Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-03-09

CHARLES J
Candidate for the Democratic N
Ice for 3S6 . year-sbout one-half he
charge Of the Bell monopoly. They
give unlimited telephone service 70
private families for lsss than thirty
dollars . year. With . full extension
Of their system even the poorest fsw-
iiies win use the telephones. and b
better OF at The end Of the year
through the saving Of earfare.
The charge for pay stations With
this new system. which 70 backed by
Armour and the others, 10 three cents
per call, and the intention 70 b lower
this rate eventually from three cents
to one cent AZ one cent he pro0t
would b enormous. with the scono.
mics Of the automatic telephone and
q sunicisnt number Of subscriber.
The right plan would b. Of course.
for the bus'- sss men Of New York
who pay enormous tolls to the tsle'
phone monopoly TO get together. to
bind themselves to take new service
An automatic cheap service With
certain guarantees - and through
pressure Of public opinion compel the
granting Of Q franchise 70 IN auto
matte company charging the lowest
possible rate.
But Il 10 dimeult 70 Sst business
men TO unite; dimeult 70 make them
resent effectively even the most pal
pable sxtortion.
The chief hope liss In the courage
energy and business knowledge oi
such Q man % Armour. who has tn
money, who 10 not frightened b. tha
power Of Q monopoly. and who might
| II he chose. bs remembered % one oi
the real bsnefactors OF the country
BY breaking down the telephone mon
opoiy ana mailing Of the great tsle
phone convenience . blessing within
the reach OF oil and % cheap, In pro
portion, - the national postoflcs.
Il
~SA
Mayor Harrison made Q popular
move whom os ordered, new report
On the telephone situanf - rbs :sx
pert" whose report N
hands Of the Council 81, .. ~.
orsd the raising ~. rates ana gen
eral contribution to the necessities ol
the phone gang. His report strangely
enough showed that the Chicago
sranch Of the monopoly 10 owned
body, boots and brssehss By thu
American Telephone crowd who con
troll tho telephone business Of ths
whole country. His report also show
that the Chicago branch Of the monop
oily 10 Obliged to buy oil Of IL equip
ment from . notorious Electric Com
pany which 10 also owned BY thl
American Telephone Trust This com
pany makes its own prices for whs'
Il sells to the other concern and th(
people Of Chicago are expected to pa,
for the profits Of both subsidiary insti
tutions Of the Trust
The telephone trust 10 the mos
grinding OF the many trusts that exis
in the United States.
1t snuffs out competition by th'
power of It's money and the people
are like so many serfs to be used o
its own beck and call.
The rising tide of indignation vii
| hA hAy "a
phone trust and its aides and abettorl
are punished.
Charles r. DeWoody, division super
intendentsin in the Department Of Jus
tlce secret service, returned from {
trip on which 1t Is reported he hal
been gathering information for the At
torney-General regarding the alleget
Bell telephone monopoly.
II Is reported that an investigation
national in its scope, is being carried
on by the forces of Attorney-Gen Genera
Wickersham looking to the filing o
proceedings for the dissolution of thu
alleged trust. An exhaustive investi
cation has been going on In Chicago
it Is said, of the operations of the Bel
| SyHuiCdle due6cu " pc III S1oiol1Ou "
the Sherman law.
"You have been West 1t is under
stood for the purpose of getting dat
bearing on the alleged telephon,
trust, have you not?" DeWoody wa
asked.
THAT Is matter that canno
possibly discuss. There Is nothinl
that we can announce regarding an!
such investigation" was the reply.
We take the following from pag'
"a of the Report on the Causes o
Municipal Corruption In San Fran
cisco as disclosed by the investiga
tions of the oliver grand jury and thu
prosecution of certain persons fol
bribery and other offenses against tn,
state" made by q committee appoint
ed by the mayor of that city and pub
lished by order Of the board Of su
pervisors. city and county Of sar
Francisco, January 8, 1910:
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