Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-06-15
THE CHICAGO EAcLE.

itself. This loss was due,
according to President Bernard e.
report, to the constantly In.
creasing number of nickel q day"
telephones, the revenue on which av.
erages $22.7O per annum az against q
cost of operation, he said, Of $2S.64,
as fixed by one city expert, and &25.2S
as fixed by another city expert. The
of nickel telephones in
Chicago increased SO per cent in 1908
and AZ per cent in 1911. The com.
pany reports increased earnings in
the suburban division, which Offset
the losses in Chicago"
The telephone monopoly osiiess ~
users Of nickel phones to guarantee 6
cents per day. II the monthly leposoG
Of nickels falls short Of tAe guarantee
the company makes the phone renter
pay the difference. II there should
happen to be an excess q nioke1o the
company gobbles them ali. The phone
renter gets no credit for that excess.
That's the logic Of the mopopoly.
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Mayor Harrison made Q popular
move when he ordered . new report
On the telephone situation. The "sx-
pert" whose report 10 now IN the
hands Of the Council Committee fav.
orsd the raising Of rates and . gen.
sral contribution TO the necessities Of
the phone gang. His report strangely
enough showed that the Chicago
sraach Of the monopoly 10 owned
body. boots and breechss by the
American Telephone crowd who con.
troll the telephone business Of the
whole country. His report also shows
that the Chicago branch Of the monop.
oily 10 obliged to buy all Of IT. equip
ment from . notorious Electric Com.
pany which 10 also owned By the
American Telephone Trust This com.
pany makes it, own prices for what
Il sells to the other concern and tho
people Of Chicago are expected TO pay
for the profits Of both subsidiary insti.
unions OF tno ITuOt.
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The one.cent telephone 10 sure to
come.
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All telephone patents should bs eea-
nscated By the government when tAey
become the exclusive property q ~
Telephone Trust. The following fton
an editorial in the Chicago Dally
News Of July II. 1911. hits ths eass
exactly:
I'm An argument before the national
senste's interstate commerce eomit.
tee. Senator Kenyon recently urged
several notifications Of the Sherman
antitrust law. One Of then provided
that when any patent granted By the
government 10 used to build Up trust
or combination the patent shall - fee
Isitsd."
A telephone company that pays
eight per cent dividends on twenty
nine millions Of stock IL making too
much money. The people are paying
too much for telephone service.
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Penny telephones are to be estab'
lished in Detroit and there 10 no good
reason why they should not be estab'
l!shes IN Chicago. The following
dispatch from Detroit explains itself:
Reduction Of local telephone rates
80 per cent for the average user,
elimination Of the distinction between
residences and business telephones
and the establishment Of . rate ol
$3.50 per month and cent each foz
outgoing messages In excess Of zoe
per month on single party lines. with
no limit on incoming calls are pro
vided for In an ordinance. on which
0 common council committee began
hearings."
The telephone trust contemplatei
another big public improvement. i
Is going to raise its dividend.
John T.. Maloney should be elected
County Commissioner.
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II the fire marshal would do rs goot
work in extinguishing fires as he doe
for that costly "gas shut on" scheme
he would do we'll.
The nomination OF Joseph 8. La Blu!
for Judge of the Municipal Court b!
the Democratic voters was q WORTH
one. He is q good lawyer and will
make good Judge.
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In justice to the public. which pail
for the work OF the vice commission
the names Of the public officials an
''reformers" who rented their propert
for immoral purposes should be pull
lished. Were they suppressed 70
blackmailing or to shield some one?
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Just keep tab on tho aldermen VII
| ara working overtimo for the toll