Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-03-02

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Well Known Box Manufaet
and locomotives, and power;
whereas. with Ne tslepAeaA tAe
mans own voice 10 ~ eAise Dewse
Involved
Armour q Chicago % . nan WAo
could givs he people q tAis eountsy
the benefit of cheap te1oDAoae service
IL he should make % he mind - q
Il He has proved he abslity - .
organiser: - % . naA q OFeae
wealth and q unusual ialustsy ~
application. Il 10 notorioue that bic
working hours are from 0even In he
morning until 0lx IN the evening. and
that work . ~ only amusement
The idea = not visionary. for A
mour. associated With othsrs-with The
Hartman estate. with Kennedy Todd
and Do Forest Of New York, and with
the reosivsrs Of the Chicago subway
% Q body-has already begun The
work Of giving genuinely cheap and
efncisnt telephone service b he city
Of Chicago.
In Chicago the reosivers Of the Sub.
way have installed already more than
twenty-five thousand automatic tolo
phones. They give IN unlimited sesv.
ioe for 3o6 . year-about ono.hall tAo
charge Of the Bell monopoly. They
give unlimited telephone service %
private families for lee Than thirty
dollars . year. Win . full extension
Of their system even the poorest fsu-
ilieo win use he telephones, aad b
better OF at tAe sad q The yeas
through The saving q earfAre.
The charge for pay stations With
this, new system. which % backed b
Armour and the others. % three eeats
per can. and the intsation % b lower
this rate eventually from tAreo eeats
70 one cent AZ one esat tAs pCo0t
would b enormous. with he eoono.
mics Of the automatic telephone and
Q sufioisnt number Of subscriber.
The right plan would b. Of course.
for the business men Of New York
who pay enormous tolls 70 the tsle-
phone monopoly 10 get together. 70
bind themselves 70 take new service
-an automatic cheap service With
certain guarantees - and through
pressure Of public opinion compel the
granting Of . franchise 70 IN auto.
matte company charging the lowest
possible rate.
But Il 10 dimcult 70 get business
men to unite; diMcult 70 make them
resent effectively even the most pal.
pabls extortion.
The chief hope lies In the courage.
energy and business knowledge Of
such . man % Armour. who has The
money. who 70 not frightened by the
power Of monopoly. and who might
II he chose. be remembered % one Of
the real bsnsfactors OF the country
By breaking down the telephone mon.
opoly and making Of the great tsls.
phone convenience . blessing within
the reach OF all and % cheap, In pro.
portion. % the national postomco.
The telephone trust 10 the most
grinding OF the many trusts that exist
In the United States.
It snuffs out competition by the
power of It's money and tho people
are like 80 many serfs to be used at
its own beck and call.
The rising tide of indignation will
never subside until the whole tele-
phone trust and its aides and abettors
are punished.
Charles F. DeWoody, division super
intendent In the Department Of Jus.
tice secret service. returned from q
trip on which 1t is reported he has
been gathering information for the At.
torney.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.General
Wickersham looking to the filing of
proceedings for the dissolution of the
alleged trust. An exhaustive investi.
cation has been going on in Chicago.
1t is said, of the operations Of the Bell
syndicate alleged to be In violation of
the Sherman law.
you have been West It Is under.
stood for the purpose OF getting data
bearing on the alleged telephone
trust, have you not?" DeWoody was
asked.
"That is a matter that I cannot
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 of
Municipal Corruption In San Fran.
cisco as disclosed by the investiga.
tions OF the oliver grand Jury and the
prosecution of certain persons for
bribery and other offenses against the
state" made by q committee appoint.
cd by the mayor of that city and pub
|ished by order Of the board Of su.
pervisors. city and county Of San