Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-17
HELLO CENTRAL. HELLO!
Iing-a-ling Talk 10 Take Time Of Town lfls
tees tuesday Night.
CAUSE SPECIAL LICENSED DISCUSSION.
Majority Report Fa,ors q 5o.Cent Tar on
Zach INSTRUMENT aud Minority Places
II ut u Dollar.

Hello. Cen,rui. Hello' IL that your
Say Jus, toll Manager Wallace thh
plere VIA be bot anne in the coun-
FL on Tuesday niFh; when the tele-
phone license com.s ~. and ~ay--teli
hm ne had batier BE- There nccumpa-
MOD by a few legal ium.uanrs 10 look
after The rDmpany's inioma.s. That
man calihgcr. together with his coli
leasucs Fcrns,rom ami Weller Nre bent
On taxing you ~ the utmost, and have
prepared a minority ruJrt so place a
levy " q dollar n year on Zach instru.
mvni, In use within she ely. AZ best
the oompi,ny VIII likely be- taxed , good
sun sum. as the M Joriiy report. eigned
hy Morris. Alien. waiiaoe. Robu-son
ornd Dlehl. provides fof tax Of 50
ccrtg an Instrument. meaning. OF
couffe. an outlay " over 500 a year
something We can't afiord 90 pay " We
can get out ~ H."
The above gnior~ssing colloquy heard
by a News" reporter Today, tells In
brief tbs Status of the telrph,no ques-
ION. 20 be discussed by the city Coun-
ell at IN meeting On Tncs.lay night A.
qs well known 2, cl5zens generally.
oiicrc arc a few men In the Council who
maintain tliDs corporations with stu
pendoiH bank accounts. should b. forced
70 pay a license along WIN their moro
fortunate nelght.ora. the ttmaie vendor,
hdt pie maker and express runner.
Acing on ths1r convictions they have
ulrcady caused considerable Now rcVe.
nue. 20 fiow into the city'- eNchequer,
ard they propose. u secnnH. 10 carry IN +,
campaign Into ether fielda. keeping %
up until every oorpont;iuE operating IN
"hia fcctOn viii be compelled however
much against lts viii. 10 drop IN It,
mt.c TO asssI IN matnulifang iNo city
government.
DESPITE the grcot hardship this mode
OF procedure Will be upOn such instdu.
pAsi-, the Council seems dlEcfmlrr.-i to
carry un che war. and has now In ~
grasp 'he iClephnnc cumpuny. which
operate. hun a few thousand miles OF
Wits In this atptun ana lpis only q
rhouHrrd Instruments working In this
city, from zach Of which u rcaiizcs but
SyO a year. long distance circuit. aud
nv modest sum ~ so pet annum. four
on a circuit. That these figures are 20
low a. at present - because % the fact
that She city ordinances Will not permit
VI an udyance.And now that the city has
them dead 70 rights" u proposes 30
fSiii apply fhr thumb.scrgws ana force
she payment ~ tax shat has 40, been
collected IN eight yo1ns past. and a.
present amounts ., an aFgrcgIte sum
Of 500 for the operation u the crs.irt
hcai syg.iom.
NJ wonder the ung-a-i.ng crust Il
kicking against such unjust d'Hcrlml-
ngfion. ard ~ wonder ghey pfopuFe to
fight ). 10 ahs blttcr erd before being
forced Into humble suhmiFaDn. The
company, !, u understood. WARTS a u.
ccute placed upon the system, not
fuc Tor each Individual iuiirumcnt,
and this IL the grounds upon which ne
pgoposlt.nn VIII be fought ThCfe Sign
ting shc majority report arp uvcrse -
working such hardshlps on corpora
Hons. but ahose 81 rhe minOsy are bold.
fearless. aggressive Cuunrilmtn. and
believe thn; th0ic kind If talking ma
chinc- should he rNcd yen. on a par
with aho.r which weekly Do cunUoglte
IN fhe Council chamber. They argue
ghat the company has ~ great a mono
poly ~ The Council on such business
ana that shls being the case they