The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-08

nearly co-opera tionS0 of every company
In the Stale and itziss the duty OF each
company to becomesn a member ofSthe
State Association and to adopt as sits
motto the motto OF the International
..Associatlon. " Each for all and all for
each" The iifferent companies nee,l
the assistance or all others engaged
In the business because It takes nll
to make the complete whole. Each
company has Its place to till in the
household. The value of sentiment
Is tunderestinlnted i in the telephone
business: I. we would but consider
that In every section the independ.
ents have grown BY reason of sentl-
ment. because back of that they have
attempted to treat the people fairly
! In regard to rates and service. The
great progress that has attended tho
use Of the telephone IS due; more to
the DEVELOPMENT OF the field by tho
independents than by the opposition
company. Today the opposition Is
endeavoring to win away small one.
rating companies from the operating
field by making seductive offers ar
this time which In the past they
spurned but the Independent operator
who believes in his cause md the
principle OF reciprocity will not like
~ turn his property over to Interests
that are tnlmtcal to the best, interests
OF the people. The independent inter-
ests have established a. community Of
Interest between the investors and
workers and more loyalty is shown by;
the employees by ind dependent teIe.
phone companies than in any other,
line Of work. y, As
SIN fort,ifie and in fame. we are
bound by stronger! links than steel
and neither can be safe or sound but
In the others veal Il ;5{.j;
!S Last Nights Meeting. s
The meeting last night was an en-.
thusiastfc one and was well attended;
by many who nave no direct interest
In the association but who wanted to
learn what could be gathered at such
meeting President Davis presided.
Mayor NJ. NJ. Nicely welcomed the tel
ephone people to the city. F.. X. Hcr:-.
ford. OF Charleston, was billed to re.
spond to Mayor Neely's address but
in his absence this duty fel to w. C..
Handlan. of Wheeling. Mayor Nicely
spoke rs follows:
Mr.. Chairman. and Gentlemen OF the
Independent and Insuppressible TEL
ephone Association Of West y1r-
ginia:
l. 1t Is an elementary law OF physics
that dame nature abl1ors a vacuum.
Men, through their irresistible ten
dency to initiate their common moth,
er- have taken the same, attitude to.
ward monopoltes: and to-day nionop-.
olies are as unpopular, with the peo-
pie as delinquent subscriber with
the telephone company.
In ancient times competition was
the exception; today It is the rule.
Formerly a few royal families had :,
monopoly on the! business OF furnish
Ing kings for those who could not get
along without them. Latter day:com-.
petition has made 1t possible for any,
one to be eligible to this office, an1
IN Russia and Spain no one seems par
ttc,llarly anxious for the Job.
A few centuries ago the State stood
behind and lfostered great religious
monopoly. and to worship strange
god, or to bow ut the shrine of a new
image was an offense punishable with
torture and death. In the twentieth
century few questions are asked MS To
the dogmas or creeds which represent
the canon Of ones faith: The fact to
be ascertained is whether or not the
Individual under consideration is use.
ful to society. brother to his fel-
lows. and an asset in the sum totnl OF
things that make for the progress anil
advancement OF the race This In.
quiry being answered in the t,fhrma.
tive, no time Is lost in an inyestiga-
tton OF what the future holds. for "suf-
flcient unto the day is the evil there.
Of" E -. b s.,
Once the soldier monopollzed the I
nrt OF making war. He depopulatel
neiehboring provinces in an effort to
settle matters CT difference by an ap-
peal to the sword. It. was his mis-.
sion to exterminate and kill, and .es-
tahlish the rule of force and superior!
numbers: In our day much OF this
has become matter OF curious his
tory, and In our; steady, persistent,
'' evolutionary advance toward the goal
OF perfection. we find brains and diplo.
macy solving the problems that per-
plexa the nations. and giants. intellec-
tual. framing treaties and awards OF
1lrt 1alrrb1ittrament. 1tt Al as a method, safe, sane
and feasible, for smoothing the wrink-
led front of grimvisa ged war.
ti5yVhat "a trup rf fSrali efnrs q !,