Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-21

courts some or the time, but not all Of
the time.
Corporation money buys baillfYs and
bribes juries. Corporation money buys
legislation. Is this sort Of freedom
guaranteed by the constitutionf
At last the people Of Chicago are in
fair way to obtain their rights.
The Infamous Gas Trust will soon
have foe worthy Of Its steel.
When the Trust bought the Infamous
frontage legislation at Springfield. II
shut out all new gas companies. but II
did not shut out the solid and honestly
conducted Ogden Gas Company, which
now proposes to parallel all Of the Gas
Trust lines in Chicago.
The Ogden company stands for cheap
gas and good gas.
All or Its customers are satisfied with
It, and that portion Of the city served
by 1t IL the best treated in the gas line
OF any part Of Chicago.
The Ogden company means business
1t has the money.
IL mas tne m0Cninery.
II has the brains and the ability "a
carry out Its projects In every way,
1t will bust the Gas Trust.
Excepting China, Il would be hard "a
hnd any country where the extortion
practiced by the Gas Trust on the peo.
pie Of Chicago would long be tolerated.
The Gas Trust robs the people in ev.
cry way.
1t rents gns ranges to poor people at
outrageous prices. 1t then puts on ex.
ira pressure scientifically applied and
forces mir through the pipes at o great
rate. This pressure is especially strong
evenings when supper is being pre-.
pared. The people pay for wind which
costs the Trust nothing.
Special assessments for gas lamps 20
right along, hut the poor people do not
get the gas on the streets after they
pay their assessments. The Gas Trust
owns the streets. The city has moth.
Ing to do with them.
The Gas r-rst is not furnishing one.
half the light \ .nould furnish, and for
years, according to published reports,
It did not furnish 22-candle power to
the'city.
It Is reported that the Gas Trust Ia
getting paid for thousands Of lamps
which are not In service, and this can
be easily verified.
The Gas Trust had an awful nerve
to buy up the Legislature and to SO
cure the passage Of q measure killing
oil opposition to II when It had no fran
chise from Chicago to do business Il.
self.
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The following well.known lawyers
are prominently mentioned In connec.
ton with the nomination for States At
torney Of Cook County: John @. Ever
EFT, David 8. Geer, Sydney Stein, James
c. Martin, Charles 7. Farson. w. w.
Wheelock, John p. McGoorty. Leonard
Goodwin, Fred Whitfield, william #.
Weimers. Granville w. Browning, John
r. Holland. Arnold Heap. George w.
Dixon, II. J. Furber. John @. Richberg,
Austin o. Sexton, Nathan n. Plotke,
VIM. g. Barbee, Hope Reed Cody, Chas.
b. Pavlicek, Kickham Seaman, Ell b.
Felsenthal, Thomas II. Cannon, John
c. King. John Il. Kehoe. George s.
Foster, Newton II. Fairbanks, Robert
Redfleld, james Maher, WIN. r. Black,
Miles J. Devine, Max Eberhardt, Ran
dali II. White and George Kersten.
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While Bumps" Billings bank gets
of lightly with Its assessment for tax.
es, the building associations IRE heav.
lily soaked.
But then the building associations
are composed Of poor people.
They have no Gas Trust to back
them up.
They have no rich friends.
They must settle.
Here Is the way the poor mems
building associations are assessed:
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