Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-17

MICHAEL I
Well Known Alderman Running 4
mour. associated with others the
Hartman estate, with Kennedy Todd
and Do Forest Of New York, and with
the receivses Of the Chicago subway
80 . body-has already begun the
work Of giving genuinely cheap and
smcisnt telephone service - tAs eity
Of chicago.
In Chicago the receivers Of the sub.
way have installed already more than
twenty-five thousand automatic tsle.
phones. They give an unlimited sefv.
Ice for 1SS . year-about one!han ths
charge Of the Bell monopoly. They
give unlimited telephone service 20
private families for less than thirty
dollars . year. with . full extension
Of their system even the poorest fam.
iliee win use the telephones. and b
better OF at The end q the yeaI
through the saving q earfase.
The charge for pay stations with
this new system. which % backed by
Armour and the others, 70 three cents
per call, and the intention % b lower
this rate evsatual1y from tAres esats
70 one cent AZ one cent he pco0t
would b enormous. with he eeono.
mics Of the automatic telephone and
Q sunlcisnt number Of subseribers.
The right plan would b. Of course.
for the business msn of New YoFk
who pay enormous tolls % he telo'
phone monopoly 70 ct togethee. b
bind tAsmselves 20 take new service
IAN automatic cheap service WITH
certain guasantsee -'aAA tAroagA
pressure Of public opinion .eompsl the
granting Of . franchise b an auto.
matie company charging he lowest
possible rate.
But Il . dimsult 70 -gsG business
men 20 unite: dimeult % maize them
resent effectively even The most pal.
pabls extoetioa.
The chief hope iiss IN The courage.
energy and business knowledge Of
such . man - Armour. who has ths
money. who 70 not frightened by the
power Of Q monopoly. ana who might.
II hs chose. bs rsmsmbered - one Of
The real bsnefactors Of the country
By breaking down the telephone mon.
opoly and maldns Of the great tale.
phone convenience . blessing within
the reach Of all and - cheap. IN pro.
portion, - The national postomes.
~a
Tho telephone trust 10 the most
grinding Of the many trusts that exist
| in the United States.
II snuns out competition By the
power Of its money and the people
are like 20 many serfs 70 bs used st
it, own beck and call.
The rising tide OF Indignation will
never subside until the whole tsls
phone trust and its aides and abettori
are punished.
Charles F. DeWoody. division super
intendent In the Department Of Jus
tice secret service. returned from I
trip on which It IL reported he haa
been gathering information for the At
torney-G General regarding the alleged
Bell telephone monopoly.
It Is reported that an investigation
national in its scope. is being carried
on by the forces Of Attorney.G Genera
Wickersham looking to the fling ol
proceedings for the dissolution Of the
alleged trust An exhaustive investi
cation has been going on In Chicago
it Is said, of the operations Of the Bel
syndicate alleged to be In violation o
the Sherman law.
"You have been West It Is under
stood for the purpose of getting dati
bearing on the alleged telephone
trust, have you not?" DeWoody wal
asked.
"That is a matter that I canno
possibly discuss. There Is nothing
that we can announce regarding any
such investigation" was the reply.
We take the following from page
"a of the Report on the Causes o.
Municipal Corruption in San Fran
cisco as disclosed by the investiga
tions OF the Oliver grand Jury and thu
prosecution of certain persons fol
bribery and other offenses against thu
state" made by q committee appoint
ed by the mayor of that city and pub
lished by order Of the board Of su
pervisors. city and county OF Sar
Francisco, January 8. 1910:
1.-THE Pacifi Telephone and Tels
graph Company bribed the supervis
ors to prevent the Home Telephone
Company or any other organization
from obtaining q telephone franchise
In San Francisco. No attack OF any
kind on the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company was threstensd
BY the Supervisors. and the sole pur
pose Of the crime was to maintain Z
profit which might bs cut By the
competition OF business rivals. The
Supervisors were paid in al over