Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-12-09

renter gets no credit for that s9esss. |
That's the logic Of the monopoly.
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All telephone rates are now sub3oee
20 revision svery Ave yooHA
. The telephone company wants the
city 70 raise rates and abolish The pro
vision In the ordnance calling tor -
vision every i've yeafS.
They want 70 keep the people wAeso
they have them 20 that they can't -
away.
The expert" on pages ios aad ~
Of his report apparently feels mueA
sympathy for the company o. this ooN
5est.
VIII the aldermen show any 50
patty for the psssasi
The telephone company wants The
public TO pay high rates bssaase -
the improvements Il has put n Tie
service. II this kind Of reasoaiag AolAs
good. then Marshall Field . q. ~
The Fair should charge higher prices
for the goods because Of The ~
buildinss and other inpeeveasats
they have paid for. And On the same
like Of argument the NoetAwsstess
Railroad should double the price of
railroad fares because Il has erected
. s2s.ooo.ooo depot.
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All telephone patents should be con-
6scated By the government whom they
become the exclusive property Of the
Telephone Trust. The following from
an editorial In the Chicago Daily
News Of July II. 1911. hits The case
exactly:
I'm IN argument before the national
senate's interstate commerce comit'
tse. Senator Kenyon recently urged
several notifications Of the Sherman
antitrust law. One OF them provided
that when any patent granted By the
government 10 used TO build up Q trust
o. combination the patsat shall b tor
Seitsd."
Municipal ownership Of telephones
10 favored by Aid. Herman J. Baulcr.
VITO has been advocating "penny tele-
phones" He serves notice that un-
less the Chicago Telephone company
agrees to Q new schedule Of rates be'
fore the aldermanic election next
April. he will endeavor to bring the
municipal ownership idea before the
people for a referendum vote.
aid. BauIer think It would be pos.
sible for the city to purchase the
automatic system already installed
and to operate II on . municipal
ownership basis. He asserts It 10 his
intention. unless new rates are set
tied by the council and the Chicago
Telephone company. to get up peti
tion and ask for an expression from
the voters on the question Of the mu
nicipality operating a telephone sys
tenn. II is understood Aid. Baulel
proposes to get this expression un
der the public policy act, which per
mits the submission Of question oi
public policy to the voters, the de-
cision being merely advisory and moi
binding.
Mayor Harrison made q popuial
move when he ordered q new report
ON the telephone situation. The "ex
pert" whose report is now In the
hands OF the Council Committee fav
ored the raising Of rates and Q gen
eral contribution to the necessities o.
the phone gang. His report strangely
enough showed that the Chicago
branch OF the monopoly IL owned
body, boots and breeches by thu
American Telephone crowd who con
troll the telephone business Of th'
whole country. His report also show
that the Chicago branch OF the monop
oily Is obliged to buy all of its equip
ment from a notorious Electric Com
pany which is also owned by tn
American Telephone Trust. This com
pany makes its own prices for wha
II sells to the other concern and tn
people of Chicago are expected to pa,
for the profits OF both subsidiary inst
tutions OF the Trust.
Talk about the Tobacco Trust, tn
Standard OIL Trust and every othe
trust. The trust that Is the real thin
is the Telephone Trust. This Trus
hits over a quarter Of million peopl
in Chicago. Recently It has grown d
bold that It managed to grab of TO
the purchase OF its watered stock
big sum OF money donated by the ger
erous Chicago public for the immed
ate relief OF the widows and orphan
of brave hremen who gave up thei
lives last December In the discharg
OF their duty. Any alderman VIII
votes for an ordinance favoring tn
Telephone Trust deserves the ignom
my which he will certainly receive.
The telephone monopoly In Chicas
has grown 70 b an unbearable null
sasa
The service 10 rottsn.
TAs scandal sttsadant On the pss'