Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-10-26

or will he vote for the opposing prop.
osition that I which il sup.
ported now by Colonel Roosevelt
that voted $2O,0OO,OOO back to our
people of Illinois, and making the
federal government pay for the ILL.,
nois waterway, intended, as II is, for
the use Of the whole federal govern.
ment?
Does Judge Sherman intend to
vote with Governor Deneen's propoSi.
ton or with Colonel Roosevelt? What
take? Self.serving silence Is not cour.
ageous craftsmanship. Speak out,
Judge Sherman!"
The extent to which the American
people are worked to MAKE money 70.
dividends for the owners Of the tele-
phone monopoly IL shown in the IN.
nual report Of the Bell system for
1912 from which we take the follow.
Ing extracts:
THE gross revenue collected from
the public In 1911 for telephone serv.
Ice by the Bell System-not includ.
Ing the connected Independent com.
panies-yas 3179,500.00o: an Increase
Of nearly $14,O00,00O over last year.
OF this, operation consumed 100000.
600; taxes. 100000 or IN per cent
on the outstanding capital: current
maintenance. S30.200.O0O; and pro.
vision for depreciation, 32s. 100000.
The surplus was Isl, 900, OF
which $13.600.000 was paid in inter.
est and nearly @2e.00o.0o0 was paid
In dividends"
Dunno for Governor 10 the winning
slogan Of Illinois Democrats.
Judge Dunno, In q speech at Pekin,
said: Governor Deneen did not want
direct primary law, but the political
exigencies were such that he could
not afford no legislation at all on the
subject. II was much the same with
civil service legislation. He showed
his spoils attitude by midnight ap.
pointments just before the act went
into effect"
The old fashioned Trust phone
service in Chicago IL getting worse
every day. Patrons are constantly
complaining Of It. Wrong numbers
are constantly in evidence; the busy
signal Is given frequently for q "wrona
number, while the phone that Il
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 IL an
tiquated, and out OF date. II IL only
retained because the old company Ia
more interested in piling up dividends
than 1t 10 In serving the people.
The voters have made up their
minds.
Deneen Is losing ground daily
Judge Dunno will get an immense Re-
publican vote.
L NHDNEnIISENENT.D
THE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE.
| For q good many years the Chicago
public had ample opportunity to OBJ
serve what telephone monopoly meant
In the way OF service.
The rates had been raised several
times-and threats OF another raise
were being made. There was talk oi
abolishing certain forms of residence
service. The public was treated with
scant courtesy. There were intermin
able delays in changing old phones
and installing new ones.
Then came the automatic telephone
bringing with 1t the much needed
spur of competition.
! What happened?
Immediately the utmost efforts Il
improve the manual service were
made.
But 1t IL cold, hard fact that these
efforts have been to large degree
unsuccessful. 1t Is simply a physica
impossibility to make manual service
come anywhere near the remarkable
efficiency Of the automatic.
The reason Is obvious. The auto
matte Is a higher development of tn,
telephone principle.
1t has eliminated the huge cost ant
great uncertainty of the human
operator.
1t has made telephoning secret
quick, low In cost.
On the Automatic telephone Q ma
chine-Quick as lightning, absolutel!
accurate-gets your number tor you
There are no bitches. no delays. nj
wrong numbers.
Automatic telephone service has re
ceived q tremendous welcome In Chi
cago. Automatic service has double,
and doubled again until over 100000
calls per day are being handled.
And ell this In the face OF one o
the most powerful monopoliss tn
world has ever seen.
For better telephone service. phon'
for your Automatic todsy-Commss
cial Dept. Ss.11l.
AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE,
Illinois Telephone Z Telegraph Co
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