Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-11-30
City Treasurer.

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A couple Of members of the City
Council have aroused the indignation
Of a number Of their brother aldermen
by declaring that they would insist
upon fixing telephone rates 20 that the
telephone company could contine to
declare dividends Of eight per cent
per annum on the immense capital
stock Of twenty.seven million dollars.
Every cent Of this immense divi-
dend comes from the pockets Of the
people Of Chicago.
II represents the net earnings Of the
local Bell Company after 1t has paid
all Of ito expenses, including high
oficial salaries and it, regular contri.
button to its owner. the Bell monop.
oily, or, a. 1t 10 known, the American
Telegraph 4 Telephone Company,
which controls the various big tele.
phone systems Of the whole country.
Mr.. Bemis, the expert" who has
been employed at $50 q day to find
out the condition Of things for the
alderman, has proven to be disap.
pointment.
The experts report reads. to some
people, like q very able effort to save
all the money It can for the telephone
company.
The people do not appear to figure
in It very extensively. and the argu.
ment appears to be that any reduc.
ton, II any, should be made so as not
to disturb the great big annual divi.
dend of eight per cent. on twenty.
seven millions Of capital stock.
This capital stock, by the way, has
increased from 100000 to $4,000. 900.
and the dividend Of eight per cent. 10
the largest paid by any corporation In
the country.
The people Of Chicago evidently are
soft marks and must be worked for all
there 10 In 1t.
At the meeting OF the gas, oil and
electric light committee, Interruptions
OF Expert Bemis by the aldermen be-
came more frequent, as they differed
with his conclusions while his expla
nations progressed, until when The
subject Of the wages Of the girl opera
tors was reached all the aldermen
plunged into the debate. The report
stated that the number Of girls In
creased from 1000 at an average
monthly wage Of S31.17 In 1907, Il
SIG at an average wage Of 3S5.23 II
1911, an average pay increase Of /:
per cent. Aid. James A. Kearni
wanted more details on the pay ques
ton.
The report also showed the tota
employees of all classes to have In
creased from 6.S4S at a monthly aver
age of $43.97 in 1907, to 8,475 at al
average of $51.31 in 1911, an increas,
Of 23.S in number and 44.5 in pay.
1.-THE increase Is probably In the In
terest of civilization, SO the compan,
possibly should not be criticized fol
that expenditure" declared Mr.. Bemis
They are higher than the usual ratt
east of the Rockies"
Haven't the operators been mad,
to work SO much harder In the las
FIVE years that there is really no in
crease in wages, while the efiicienc!
OF the service has suffered?" demand
ed Aid. Bowler.
III the girls are compelled to d.
more work the report Of 10 per cent
increase is q misstatement-thN com
pany is getting more for its money,
suggested Aid. Stanley 8. Walkowiak
isn't 1t a fact that the demands are
SO much greater that the company hal
to give the girls rest rooms?" asked
Aid. Kearns.
III there were no rest rooms SIR
operating $50 keys would be killed II
twenty.four hours" insisted Aid. Wal
kowiak.
Possibly It 10 we'll for the profss
] sor 10 be sympathetic with the com
many In nomo nortion0 Of hi0 roport. y