Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-04
HIGHER TELEPHONE RATES.
Well The People Submit Small Com.
papy Before II uave US Good
Service al Popular Cost.

The people sometimes cast their
bread upon the waters and 1t invar-
iably returns not. This is what the
people Of Marion did when they
granted for a paltry few hundred
dollars q franchise for twenty years
to the Central Home Telephone Com
pany.
The small company which controll-
cd before it. gave Us good service at
popular cost aud the absoring com
pany held to this practice for time.
To have thrust the knife into the
people pocket-book to o far
by Immediately raising rates
would have risked Its own I'M
doing, and the Central Home Tele.
phone Company knew this full we'll.
In granting this franchise, the peo-
pie knowing the ferocity of the
wolf phe Cumberland). confded too
far 10 the hound the Centrall who
soon turned his fangs against them !,
fact the people realize only too
well today. The Central Home Co,
Incorporated, Of Delaware, is in fact
competing trust which step by
step has gained the confidence OF the
people by espousing their cause now
il begins To turn with full force
against them saying pointing to the
Cum berland) 1t would treat you
worse.
The lack Of vigilance in granting
the charter need not be repeated now.
II the servants Of the people failed
10 exercise sufficient legal care to
protect their needs, the people eau
now, themselves protect their rights.
Ifthcy aceede to fifty per cent in'
crease in rates now, Il il but big
step toward the maximum-will not
the maximum rate be for,ed on them
speedily
The Marion Exchange has grown
rapidly since the day Mr.. Alexander
fret gave the people Of this city, this
great modern convenience. At pres
ent, more than $50 families have
phones in their homes and more than
fifty stores and Offices may answer
the phone bell.
The company claims an investment
OF Gao, 900. Their taxes as shown
by the Sheriff. book for 1907 amount
70 t27. 90 based on q value Of 81, 900
given in. II the companys claims
are true, certainly the County and
City officials have a duty to fulfill
much back taxes must be pMd--tbe
people demand 1t.
The company claims their invest.
nent does not pay, For years, the
mall companies have been satisfied,
ut suddenly, the soulless company
which they have altered-forti6ed
the invaluable gift Of the people
bscovcrs it has been ROBBlNG
ITSELF, words in common parlance
hal al
people just q little more, without
their knowing it.
They can make their investment
more profitable without increasing
rates, even a blind man can see.
= When the little company had 200
subscribers, four people served their
wants. With 300 subscribers, with
out better service, eight addiuonals
are required to do where it only
fakes two. Neptunism seems to &c
hand in hand with large corporations.
But this is the compsny's, not the
peoples outlook.
The telephone when net abused
3 one Of the greatest boons man.
Inventive genius has given to man
q the home, it saves the wife, an
bother, many unnecessary steps anC
n hrows certain protection abou
hem that noting else can. In bust
Jess and office, il facilitates much
But it has its Disadvantages also
o the home, it permits Of many
engthy and useless conversations oft