Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-08-05

ownership basis. He asserts IL Is his |
intention, unless new rates are set
tied by the council and the Chicago |
Telephone company. to get up a peti.
tiou and ask for an expression from |
the voters on the question Of the mu. |
nicipality operating telephone sys.
TEN. It is understood Aid. Bauler |
proposes to get this expression un. |
der the public policy act, which per.
mits the submission Of q question Of
public policy to the voters, the de-
cision being merely advisory and not
binding.
The Telephone Trust has com.
menced bitter and an uncalled for
attack on the Mayor and honest alder.
men Of the city Of Chicago who are
fighting for the peoples rights against
a heartless monopoly.
The Telephone Trust is opposed to
the honest, capable and efficient serv.
ice that Mr.. J. Ogden Armour and his
colleagues are prepared to give to the
city with their automatic service.
The Telephone Trust has changed
managers in Chicago and has decided
to throw dirt upon honest men In the
city government who oppose its dom.
ineering and extortionate methods.
The Illinois Tunnel Company has
fully complied with the terms Of It's
ordinance and yet the grafters union
Is not satisfied.
It wants the Illinois Tunnel Com.
pany which has expended over $2.300,.
900 In instruments, wires and station
equipments, to be forced to give up
all Of this to satisfy the Telephone
Trust.
Any alderman who votes In favor
OF an increase OF rates for the Tele.
phone Monopoly will be beaten to
finish the next time he runs for once.
According to some accounts several
men who are working for the mon.
opoly and its franchise may not be
residents Of Chicago when the next
election comes around.
The Telephone Monopoly is busy
circulating ugly rumors" about the
Corporation Counsel, the Mayor and
the honest aldermen who are standing
up for the peoples rights.
ugly rumors" Is good.
Aldermen who are anxious to learn
the truth ought to inquire into the de.
tails Of the passage Of the telephone
ordinance fve years ago.
ugly rumors"!
Well, there are some pretty ugly
rumors going the rounds just now.
But the Mayor. Corporation Counsel
and honest aldermen are not the ones
affected by them.
A watchful eye 10 being kept on the
situation by too many people to have
Il easily misunderstood.
A new report has been ordered on
the books and accounts Of the Tele'
phone Trust
When the aldermen get that report
they ought to be in position to low.
or rates.
II they raise them they will raise
something hotter than this climate
has been for the past few weeks.
Mayor Harrison made q popular
move when he ordered q new report
on the telephone situation. The lex
pert" whose report is now In the
hands OF the Council Committee fav-
ored the raising of rates and gen.
eral contribution to the necessities OF
the phone gang. His report strangely
enough showed that the Chicago
branch OF the monopoly Is owned
body, boots and breeches by the
American Telephone crowd who con.
troll the telephone business Of the
whole country. His report also shows
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 the
American Telephone Trust. This com
pany makes its own prices for what
1t sells to the other concern and the
people of Chicago are expected to pay
for the profits of both subsidiary insti
tutions of the Trust.
Talk about the Tobacco Trust, the
SLduuhIU oii lIust anu cNcty Oluci
trust. The trust that is the real thing
Is the Telephone Trust. This Trus,
hits over a quarter of million people
in Chicago. Recently 1t has grown &c
bold that 1t managed to grab off fol
the purchase OF its watered stock
big sum Of money donated by the gen
erous Chicago public for the immedl
ate relief of the widows and orphans
of brave fremen who gave up theil
lives last December In the discharge
OF their duty. Any alderman wh'
votes for an ordinance favoring th'
Telephone Trust deserves the ignom
my which he will certainly receive.
The telephone monopoly In Chicag
has grown to be an unbearable nui'
ance.
The service Is rotten.