Chicago eagle., 1911-11-04

telepuOuo company CuurBcS u1m U1xVy
cents, and charges for the wire be.
sides.
In other words. the telephone mon.
opoly charges more than twice %
much to carry over q wire Q human
voice. which weighs nothing, % the
railroad charges to carry . two.hun.
dred.pound man over thirty miles Of
solid steel rails.
And the railroad has to have ter.
minals. and locomotives. and power;
whereas. with the telephone, the
mans own voice IL the chief power
involved.
Armour Of Chicago IL . man who
could give the people Of this country
the beneht Of cheap telephone service
If he should make up his mind to do
t. He has proved his ability % an
organiser: he 10 q man Of great
wealth and Of unusual industry and
application. Il II notorious that his
working hours are from seven In the
morning until ok IN the evening, and
that work = ~ only amusement
The idea y not visionary, for Ar.
mour. associated with others-with the
Hartman estate, with Kennedy Todd
and De Forest Of New York, and with
the receivers Of the Chicago subway
rs a body-has already begun the
work Of giving genuinely cheap and
enicient telephone service to the city
Of Chicago.
In Chicago the receivers Of the sub.
way have installed already more than
twenty-five thousand automatic tele-
phones. They give an unlimited serv.
ice for $86 year-about one.half the
charge Of the Bell monopoly. They
give unlimited telephone service to
private families for less than thirty
dollars Q year. With full extension
Of their system even the poorest fam.
lilies will use the telephones. and be
better OF at the end Of the year
through the saving Of carfare.
The charge for pay stations With
this new system, which 10 backed By
Armour and the others, 10 three cents
per cali, and tho intention 10 70 lower
this rate eventually from three cents
to one cent At one cent the profit
would bs enormous. with the econo.
mics Of the automatic telephone and
Q sufhcient number Of subscribers.
The right plan would be, Of course.
for the business men Of New York
who pay enormous tolls to the tele.
phone monopoly to get together. to
bind themselves to take new service
an automatic cheap service with
certain guarantees - and through
pressure Of public opinion compel the
granting Of a franchise to IN auto
matte company charging the lowest
possible rate.
But It IL dif'icult to get business
men to unite; difficult to make them
resent effectively even the most pal.
pablo extortion.
The chief hope lies In the courage.
energy and business knowledge Of
such q man as Armour. who has the
money, who 10 not frightened BY the
power Of monopoly, and who might.
II no chose. be remembered a. one Of
the real benefactors Of the country
by breaking down the telephone mon.
opoly and making OF the great tele'
phone convenience blessing within
the reach Of all and 40 cheap. In pro
portion. a. the national postoflice.
~SA
Denis f. Sullivan, Democratic nom.
inee for Judge Of the Superior Court,
Is well known to the people of Chi
cago as lawyer. a public official and
a citizen. His record IL clean and
brilliant one, and his election will
place on the bench an honest and fear
less Judge. Mr.. Sullivan was born In
Kewanee, ILL.,, in 1869 and was edu
Gated in the public schools. He studied
law in the law department Of Lake
Forest University and was admitted
to tho bar in 1894. His law practice
has been success from the start. He
practiced alone until 1901, then started
the firm of McDannold, Sullivan & Jar
rett, and later to Sullivan & Jarrett
Mr.. Sullivan was elected to the iii
nois Legislature in 1896 and was re
elected In 1898 and in 1900. His rec
ord at Springfield was an honest, able
and fearless one. The people never
had q more faithful representative
He fought every dishonest measure
with all his force and energy and
fought equally as we'll for every good
measure. His record In the Legislature
alone is plenty reason why he should
be placed on the Superior Court bench
Mayor Harrison appointed Mr.. sulli'
van in 1897 an assistant corporation
counsel, and in 1899 Corporation Coun'
sci Charles M. Walker placed him at
the head of the special assessment law
department. His record for the city
was in line with his legislative record
Mr.. Sullivan was married In 1900. his
wife being q niece of the late John g
Carlisle. Secretary of the Treasury
under President Cleveland. Mr.. Sulli
van resides with his family at COOS
Winthrop avenue. 1t Is able, forcefu
and energetic men like Mr.. Sullivas
that the people need on the bench
He has proven his worth to the people
in the important offices he has servet
In, and his election as Judge of thu
Superior Court on November Z will
be a credit to Cook County.