Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-10-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Gathered from All Quarters
About Men Talked About
In the Walks Of
Politics.
Men Who Are Candidates and
Men Who Are Not and What
People Say.

governor Of Illinois.
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It 10 about time that the state Of
Illinois came to the rescue Of the
people and passed law prohibiting
the misuse Of the name bank.
As matters stand at present, any.
one with money enough to hire and
equip a store can paint the name
bank on the front windows and so.
licit and receive deposits without let
or hindrance.
Every year hundreds o: people
lose their savings through the failure
or collapse of one or more of these
wildcat institutions.
Legitimate banks which are In
themselves a guarantee Of security,
are passed by by thousands Of sim.
pie and gullible people who are
charmed by the advertisements and
cunning allurements OF men who
never did any legitimate banking and
who never intended to do any.
The Chicago Eagle has often re-
ferred to this matter before and 1t
again urges upon the legislature and
upon men who are seeking seats In
the general assembly, the necessity
for passing law protecting legitl.
mate banks anc prohibiting illegiti.
mate ones.
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The old fashioned Trust phone
service in Chicago IL getting worse
every day. Patrons are constantly
complaining Of 1t. Wrong numbers
are constantly in evidence; the busy
signal is given frequently for wrong
number, while the phone that 10
called Is not busy at all. Some of the
operators are impertinent. Others of
them are incompetent. All of this
works for loss of business, time and
patience. The whole system is an.
tiquated, and out of date. II Is only
retained because the old company ID
more interested in piling up dividends
than It 10 In serving the people.
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who rules Chicago, the aldermen or
the phone company?
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On page 81 of the annual report OF
the Bell Telephone system for 1912
we find the following ingenious state
ment excusing the raising Of rates:
Wherever these rates have been
increased 1t has been done by and
with the consent of the subscribers
to the exchanges, and with the direc,
authority or acquiescence Of the pub
lie authorities"
This Is certainly good. It would
be safe guess to say that the con
sent of the subscribers" was nevel
asked but that rates were raised
with the direct authority or acquies
cence Of the public authorities"
Are the public authorities Of the
city OF Chicago going to acquiesce n
q raise Of telephone rates?
Make the third rail roads elevate
in every county In Illinois.
Election of municipal judges SHOULD
be held by itself. It Is purely niu
nicipal affair and It Is not right they
should be voted for at n big count!
and state election. They should b.
voted for at the spring election II
April or at q seperate election II
June.
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Some more new blood Is needed OF
the Municipal Court bench.
Investigate the telephone receipts
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Vote for Dunno and be with tn
winner.
(ADvERTIsEMENT.)
THE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE.
For good many years the Chicag
public had ample opportunity to oil
serve what telephone monopoly mean
In the way of service.
The rates had been raised sewers
times-and threats of another rails
were being made. There was talk q
abolishing certain forms Of residenc