.
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A committee appointed under motion of William Bouck, president of the Western Progressive Farmers, is at work drawing up a superpower bill, modeled along the lines of the Ontario plan, for presentation to the next legislature. A statewide campaign for signatures to this initiative will be inaugurated. They oppose the enactment of the Bone bill, declaring that it does not provide for the interests of the country and rural district, but is a measure drawn up in the interests of municipally-owned plants in Seattle and Tacoma.
“declaring that it does not provide for the interests of the country and rural district”
The conflict between municipal power systems and rural electrification projects in the 1920s highlights the ongoing tension over who controls the infrastructure that powers the state. This regional battle for public resources still resonates in current debates over PUDs vs. municipal utility districts.
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